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Imperial Masterpiece
We have no idea what you know, but I can tell you this with certainty - the way you've come on to the forum, the things you've said and questions you've asked, definitely give the impression that you don't know very much about bonsai, or what it takes to turn a seedling into a bonsai (hint, it takes a lot of care and work over many years, especially if you plan to turn those seedlings into trees that people will "come from near and far" to see). If you haven't seen it, get a copy of Bill Valavanis' book, he documents trees that he's been developing for up to 40 or 50 years. Many of those masterpiece trees started not as seedlings, but as large trees with good sized trunks that were then cut down and developed. So it is really a long term process, add on all the years it took initially to get those large trunks to the detailed branch development that came later. And trees in the field must have periodic root work done or they'll have lousy root systems and they won't "sell themselves". Talk about time and energy, digging up thousands of seedlings every year, working the roots, and re-planting.
And by the way, despite the reputation this place has for "fireworks", people generally don't respond the way they have here to someone who comes on with a better attitude. Milehigh's suggestion to think before posting is good advice, your posts come across as rushed/poorly thought out at best. Or possibly, in the end you are really just trolling here for responses, that's what I thought initially and you haven't yet done anything to change my mind.
