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Hello Guys,

Yesterday I've repoted for the first time my acer palmatum , form nursery pot to bonsai pot. I'm attaching some photos, I've added some musk, but I read that is no need for that. So I took it off. Please any advice would be helpful. It's my first experience with bonsai. Does the plant to stay on a shaded area? What to do next?

Thank to all

After a repot (drastic change for the plant) you should put her in a mid- sun for a month or two, for recovery and next you can put in full sun but carefull to don?t burn the leaves, hope i could help

I don't understand why did you put it in a pot in the first place? :ohmy:

Madartej21 wrote: I don't understand why did you put it in a pot in the first place? :ohmy:

what is the problem to put in pot?

ykbonsai wrote:

Madartej21 wrote: I don't understand why did you put it in a pot in the first place? :ohmy:

what is the problem to put in pot?

Presuming that op would like to train a bonsai out of that acer ( as we are on a bonsai forum) , it is too early to put it in a pot.
Its just a young sapling, more likely a cutting and it needs to grow thick first in a big container or growing box at least, but the best would be to leave it in the ground for long years.

It's fine to grow it in a pot you need to transition it to a slightly larger pot next year. Don't worry about getting ready for a bonsai pot yet. It needs a trunk right now. To thicken a trunk you need growth. To get growth you need roots. To get roots you need space and foliage.
I have one that started out your size 2 years ago. It is now about an inch thick at the base. I moved it from a 1 gallon pot to a 3 gallon pot to get it thick. This is one I am training to be shohin bonsai.
Beginning of last year

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Madartej21 wrote:

ykbonsai wrote:

Madartej21 wrote: I don't understand why did you put it in a pot in the first place? :ohmy:

what is the problem to put in pot?

Presuming that op would like to train a bonsai out of that acer ( as we are on a bonsai forum) , it is too early to put it in a pot.
Its just a young sapling, more likely a cutting and it needs to grow thick first in a big container or growing box at least, but the best would be to leave it in the ground for long years.

Thanks for the brilliant confirmation that we are on a bonsai forum, Master Madartej

Oi calm It!!

All my trees are in pots, have no trouble growing them thick on their trunks, however we got growing season all year around in the tropics.
I have to repot 1-2 year bases, older trees 3-4 years. I however agree that trees in the ground grow larger and it is all a matter what one aims for.

I have a small acer in a pot as well bought from a garden store , i have repoted it in a bigger pot more wide than deep and it is thickening up quite nicely so far , but if I had the chance to ground plant it I would have , I am in Scotland so we do have winters lol very long ones as well hehehe