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Hello everyone!
I am completely new as a bonsai care taker.
I have grown up around bonsais my whole life due to it being my dad's hobby but regretfully never paid close enough attention.
Some of these have been in my family for over 25 years. Some of them were not properly tended to (including repotting, root trimming, pruning) for about 2-4 years due to my dad falling very ill then passing. Now that I have a large amount of them in my possession I am a bit overwhelmed of where to start to properly care for them. So far they have been with me at my new home for about 3-4 months. I have given them a small amount of slow release 10-6-8 pellets (regretfully this was done in late fall. Though since I am located in Southern California it feels like it is always spring during the fall/winter).
I have done extensive research since then of how to care for them and am reading that I should not do too many things within a single growing season that may shock the tree. Such as repotting a tree then trimming the roots within the same year etc. So I wanted to ask the bonsai family here where you think I should start. Should I prune this year and repot them next year? Just considering how some of these have been neglected in proper care for years I am scared to start and picking the wrong option and the anxiety of them potentially dying paralyzes me!
Thank you all in advance! Images attached are some of the trees I have inherited.

My condolences for your dad passing away.

Some nice pieces there. I think you should have a look and find a local club, and ask whether someone would be willing to help you to get this back on track. If you do not have experience growing bonsai, you can very easily kill a tree by repotting or miswatering. That would be a shame.

Important: In general, each species is different. So what you can do now on a maple does not work on a pine. Which is why it is hard to give general information on what needs to be done.

Do they need trimming? Yeah. Do they need som ewire? Yeah. Do they need repotting? Probably.

Where are you?

leatherback wrote: Where are you?

He is in Southern California, Leatherback.

Very nice bonsai, speccialy the forests. I would wait a little more to be sure they are happy and growing (spring is a good thermometer) before pruning or repotting. If water is draining well through the pots, there is no hurry. As for wiring, yes, it can be done now in pines and deciduous.
Good luck and treat them well!

where is southern California are you located? im in the riverside area, a good idea would be to join a club within your area. there are multiple clubs around here. there are also a handful of shows going on here within these next 2-3 months (one almost every other weekend). there is a lot to learn here about bonsai, going and meeting people would be very helpful to start your journey in bonsai. i myself will be attending a few of these shows. sorry for your loss.

I am in Irvine / lake Forest area. If I can squeeze it in I'm hoping to make the demo at the sherman oaks library this weekend! As well as bonsai-a-thon in late February.

I will def look into some clubs thank you all.

JunAku wrote: As well as bonsai-a-thon in late February.

i will be attending bonsai-a-thon as well hoping to go on sunday.

This is probably not the answer you want to hear, but i'll point it out anyway.
If you are not able to give these ( nice) trees the ( lots of and sometimes difficult) attention they need they will all at some point die. If that is the case ( the lack of time or time to invest in knowledge) there is the possibillity to consider selling the trees to someone with the knowledge to let these trees survive and thrive. I understand it will be difficult, the trees being a reminder of your father ( my condolences ) but seeing the trees slowly die ( or fast , depending of how green your fingers are) one by one would be a pitty too. You could even make an arrangement with the buyer to "visit" the trees now and then...
As i said- just pointing out the possibillity so you can consider all options.

I appreciate the honesty regardless if it is an answer i don't want to hear. You are absolutely right and my family and I have actually already sold off a large amount of my dad 's collection to 名媛直播 specialists. I was originally supposed to only keep 3. But there were a bunch of rejects that were not picked up at the sale. So i just took them since I did not want to throw them out
I will probably attempt to have a specialist at a club coach me through the steps, or make a request to watch them do the steps.
Thank you!

if you ever consider maybe selling more please let me know and i would love to stop by and take a look.