No kidding, a trunk you can grow, a good nebari also can be grown, but there's a huge time difference between the 2. Especially if you have a great developed trunk, with crap nebari, you almost have to start from scratch.They say buy trunks....
I say buy Nebari.
Sorce
That flare in the base and the mostly radial roots is well worth $35 to me....
And I'm a cheap Ass!
Unfortunately....it seems the roots are above the soil for the sale pic!
Get them on a board and screw that Bitch down in spring....cover em up!
This is a killer start.
Sorce
Advice please.
The root spread is about 4". How big a board? How big a box, and how deep do I bury it?
Thank you
My answer would be, go big!
Study here...
http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/ebihara-maples.18215/
And I recently noted how just a little cover helped Mach5 on these...
http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/year-in-review-i-2016.25735/
I wouldn't cut a lot of roots off in year one...
Just splat em out radial, screw it down solid and correct, and let a good year of root growth set your initial flattening...
You may get some tears under....which should heal easy with a lot of roots, but bare, it may abandon them.
Health dependant, cut the roots back harder year 2 or 3.
IMO.
Sorce
Thanks Score.
So an 8" board and a 12" box about 6" deep sound good to start with?
Merry Christmas!