Nefarious
Seed
Greetings, I am totally new to bonsai, I have watched many videos, and want to get started. I have a general idea of what I want to do, what I view as my capabilities, but can't seem to find a starting place. I am not that good as smaller scale projects, I prefer larger projects. Here is an image of one of the projects I have seen that interests me, maybe I can't really start bonsai and get here within my time limit. I don't have 20 years to work on this
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How do you end with a tree that looks like this? If I buy a tree that is bigger, I will be unable to bend the trunk to get this flow. If I start with a smaller tree, I'll not be alive before the second bend occurs. I assume this is in a big pot so the tree can continue to grow at a close to normal rate and when it is close to how one wants it to end, it is then transferred to the bonsai pot. I guess the question is, can a tree planted in the ground be formed as a bonsai and later moved to a bonsia pot? Or, does it need to be kept in the larger pot because the roots needed to support the tree?
Or, am I way off base, I have no knowledge, and is there a better way to accomplish this? Or something like this?


How do you end with a tree that looks like this? If I buy a tree that is bigger, I will be unable to bend the trunk to get this flow. If I start with a smaller tree, I'll not be alive before the second bend occurs. I assume this is in a big pot so the tree can continue to grow at a close to normal rate and when it is close to how one wants it to end, it is then transferred to the bonsai pot. I guess the question is, can a tree planted in the ground be formed as a bonsai and later moved to a bonsia pot? Or, does it need to be kept in the larger pot because the roots needed to support the tree?
Or, am I way off base, I have no knowledge, and is there a better way to accomplish this? Or something like this?