The advice was intended for a more mature plant, as indicated by the
original question. Hard pruning of a young plant is not necessary.

Cheers

Kev Bailey


Kev Bailey wrote:

If you cut them back very hard they tend to withdraw sap all the way
down the trunk to the roots. The usual way to avoid this is to cut any
unwanted branches in spring to a stump and when this throwns numerous
buds rub all of them out except one. Keep this one trimmed fairly short.
This reduces the sap flow gradually. Next year you can cut off the stump
but don't make it too concave. The bark is very thin and this would
create a depression in the healed over bark.

first of all should be interestng to see and
know the size and age of the satsuki concerned ..
the response will be different in a new small
plant than in a mature one and the way to cut
trim different also

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