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Hello everyone!
I came across this Tsukumo Sawara Cypress at a garden center last week, and could not resist taking it home. I am new to bonsai and never had a small tree like this before. I understand it needs to be outside year round. I am in USDA zone 5b.

Some beginner questions:
1. Should I repot it to a larger pot now to make it grow more and make the trunk thicker?
2. If I need to repot it, what soil mix should I use?
3. Anything else I should be doing with it now?

Thank you,
Dmitriy

1. No repot until springtime.
2. A good draining soil mixture
3. Learn to keep it alive

These are really the main points right now, since you are just beginning. Learn as much as you can over this next year about how to care for your tree. Research and learn about bonsai soils, plant life cycles, hows & whys of training, and what bonsai is. Plenty of things out there. Books. Websites. Videos. And local, though not always local, bonsai clubs. They will teach you the best about what's good to use in your area.

On your Cypress: Good looking little tree. Lots of ramification, though it could be thinned out to let the birds fly through. If you want to grow this larger, you're looking at a decade or more to get it anywhere. If you want to maintain this particular size, I think you might have a good mame in the making. Learn more about your species here, it's growth habits, its limits, its needs. Good luck!