It was placed in a grow pot to ...you guessed it grow on.

It’s been trunk chopped a few times over the years and repotted about every second year so that the roots could be worked on.
Now that I’m happy with the trunk (about 15cm at base) I’m starting to work the branches and upper part of the tree.
Attached is a photo as it is today and from jan 2019 just before it went into the pot it’s in today