I think I might have a nice yamadori?

[wireme]

I think I would recommend leaving them in the ground for a while. You can start working on them slowly, enough to figure out if there is a workable tree in there or not. They will most likely recover from work faster and produce new interior growth better in the ground anyways. Might as well get it pruned down to what you want to use and stabilized before digging up and you could spend years getting there.
You're new to bonsai and design so take it slow, just prune enough to see into the structure and let some light in for now then stop and think for a season, etc,etc..
Don't cut any branches flush, leave stubs for jinns and leave them longer than you think you need for now.
That way you can start and it will be much easier to determine if they're worth the effort to dig at some point.

 

[iOne]

Alright I am going to research how to prune them properly so they do not end up like my barbados cherry. I can find no videos regarding barbados cherry besides one where he cuts the trunk. How is this barbados cherry not a popular tree? All you have to do is keep in inside and does great with simple sunlight through the window ( they do recommend shade sun, but considering I butchered all my leaves I just have it sitting in the sun ).

 

[barrosinc]

Junipers don't really have a nebari most of the time

 

[A. Gorilla]

>>How is this barbados cherry not a popular tree?

I went through a particularly lethal phase of tropical trees.

You'd think they would just LOVE a dry 72 degree interior house just like we do, but they really don't.

Look at the tropical bonsai trees in their tropical climates. That should give you obvious answers about where they thrive.

There is also this thing called "zone envy" where people in the cold wish they could accommodate the warmer species, and the warmer people wish they had some colder species. Get used to emphasizing the trees which naturally like our climate. Somebody somewhere will be jealous of you.

 

[iOne]

>>How is this barbados cherry not a popular tree?

I went through a particularly lethal phase of tropical trees.

You'd think they would just LOVE a dry 72 degree interior house just like we do, but they really don't.

Look at the tropical bonsai trees in their tropical climates. That should give you obvious answers about where they thrive.

There is also this thing called "zone envy" where people in the cold wish they could accommodate the warmer species, and the warmer people wish they had some colder species. Get used to emphasizing the trees which naturally like our climate. Somebody somewhere will be jealous of you.

Do you think it will survive? I have been misting it.. Has a humidity tray as well. To be honest the only reason I got it is because Jim told me I would not need any additional lights and that the light through the window would be just fine. During the summer I will have it outside though. I am just going to stick to outside trees that will thrive in my environment like the American elm. I am about to get a Japanese maple or some type of maple

 

[A. Gorilla]

All you can do is give warmth, humidity, sun, and wait for sprouts.

 

[A. Gorilla]

Do you think it will survive? I have been misting it.. Has a humidity tray as well. To be honest the only reason I got it is because Jim told me I would not need any additional lights and that the light through the window would be just fine. During the summer I will have it outside though. I am just going to stick to outside trees that will thrive in my environment like the American elm. I am about to get a Japanese maple or some type of maple

If my seeds take, I'll be planting about 50 trident maples this spring. If I have more than I can handle, you can have a bunch. Plant them in your yard, and watch them go nuts for a while, and then collect them in a few years.

 

[iOne]

If my seeds take, I'll be planting about 50 trident maples this spring. If I have more than I can handle, you can have a bunch. Plant them in your yard, and watch them go nuts for a while, and then collect them in a few years.

That is awesome. Yea I will plant some for you too we can train them or you show me how to train them and I'll do it. I have a farm which basically means I spend money on chores and don't get paid so work is fun for me.

 

[A. Gorilla]

That is awesome. Yea I will plant some for you too we can train them or you show me how to train them and I'll do it. I have a farm which basically means I spend money on chores and don't get paid so work is fun for me.

I'll see how they are doing in early June, and I'll let you know.