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I do appreciate your honesty, and thank you for sharing your story Auk! That's really inspiring.

I understand that it's not probably the most amazing tree on the market, but I am really excited to have something that even looks remotely bonsai. And it's because I've wanted one for as long as I can remember. I want to make the most of what I have.

"One of my trees, hopefully, will be part of an exhibition in June."
Where will this exhibition be held? Would love to go to one and see how it's done!

Thank you, leatherback.
I tried to study the branches closely this morning just to see if I'm missing something, and I do see some of the twigs has tiny buds on them. So hopefully I can take care of it well enough to let them come out. I will definitely let it sit for a few months and see what happens.

I am keeping it on a window shelf, it gets most of its light in the morning when the sun comes up. I do worry a little that the time it spends in sunlight is a little too short, as the sun moves around the corner of the house fairly early. I try and follow the guidelines of watering it whenever the soil feels dryish. I'm also occasionally spraying it for the humidity levels, but this is something I've not got much experience with. It's very warm in London at the moment, so I am watching it even closer.

In the future, my next project will probably be something younger, that I can control from the very beginning. I really want to experience the beginning, as both of my trees are already shaped initially. I do agree that I would like something a bit more original looking, as the S shape is pretty popular. How would you recommend me finding the material to work with for the next project? How do you usually do it?

Hello Kraterian, if you got a chance to place it outside, do it - it won?t be sparse looking for much longer
You should keep chinese elms outside from spring to autumn.

Kri?tof wrote: Hello Kraterian, if you got a chance to place it outside, do it - it won?t be sparse looking for much longer
You should keep chinese elms outside from spring to autumn.

Exactly what I was planning to say!

How I start, what sort of material I use? Have a look at my blog, where I currently have 3 of my trees: Effectively, I look for treees with an interesting trunk and ideally a nice nebari. But even the worst trunk you can work on over time. Note though.. Time is counted in years to decades. not weeks. Even your elm.. Over time, and ruthless cutting back you can create a really nice bonsai.

Ah that looks really interesting leatherback! Really like where you are going with the "Fagus sylvatica"

I'm not sure if I will be able to put it outside. As I am living in London space is sparse.
I'm lucky enough to have a window shelf to put plants on, but outside is a bit of a mess. I recently moved so I've not properly checked out if we have a back garden at all xP

Still watching over the Elm, to see if anything changes.

You guys were absolutely right!

New buds are popping up everywhere at the moment. I know the Elm is said to be strong, but damn.
I did not expect such a quick change

Thank you all!