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Hello all,
This is the second year that I have had my brazilian rain tree and I am still very new to the hobby. I currently live in alaska but we are getting warmer now and getting a lot more sun so I am starting to think about pruning and shaping. I have not done this to a tree yet so I am nervous and would love any advice. I have read not to use concaves on this tree and if that is true what should I use to trim? I know I have some dead branches is it best to just remove those? What is the best way to encourage the tree to get a thicker trunk and thicker branches through out the growing season?

Thanks for any info.

The best way to get a thicker trunk is to let it grow. Punning Will slowe down the progress. Keeping it in a small pot as well.

You can cut the dead branches, they are not doing anything.

To be honest, I am only starting to learn their behaviour myself so might not have the most expertise with these. I know Clicio is also growing them. I currently have 5, one larger from an airlayer, and 4 from seed. I have a bunch of cuttings going right now from my trim-back 2 weeks ago.

BRT has a tendency to die-back, which is why the recommendation is to not cut flush to the trunk, but rather leave a stub and once that has died back, remove it without cutting into the trunk.

Another oddity of BRT is that they extend the trunk a fair bit on the point of a branch attachment which can lead to local swellings. As such, it feels like a species where "just letting it grow" will give you an ugly trunk. Trees that I have seen and liked of this species were all created by growing out for a season and cutting back slowly growing the trunk and canopy, rather than using thick heavy sacrifice branches.