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hello fellow aussie, yeah do some reading also they do really good in the ground the ones you describe buy them now then just before spring cut back a little and plant in the ground let it go wild for a while then chop back a bit do this for 2 years if you can you need to fertilize well to high nitrogen while growing by doing this method you can create great branching in the dormant period dig it up give it a root prune then tidy up the branching it should be messy from the chopping you gave it put it back in the ground do the same again. this works well and you can reduce the size down to at each re planting you do. believe me in 3-4 years you will have a bonsai ready to train. put it in a big plastic tub first tho to train it till you think it looks good enough to put in a pot.

happy bonsaing
glenn.

22-Apr-2008	#4
wicksy livingart bonsai's Join Date: Mar-2008 Location: kyabram Country: australia Posts: 141	hello fellow aussie, yeah do some reading also they do really good in the ground the ones you describe buy them now then just before spring cut back a little and plant in the ground let it go wild for a while then chop back a bit do this for 2 years if you can you need to fertilize well to high nitrogen while growing by doing this method you can create great branching in the dormant period dig it up give it a root prune then tidy up the branching it should be messy from the chopping you gave it put it back in the ground do the same again. this works well and you can reduce the size down to at each re planting you do. believe me in 3-4 years you will have a bonsai ready to train. put it in a big plastic tub first tho to train it till you think it looks good enough to put in a pot. happy bonsaing glenn.