Hello!
I recently bought my first Bonsai after finding this site, and as it came in a plastic pot I want to transplant it to my porcelain one.
In the beginners guide it says to repot right before growing season. Do I need to leave it in the plastic pot until then?
What sort of soil do I use? (I'm sure this is a frequently asked question) Do I need to buy individual bags of everything and mix it together? Is there a cheaper way? What is the best sort of soil for a tea tree?
Thank you so much for your time!

Repotting in the bonsai world means taking all old soil out and root prune. That is not advicable on your first tree and first year unless there is a serious problem you need to deal with.

Just changing to a nicer pot can be done at any time. Shoose a similar size and just slippot the whole rootball into the new pot.

I would recommend to try and first keep your tree alive for a year or so. As you say this is your first bonsai, i'm pretty sure it will be inside, where it will have a good chance of dying soon. It will already be stressed from being moved from where ever it was to your place and will be more stressed from being inside, in a dry environment, likely on a windowsill on top of a radiator or some other heating device...
So, learn first how to take care of it, keep it alive, and take your time to learn how and when to repot. Good luck

Thank you for clearing my confusion!
When you say I should just slip the root it into another pot do you mean I shouldn't change the soil at all? I just take it out of the plastic pot and put it in my bonsai pot and it's as easy as that? Ty!

Bella Cataline wrote: Thank you for clearing my confusion!
When you say I should just slip the root it into another pot do you mean I shouldn't change the soil at all? I just take it out of the plastic pot and put it in my bonsai pot and it's as easy as that? Ty!

Only if you are very desperate about changing the pot. It will not benefit the tree and that must be prio 1.

If it will harm it I won't do it, I just thought that when you buy a plant in a tin plastic container it's common to put it in an actual bonsai pot

My bonsai pot and the tree in it's nursery pot, respectivly

Yes, it is common to repot newly purshased trees. Also common to buy temperate trees in the middle of winter and put it inside living room. I dont mean to offend but that trees are like tullips, not really ment to survive more than a few weeks.

If you are serious about the art of bonsai, please start with figuring out what species it is and what it needs to survive. A nice pot is not one of them. In fact, a nice pot is the last thing in years or decades of development into bonsai.

Start with posting a picture of the tree here. Maybe someone have an idea of species?

I know it is a Fukien Tea Tree, and I've been doing a lot of researching on it.
To be clear, my only question was: how to I put my tree that is still in it's nursery plastic container into a more permanent pot.
(Here are pictures of the two)

Bella Cataline wrote: I know it is a Fukien Tea Tree, and I've been doing a lot of researching on it.
To be clear, my only question was: how to I put my tree that is still in it's nursery plastic container into a more permanent pot.
(Here are pictures of the two)

We understand that, but the main and first concern is the health of the tree. Placing it in that pot will not make it a bonsai. Chances are very big that your plant wont even make it to spring, let alone you stressing it even more by repotting it.