# What's the right time to put this boxwood in to a bonsai pot

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [June 26, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/whats-the-right-time-to-put-this-boxwood-in-to-a-bonsai-pot/1187 "2018-06-26T10:31:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![kaveesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@kaveesha](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/kaveesha)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/whats-the-right-time-to-put-this-boxwood-in-to-a-bonsai-pot/1187/1 "2018-06-26T10:31:51Z")

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i got this boxwood from a garden centre and i am really looking forward to work on it. The spring is coming here in Australia and i am bit confused what should i do with this marital. The tree seems root bound and i wanna do some major pruning on the tree so is it ok to do these at the same time or which should i do first?!

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**Author:** ![AndyK](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/andyk/32/2330_2.png) [@AndyK](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/AndyK)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/whats-the-right-time-to-put-this-boxwood-in-to-a-bonsai-pot/1187/2 "2018-06-26T19:30:12Z")

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Hi @kaveesha  
Most of my trees are from garden centres/ nurserys.  
I start off by pruning out structural faults, then teasing out the roots and reporting with bonsai soil, but not a bonsai pot, go for something bigger, as you need to grow it out. Spring is good for repot.

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**Author:** ![ryan.marin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/ryan.marin/32/2749_2.png) [@ryan.marin](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/ryan.marin)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/whats-the-right-time-to-put-this-boxwood-in-to-a-bonsai-pot/1187/3 "2018-09-13T03:05:11Z")

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Spring is indeed a great time to repot. Last spring I dug up about 60 boxwood from a hedge. I reduced the root mass to about 8 inches in diameter and on on several pruned off pretty much all the foliage and branching. All have come back super strong.

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**Author:** ![KurtP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/kurtp/32/16188_2.png) [@KurtP](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/KurtP)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/whats-the-right-time-to-put-this-boxwood-in-to-a-bonsai-pot/1187/4 "2019-03-16T22:08:56Z")

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@kaveesha , how did the boxwood go this year?  
I picked up one like it last fall ( USA, Pacific N W).  
Stoaked to be going into spring.! I had several small local hedge boxwoods for years. Vole ate them(small mouse-like rodent) winter stored… wanted to start over!