Hello!

I'm quite new to bonsai tree and recently made a post previously showing what my bonsai tree looked like and how it was doing. its been a few months now and I'm not sure how my tree is doing, I know its still very early stages and still a seedling but it looks very top heavy at the moment and tilting a little to 1 side because of the weight it also has quite a lot of long branches if you call them that, that feel a bit out of control.

Any suggestions on what I should be doing with my tree next to would be helpful.

side note: my pot has drainage and the plant is about half a year old I think

I've attached an old and new picture of the plants progress

What veiriety is it. I think I may have an idea but want to be certain before I give you advise. Would want to give you the wrong info.

It's a Japanese Black Pine

dylanb28 wrote: .. it looks very top heavy at the moment and tilting a little to 1 side...

It looks healthy, congrats!
Don't even think of pruning or cutting it down at this stage, it will surely die.
If you are thinking about a Formal upright Bonsai style (Chokkan), you can stick a chopstick in the soil, side by side with the trunk, and very loosely attach both together with a plastic garden wire.
That way it will grow straight.

/EDIT/
Put it outside, as Leatherback will surely tell you.

Did nobody suggest you put this outside?

It looks OK for now. But desperately shou dgo outside.

Thank you for the advice! and yes I was told to put it outside however I live in a flat with no outdoor space will this be a huge problem? will my plant still survive indoors or die?

My guestimate is, it will not make it to spring.

dylanb28 wrote: Thank you for the advice! and yes I was told to put it outside however I live in a flat with no outdoor space will this be a huge problem? will my plant still survive indoors or die?

Most plants have very rigid genomes and cannot adapt very much. They evolved in a location that had a certain climate, and they expect pretty much the same climate their ancestors had. Black pines spend all their time outdoors; they experience sunlight and night; they experience hot in summer and freezing in winter. Without these things they die. You can do somethings to make a foreign tree survive, maybe. I move the tropicals inside when temperatures get low enough, but there isn't much you can do inside to make the plant think it is winter, other than open the window and turn off the heat.

Can you put a shelf outside the window and put the tree on the shelf? Do you have access to the roof? There are some creative things you can do, but the tree has to have the climate it expects.

I had an issue with my black pine. It was over watered. Black pines like lots of direct sunlight, heat, and by all means keep their feet dry(roots) . It looks like the leggy Ness might be from lack of light. Black pines do not light much shade or to be overwatered. Hope this helps.

Great advice from you all, I think for now I will try give it more sunlight and slightly less watering and perhaps more ventilation by opening the windows wider or finding a way to put it outside somewhere!