Hi matt,
thanks for the advice...it's good to hear. I'm actually up here in Wisconsin, so we're not "deep" into spring until mid may, although the spruce buds are clearly opening up and differentiating into needles now, it's getting close. Around here, it's not suprising if we get snow and a freeze or two in early may right along with warm or even hot days-- the fruit trees hate that. so I'm going to play it safe and take care of them in the large containers, watching to see if they don't like the watering schedule. Nobody said bonsai provided instant gratification, did they?
I had planned on letting 'em grow in the pots for a season before doing anything except a little pruning anyway, until I read about growing boxes and soils and got a little anxious.
One follow up question! How do trees usually make known that their soil stays too wet? Would the leaves/needles turn yellow? Of course, I guess I can probably find the answer to that one in some other thread
