I started the 2006 batch with 125 seeds, about 110 of which sprouted. But after potting them into containers I whittled it down to about 50 relatively quickly. The problem is that the volume of soil you need once you start going into the baskets gets really expensive and I don't really have the space in my yard either.
At the moment from the 2006 batch, I have 9 in my yard plus 1 at my friend Bernard's place and 9 more at Boon's place. The rest I sold prior to moving back to San Francisco in late 2012....just not enough space for everything! That's just the 2006 batch though, I did a batch in 2009 as well, and I have about 10 of those. My friends have a lot more of those that I work on though. Bernard has about 20, then there are probably another 10 hanging around that I see occassionally.
Just for fun, here's the current inventory of the 2006 batch. Two large exposed-root:
Large root-over rock. I don't like this rock, but am working on a plan to minimize it in the composition....basically, I'm going to grow it until the roots have almost swallowed the surface of the stone:
A strange little one with reverse taper due to poor planning in the way the bends were made years ago, I can't seem to part with it because it's weird:
Small root over rock, about 11 inches high:
The slant style that I recently updated:
This slightly odd semi-cascade exposed root...it has amazing bark but the top needs a lot of work to form a good small crown.
The formal upright (on the right) and an informal upright, both with 10 more years of growing to go at least:
This informal upright has great bark and I need to wire it this winter...more to come:
A tree that will end up being very short and fat...sacrifice wont come off until all those roots have fused together to make a sumo style:
The twins....these two were never in baskets. I left them in the small 4" containers for two years longer than the other trees, then potted them down into small bonsai containers. But, they're from the same 2006 batch: