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Craig:
You are right on if you are develiping limb structure in a growing box. The article or thread that Matt has posted prety well sums it up. With deciduous material the field is for develiping roots and trunk line, next into your favorite box or large nursery container for the develipment of your mid branch structure and crown, then into a training pot for ramification and develipment of bark, finally into your show pot and finishing. At this point the word finishing can be misleading as bonsai are truly never "finished". You can bring them to a peak of power, presence and beauty but only for a season then you will have to bring it back again,as it will not stay at the point of perfection for very long. The person who is very adept at showing there trees will time this peak for a shows date.
Back to field growing. When you are satisfied with the caliper of your trunk and the line that you have chosen and you feel that the roots are properly develiped it is time to lift the tree and procede to the next stage of develipment.

Plant a bonsai today.

23-Aug-2002	#19
ripsgreentree bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Sep-2001 Location: Fresno, CA Country: U.S.A USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,260	Growing in the ground Craig: You are right on if you are develiping limb structure in a growing box. The article or thread that Matt has posted prety well sums it up. With deciduous material the field is for develiping roots and trunk line, next into your favorite box or large nursery container for the develipment of your mid branch structure and crown, then into a training pot for ramification and develipment of bark, finally into your show pot and finishing. At this point the word finishing can be misleading as bonsai are truly never "finished". You can bring them to a peak of power, presence and beauty but only for a season then you will have to bring it back again,as it will not stay at the point of perfection for very long. The person who is very adept at showing there trees will time this peak for a shows date. Back to field growing. When you are satisfied with the caliper of your trunk and the line that you have chosen and you feel that the roots are properly develiped it is time to lift the tree and procede to the next stage of develipment. Plant a bonsai today. __________________ ripsgreentree It requires an open hand to give and to recieve.