I have a chunky shohin olive with only the beginnings of primary branching but a great root system. Sadly it got it’s leaves desiccated by some early winter dry wind and ended up dropping them all. I made the choice to make it a little greenhouse set up indoors near a bright cold window for the...
I've seen ryan neil say this on multiple streams on mirai live, in this video at 16:33 he's saying this again. Reduce the rootball enough to fit a bonsai pot, it's a kill it or make a bonsai moment... but following that logic, why not bare root? why not make more drastic moves on initial stages...