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Originally Posted by mrhaney
Also, for beginners, is it easier to work with bigger or smaller plants?
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What you should be after is more developed stock. Not bigger nursery stock but pre-bonsai stock. Something that someone that knows about bonsai has worked on for a while. The level of development is up to you (and your budget...). A good start would be something that has been grown out for a while and had a few chops to refine the trunk and/or branching structure. This way you at least get something that appears to be a bonsai, or will be soon. Even a crusty old timer tends to stay away from raw nursery stock without special features, and it takes years to be able to spot those features.
I can't tell you where to go in Alabama to look for it, are there bonsai clubs in your area? If so join it, for no other reason than there will be people more experienced than you and will know where to get things.
My biggest mistake as a novice was to think I was ready to take nursery stock and create a bonsai. I created lots of messes, some that never lived.
By the way - love the name. Green Acres was one of my favorite shows in syndication. Still laugh when I see it on Nick at Nite.