So, I live in Northern California near a Redwood Forrest (Muir, to be exact -- just north of San Francisco). Anywho, while up there last time with friends from out of town I noticed they sold sapplings for $3 or so. I though, what the hell, let's try and bonsai it.

Has anyone tried this? Any suggestions? it's been in a nice pot for about 3 months now and seems to be doing fine, though it's not really growing much that I can tell (and before you point out that these trees live to be 2000 years old and therefore, one would think, would grow slowly, supposedly they grow to 20 or 30 feet quite rapidly).

I'm not worried so much about how fast it grows as much as how to keep it from growing too tall. Do I just keep hacking off the top every time I notice it going up? This tree is essentially a slender trunk with few branches. It is about 8 inches tall right now.

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