Put them in pots as you are planning on doing and let them grow. There isn't any reason that you can't fertilize them after about two weeks or so. Just wait until you start to see new growth.
I like this display quite a bit, but it also bothers me. All of the elements of the display seem to work well together, but I get the feeling that I am out on a cool night in the fall. I shouldn't have that feeling in early June...
Jon
Saburo Kato passed away this morning. I am posting a link to a thread at IBC by Bill Valavanis.
http://internetbonsaiclub.org/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=133&topic=23097.0
I agree that this tree would be a good buy at $40. As far as doing well at an exhibit... That's another story. Looks like a good start, but this tree needs quite a bit of refining. After a few years of work it may be nice, but I would not even consider showing the tree as it is now.
Jon
I know this is an old thread, but I have a thing with red pines so I have to comment....
Love the old, flaky bark. With a new pot, some wiring, fertilizer, and a few years of candling this looks to be a really nice tree.
Well, considering I went to Japan, from NY, to go to an exhibit.... I think that I would travel somewhere in the US as well.
Honestly, how many people in Eurpoe enjoy bonsai that do not go to Ginko or how many Japanese do not go to the Kokufu show?? Does that make these shows irrelevant...
For the 3+ years that I have been studing bonsai I have seen quite a bit written about the lack of a large scale show here in the US. Now that someone is doing something about it and putting together a show that has been talked about for a long time people complain. Amazing!!
If you can't...