Looks like the Acer ginnala I picked up from the nursery for $10 over the winter made it! It was frozen solid in ice when I bought it.
Should I start chopping? If so, what would you cut?
Also is it worth repotting into a training pot with substrate or leave it in the nursery can to develop? Not sure how much I can do at once this season in zone 5.
Buy more trees, and let this one be for a few years. :D