In order to understand the different tactics to use when repotting, one needs to understand rootball maturity. Comparing the repot of 4 different trees in order to understand the strategy depending on the maturity of the rootball.

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Repotting a mature bonsai
Repotting two young Japanese Maple Cutting
Repotting a garden centre juniper

0:00 different repotting strategies
1:17 Repotting a mature Lylac Bonsai
3:10 Preparing a bonsai pot for planting
5:10 Techniques for rootwork on a mature bonsai
6:52 Nebari display in bonsai
8:15 Positioning a lylac bonsai in the pot
10:40 Shishikashira Japanese Maple repot of a young prebonsai
13:02 Nebari and rootball development on young bonsai
15:38 Potting up a young japanese maple bonsai
16:04 How to wire a young Japanese maple bonsai in a pot
17:20 Young Little Princess bonsai repotting
24:00 repot a Katsura Japanese maple from nursery pot to prebonsai pot
24:45 Bare-rooting Japanese maple
27:35 Pruning roots on nursery stock Japanese Maple
29:52 Planting nursery stock Japanese maple in development bonsai container
31:35 Recap & outlook