Newer buy trees from amazon. They have no outdoor space to stock trees an absolutelly no bonsai competence.

Buy trees from repurable bonsai stores or garden centers.

Yes on the age of the post, and no I didn't know the man vanished.

However, I also know I'm not the only one who has seen this problem, so I asked.

Thanks, I live down the street from New England Bonsai, but they are closed due to Covid19, and their trees are astronomical in price. So, I was looking for a middle ground solution.