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Hi lynette
Reading your posts really has helped me and you sound very knowledgeable which I know through more research I to will gain more knowledge and be able to create a piece of beautiful art at this moment I'm struggling to decide how to repot this tree (do I use a normal pot) or put it in the ground? Do I leave it outside? do I chop the top branches off?? There is so much to learn I just don't know where to start.......

I am a beginner also. From what I've read on this forum, books and other bonsai sites if you do all you mentioned , you could kill your tree. I so get this. I wanted to jump in feet first also. I didn't want to hurt my tree though for my impatience, so in order to feel I was doung something I jumped into tons if research. I also went out side and pruned all the bushes in my yard. They look great and i got the desire to cut out of my system. The waiting game is difficult. I spend time studying my little jade and junipers. The more I know my trees, the more I will know if something is off with them. (Right now I'm concerned over some brown needles on my juniper, but I will wait and see what happens in the next few weeks. I will do nothing drastic , wait and observe.)
Put different topics in the search box and research some of your questions. This helped me also. Go to the woods and just study trees and see how they have developed. Look at some masterpiece's of bonsai. Videos are great also, but make sure they are from those who truly know bonsai. I like Graham Potters and Iqbal Khan.
I wish you all the best and soon you and I will be showing healthy trees on this forum on their way to becoming bonsai!

So back to research it is hopefully I won't kill this one if I do it right
Ruth I to have pruned my trees in my garden trying to learn what to cut and what not to
Hahaha

Dippytree wrote: at this moment I'm struggling to decide how to repot this tree (do I use a normal pot) or put it in the ground? Do I leave it outside? do I chop the top branches off?? There is so much to learn I just don't know where to start.......

If you must repot it, I would buy a ready made bonsai soil. Shouldn't be expensive.
Something like this costs EUR 2.69 in the Netherlands:


First just let the plant get healthy and vigorous. Just wait with next steps, you've got plenty of time.

Thanks auk I was looking online and it says if the roots are growing in circles in pot you should repot it??

Absolutely and that's a great idea to watch how things in the garden grow. I'm doing that with my Korean dwarf lilacs by my front walk. I also pruned almost to the ground two bushes that were taller than me and I'm 5"9". Within two weeks pretty little leaves were growing.
The waiting kills me, especially if I'm not sure if there is a problem, but that is part of learning. Once I learn what is truly an issue and what is a false alarm I will be so glad. Junipers can die and stay green for awhile yet, so there can be a problem you don't know about until it's too late.
Watering is a trick. I can feel down half and inch and it is dry, so I water. Is it too much....is it too little. Mine plants are in clay pots yet and I'm using some bonsai soil and regular potting soil. Is it holding enough water, too much.....i have all these questions as you do also probably. We will learn.
I'll be glad when I have experience and feel more relaxed about just the basics.

You sound like your reading my mind so so so many questions my head hurts I'm trying to work out if I should repot mine or leave it I just don't know

I'd take Auks advice in his most recent post. That and nothing else.

Right OK then that's my job for tomorrow
Night night all

That didn't sound right. If you transplant the tree just do that. I didn't mean don't take anymore advice from Auk. I could innocently get myself in trouble. Baahaa :ohmy: