How long do you intend keeping your trees in a grow box?- theyre usually only intended as a temporary measure for growing on trees during development and not intended to be used for exhibiting trees!
1. I use training pots, but am well aware of the purpose of a grow box vs a bonsai pot. Clearly, I would not be exhibiting a grow box.
2. My original post was more geared towards Nebari boards (clearly for training, not exhibition), which will always be wet and in contact with the roots. I’d rather the wood not be saturated in water touching the roots.
(2a. I have wood laying around and don’t want to buy a plastic cutting board.)
3. I like working with wood, so the next progression in my curiosity is: although it’s not traditional, I wonder if anyone has built nice wood bonsai pots. Not grow boxes, but actual pots. I think a walnut pot with compound cut corners, feet, a beveled or trimmed top edge, with some nice finishing touches would look sharp; stained and polyurethaned. It would obviously be unique. I’d guess a lot of people wouldn’t like it, but it seems interesting and worth some creative exploration.
4. I’m not trying to solve a problem or learn about the uses of grow boxes. I’m just taking a poll for the sake of feeding my artistic day dreams... Thus, who has used sealers on their wood grow boxes/Nebari boards and what are your results? And, has anyone seen an actual wood bonsai pot (that’s not a grow box)?