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About my "Acer Negundo" bonsai forest

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  In early 2022 I decided to work on a bonsai forest composed of five Manitoba maples. The idea was pretty older, likely when I was a 13 y/o kid.     Fig.1.My forest in mid September 2022.    The trees were collected in early March, the older one in the center being collected back in 2019 - it was pretty small, but nowadays got some taper and looks "mature" within the project.    Around this time the forest didn't exist. The idea came after I saw several videos posted by The Bonsai Zone (Nigel Saunders) related to similar forests and I appreciated a lot the process, not only the forest itself. Being still in early learning about bonsai world, I tried with accessible trees like Manitoba maples that grow likely everywhere in the area and I can work with it in my own pace.       Fig.2.Forest in late April 2022.   It's uncommon to me, but I didn't take any pictures when I potted it, mostly because it was right af...