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Centaura,
I see your point. I suppose there are pros and cons to each method, and I've never actually tried growing bonsai material in the ground (the soil and climate in the Texas Hill Country are quite harsh). I actually had just learned the technique I described in my horticulture class recently, and its primary purpose is to prepare an established plant to be transplanted. Actually, root pruning does not necessarily encourage downward root growth, just ramification at each point you cut, and I think this whould contribute to the nebari at least a little? But you do have all that soil beneath the tree, and the tree would likely grow deeper roots than would fit in a bonsai pot, so you would inevitably have to do some root work. Then there's the coarse growth; that is quite true, but then I suppose that's implied when you want a tree to thicken up quickly. You would then have to do a lot of work on the canopy, which would take a lot of time to heal. Really, I guess environmental conditions could yield different results, but it seems like either method might take just as long. Hmm. I think I'm confusing myself with lack of experience here.
Travis
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