During my last visit to my nearest bonsai retailer (
Dai-ichi Bonsai) a thought entered my head. 90% (or higher) of trees for sale there are what I would class as finished bonsai. The same goes for the other places I have visited recently.
Now here on bonsaiTALK, I would say that most of the trees posted in show and tell are raw material that people have trained themselves, ie NOT trees bought as 'finished bonsai'. I may be wrong, but that's my impression.
So, are there more people buying finished bonsai and not posting them or more people buying stock to work on and posting that instead? Whichever, why?
btw, no pedantry about 'finished'. You all know what finished means in the context of this thread...
Regards,
Chris.