Ficus Nitida Potting

[BonsaiPyro]

Ok witch should I pot my Ficus Nitida in, this

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or this

[url=https://s549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/dragondude_2009/?action=view&current=002-1.jpg][img]https://i549.photobucket.com/albums/ii365/dragondude_2009/th_002-1.jpg[/img][/url]

I figured the smaller one would keep the roots from spreading out to far so the tree will stay small like it's supose to idk

[rainbowgardener]

I'm not a bonsai grower and I would expect the answer to that question mostly depends on your personal esthetic and the look you are going for, but the pictures I have seen of ficus nitida mostly have them in shallow oval pots.

However, there's a separate question that one of our actual bonsai experts can answer better than I can (hopefully one will wander by soon), which is how soon to put your bonsai in a small pot. I don't know how big your tree is now. (I don't know if the pictures above are actually of your tree or are sample pictures.) I have read about training pots. That is if you are starting with a good sized tree and cutting it down, you don't want to stick it in a teeny pot right away, you have to sort of gradually work it down to being comfortable in a very small bonsai pot. Right, bonsai folks?