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Originally Posted by bonsainotwar

I have a beauty,I posted pictures of in a bonsai closeup section here.My trunk is almost as big around as an old silver dollar.I love it.It's great material

,but why bother with seeds? Buy a five or ten gallon garden center plant,like I did.

You are of course right, but growing things from seed is still an interesting process to follow and can be profitable in the end. Seed cultivation is also the only way one might get hold of some of the more exotic materials of interest due to import restrictions and the lack of presence of such material in the nursery trade. Matt was right Bonsai Today and International Bonsai have both had extensive articles on this subject.