I posted pics of this spruce last spring. Last August I repotted it inot a bonsai pot. Here are some pics of the repotting.
It was standing in a wooden box and it had grown a lot of new roots since it was collected
As you can see the original soil is almost mudlike peat, it was growing in a bog.
I removed as much as I could of the original soil. If this is left in the pot for too long it will slowly kill the tree because it is so compact and no oksygen can get to the roots. At the same time I leave as many roots as possible. I only cut off the ones that are too long and thick to get into the new pot.
Here is the tree in the new pot. It is not the final one but it’s good for now. I used a deeper pot to allow for more root growth and to make it easier too keep the roots damp at all times, spruces hate to dry out, they die quickly if they don’t get enough moisture. I will leave the tree in this pot for many years and when the tre is shaped I will put it into a shallower, oval pot.