It was time to move the tree into a native pot. Percolation was poor last summer, so I suspected it was starting to get rootbound.
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Indeed it was.
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It has a nice, even spread of roots, but some had grown much thicker than others. I chopped back the thicker ones a bit harder than the thinner ones.
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When I potted it up, I covered the nebari with sphagnum moss to encourage the thinner roots to grow more.
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The pot I chose was made by a fellow Brandywine Bonsai Society member, Steve Ittel. To my knowledge, he's the only bonsai potter in Delaware.