I just bougth some Japanese White Pine seeds. There are pictures of it on the internet both looking like: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Japanese_White_Pine,_1625-2007.jpg and http://www.bonsai.co.uk/images/D/d-16234-01.jpg how can i make it grow like the first picture? also can you give any tips on how to grow it except full sunlight and water drainage. On some bonsai site it said: As a conifer tree, the Japanese White Pine actually grows because of a symbiotic fungus found in the rootball. If the fungus were not present, the tree would likely die. Therefore, this type of bonsai should never be bare rooted. If its true where can i find it?
By nearly 400 years of tender loving care . . . "According to the tree's display placard, it has been in training since 1625" Not generally a problem, the spores of the fungus are common in the air, and the tree is innoculated naturally unless it is kept a long way away from other pines.
What i meant was that the tree had a connical shape and diluted leaves at the second picture, but the first picture seems shorter, yet wider with more concentrated leaves. Is it a matter of time?