Originally Posted by bonsainotwar

We have all bought trees from commercial nursery growers,that have bases that measure a good three inches or more across,not around.I have bought a number of such trees,and I believe this is a nice size to stick in a bonsai pot,and start training.These trees have probably never been in the ground before you buy them.So unless it's been done for many years,like decades,or more,as with a collected tree,planting in the ground usually does not make too much of a diffrerence.