It is very much possible to grow and train a bonsai from the very beginning in small or shallow pots. It definitely reduces the rate of growth of the plant, which would at first seem very desirable in bonsai. However, this means that you will have to wait a much longer than if it were planted in a larger pot or in the ground. With many bonsai, the trees are grown larger and then "cut down" to size.

That's not to say that you can't develop a bonsai the way that you are going. It just requires very much patience!

-Audric

Thanks for the info! I have quite a few others that I am growing in bigger pots, but this was my first one and was not sure how it was done then. I am a bbeginner as you probably have figured by now. I will see how this grows in time and will post pictures. Thanks!