Hi guys,
My name is Ed, a bonsai beginner!
I’ve collected a few species of trees a couple of months ago. I’d like to try to shape them in several bonsai styles.

4 x Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)
1 x Pedunculate oak(Quercus robur)
2 x Grey Poplar (Populus x canescens)
2 x unknown (American Oak?)


After about 3 months:



One of the gray poplars is growing rapidly. Is now a good time to start cutting a few of the long branches? I’m aiming for a Chokkan style I think.



Cheers,

Ed

www.growingbonsai.net/growing-bonsai/growing-trunks/

Plant them in the ground and wait a few years. There is nothing you can do when they are that tiny.

So basically I'll have to report back in after a few years? Nothing much for me to do then.

Ed wrote: So basically I'll have to report back in after a few years?

Yep.

Nothing much for me to do then.

Nope, start researching bonsai techniques online, buy books, take courses, join a club. There's plenty to do.

Ed (D)

and you can of course buy an older plant that you can work on now, to keep you occupied and sto you from fiddling

The above article was very helpful to me in learning about trunks. I had some of my questions answered. Thanks

Checking bank after two years... jeez, time flies.

They look healthy!