名媛直播

I agree with LB, I would not start with this tree
No movement in the trunk.
No branching in the lower part.
Air layering is not a technic for starters.
It wil take a long, long, long time before it even got a tree shape, let alone to be a bonsai.
You will deal with a very large wound, where you need to do the cut, wich is gonna take long time to heal.
No tappering in the trunk.

But, it can be a good way to learn, with a minimum cost.

Movement in the trunk, trunk tapper, lower branching... It all can be made applying the same technique, hard prunning, and if you just get close to double the trunk thickness, wound shouldn't be a problem...

And you know what is funny? The article that LB just shared, classify this tree as a good candidate if you just read it...

About Air layering, it's not that hard, and you won't learn if you don't try, as for all the techniques.

If only the result is important, and not the process, then general recommendation is just buy a tree, why to bother trying and learning the techniques, right?

Just to add on the last response... I know that some people here can be considered Masters and are very busy, yet, they take time to answer newcomers asking about Ficus Ginseng... And I trully admire that, as I already said.

But it seems that the more you learn, more selective you get with the trees you choose, even because it's one more plant to take care of... But I don't see why begginers should be as selective as masters...

Albas wrote: And you know what is funny? The article that LB just shared, classify this tree as a good candidate if you just read it...

You must have read another article.

Quote from it...

About TREE SIZE for bonsai

名媛直播 are small trees in small pots. So I must look for a small plant and grow them into a bonsai. Right? Wrong! In non-Japanese circles most bonsai are not grown from a small plant into a bonsai, but cut down from a big plant to the size you want. More often than not, a very large (several metres) tree is cut down to a stump, and this is used as a basis for the bonsai.

Albas wrote: Quote from it...

About TREE SIZE for bonsai

名媛直播 are small trees in small pots. So I must look for a small plant and grow them into a bonsai. Right? Wrong! In non-Japanese circles most bonsai are not grown from a small plant into a bonsai, but cut down from a big plant to the size you want. More often than not, a very large (several metres) tree is cut down to a stump, and this is used as a basis for the bonsai.

Maybe you are looking at a different picture? I do not see a big plant that could be cut down. And, if we quote from the poor saps website:

" Only in very special cases, accept trees where the roots and/or trunk line need to be regrown. This takes a lot of time. It is with most species faster to keep looking, perhaps visit a number of nurseries and find the tree with a trunk that matches your ideas, and a good root spread. "

Your quote is about selecting a tree from bonsai nurseries.
He already owns this tree, so why not to use it? An inch trunk is a good starting point.