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Hello everyone
I'm a first time poster here, I'm from Portugal where we have a temperate climate.

Some years ago, about 5 I think I decided to try and grow some black pine and maple seeds. I had luck with 2 of each and so I planted and have kept them in bonsai pots but now I would like some help.

I have repoted twice each but I'm not sure whether I should just repot in a big pot to thick the trunk for example. Or should I just wire them and leave them in a small pot as they are?

What would you do? Even if they are flawed for bonsai I intend to keep them.

TomasPT wrote: What would you do? Even if they are flawed for bonsai I intend to keep them.

They are not flawed for bonsai and ofcourse you should keep them. In general, a reply would be that bonsai are not created by growing seeds in bonsai pots. Your trees have done quite well though.
Indeed you should try and get the trunks thicker. You can pot them in slightly bigger pots (but I canot see the roots, I don't know how much space they take up in the pot now).

Thanks.
I would guess they should be close to root bound to be honest, they were repotted last year. I'm thinking about using much larger nursery style pots and repot next spring.

I've used liquid fertilizer on the maples and Biogold fertilizer on the pines.

In this case should i use regular potting soil?

Where they are now i had a 50/50 mix of Kiryuzuna and Akadama for the pines and a 60/40 Akadama/Kanuma on the maples (advised by a local nursery)

especially the maple I would place in a larger pot. Ideally a very shallow one so the roots go wide instead of deep. Looking nice start that you have there, espcially if growing from seed for the first time!.

Parabéns Tomas, suas árvores est?o lindas.
Seja bem vindo ao Empire.