Hello. I am brand spankin new at bonsai and here at this site. I have 7 or 8 seeds in germination now, waiting for them to sprout, but am considering buying a dwarf juniper locally and experimenting. I post this now for a couple elementary questions, though. 1) I like the Black and White pines and will probably pursue one soon, but how do you keep the needles so small in proportion to the tree? What part of the care of bonsai produces this result? 2) in regards to the seedlings...when should i start fertilizing 'em? 3) This may be a dumb question, but...how do you keep the tree from growing taller?! I mean, won't it continually grow? I would like to keep mine mostly pretty small - 6 inches to a foot tall. Any ideas gang? Thanks for helpin along a beginner, I sincerely appreciate it.

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