The growing of bonsai trees are not for the impatient. These beautiful miniature trees take years to be formed, shaped and nurtured to full maturity. During the whole process, bonsai trees will spend time in bonsai training pots. It is a part of the process that cannot be skipped. In the initial stages of growing bonsai, the trees will be nursery pots. These are the pots bonsai trees normally are housed in when you purchase them or receive them as gifts.

Most often, the bonsai nursery pots are not too sturdy and made from plastic. This is definitely not the type of pot anyone wants as the final home for their valuable bonsai trees. Bonsai training pots need to be sturdy for this is where the process starts of creating the miniature trees.

During the phase of shaping and pruning, the bonsai training pots will be handled often and keeping the growing trees in flimsy pots are not logical. The two most popular materials for bonsai training pots are ceramic bonsai pots or sturdy plastic pots. It is always advisable for beginner bonsai growers to make use of good plastic bonsai training pots that won’t get damaged easily.

Training Is The Labor Intensive Phase

Bonsai growers that have been in the game for a while usually make sure that they have a good assortment of bonsai training pots on hand. This is handy for when a pot breaks unexpectedly and is used during the normal repotting. This forms part of the 2 year maintenance that is normal repotting times for bonsai. The most important thing about bonsai training pots is that the shape chosen will determine how the miniaturizing of the bonsai will progress.

The shape of bonsai is not chosen when the bonsai is repotted from the bonsai training pots to their final pots. By that time the forming and shaping process has been completed. A lot of work goes on during the training phase and bonsai training pots are seen as the workhorses of bonsai pots. The shaping and pruning is done and the wiring and rewiring.

That is why bonsai training pots do not have to be beautiful works of art. When the bonsai is ready to finally be repotted from the bonsai training pots you can start looking at aesthetics. This is the time bonsai growers start looking for the perfect bonsai pots that will showcase the final product of years of work. This is when color, decoration and type of bonsai pots are decided upon.