First off, I'm new to bonsai in the sense that this year is my first year practicing bonsai for myself from collection to end... I've done trimming and wiring of existing bonsai for other people but nothing really extensive. My landlord wanted these little whips cut done and i decided to dig them up either though it'll be years before this one can really be called a bonsai. I'm thinking it is a silver birch... it has the silver/gray backed leaves but haven't really found an exact id with pictures and what not.
I was wondering how i should really go about this one....
My main problem is i like everything about it but it's not really bonsai but more of a pretty curved sapling. My gut says don't touch it but my brain says do stuff....
Right now the pot it's in is about 5 inches deep because it's what i had and because i wanted to make sure the root it grew off of produced its own roots before i transfer it to the 5 gal. It was dug up during a warm spell in February. It is bent because it grew up under our grill last year and is roughly 2-3 years old.
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I was wondering how i should really go about this one....
My main problem is i like everything about it but it's not really bonsai but more of a pretty curved sapling. My gut says don't touch it but my brain says do stuff....
Right now the pot it's in is about 5 inches deep because it's what i had and because i wanted to make sure the root it grew off of produced its own roots before i transfer it to the 5 gal. It was dug up during a warm spell in February. It is bent because it grew up under our grill last year and is roughly 2-3 years old.
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