Another Redwood meets a Bonsai pot. This one will be planted a bit deeper at the next repotting. The root ball still needs a bit of a bottom trim. Styling and development will follow. Redwood meets Bonsai pot for the first time. When a root is studied under a microscope it is clear that there. Lateral root growing from the pericycle. Apply rooting hormone to the cut roots.

It is generally accepted and published on various websites that an apprenticeship can take. What do we get for all of this? I assume that it takes many years of cultivating Bonsai before one can be considered to be a Master Bonsai Practitioner. How many years? I have no idea. Must you go through an official apprenticeship to work towards Master status? No, I do not think.