Just got this JBP

[Jim G]

This is a new hobby for me. I just had this pine shipped. It arrived in a kitchen bag and jammed in a box. I wired it to the pot and gave it a mix of two types of bonsai soil. Since the branches were all bent over from the box I did some wiring. I know this needs a lot of work but at this point should I do anything else or just let it be till next spring?
Thanks.

 

[Paradox]

Its the wrong time of year for a repot.
Nothing you could do differently considering.

You could put some movement in those branches, but nothing too extreme. The tree is probably really stressed out.

Otherwise, water and let it recover.

 

[Eric Group]

You repotted it? Did it come bare rooted?

Sounds like you already did a lot of work, I'd leave it alone... And I recommend you take off that wire! It is super tight, will bite in almost immediately and it is really too small of a gauge to bend those branches significantly.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Yep, leave it alone. I wouldn't even remove the wire at this point because doing so will disturb the roots.
However, you're looking at the project a bit backwards. This is common. Always work to push the growth back toward the trunk. Use the branches you wired as "sacrifice" branches to thicken the trunk, and treat the low shoots as the future branches of the tree. Read some of these artists' work to understand the concept.
A few pine seeds, 6 years later.
Telperion black pine
JPB when can I prune/cutback
If you can grasp this and apply it, you will leapfrog ahead about 5 years of learning curve in 5 minutes.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

since the tree was shipped bare root, you had no choice but to repot. Summer repots work well for some, you are in Michigan, along Lake Huron side of the state. JBP are not quite winter hardy in Michigan, so you will be protecting this tree from extreme cold anyway, so you have a good chance of success.

I agree with Brian Van Fleet, your future tree is in those little branches at the base of the tree.

Best thing to do is leave it alone. Don't jostle, bounce, bang or vibrate the tree. Don't do anything with the top as this will wiggle the trunk and break tender new roots. You need to leave it alone with no work for 12 months to recover. Not ''just until spring'' even though spring is next year it is only 6 months away, not long enough for roots to recover. So step away, for now you job is to water it, give it full sun and let it grow. Plan you winter protection, and read all the excellent links from Brian.