Olive Bonsai Creation: Ensuring Healthy Roots

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10 ай бұрын

It is very tempting to start styling a bonsai as soon as you get new material. However, the better the health of the tree, the better the tree will respond. So when I got this Olive tree for Bonsai, I thought I could style this olive tree into a bonsai. but when I was repotting this olive tree, the roots were weak and I decided to only repot and let the bonsai-tree to be recover first and get vigor back in the plant.
In this video: Solid roots for strong health in a future olive bonsai.

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@leeschlosser4069 Ай бұрын

I find your videos extremely valuable. I want to get my own olive tree someday for bonsai and your videos help greatly.

@bibnida7945 9 ай бұрын

Very much looking forward to seeing this development over the years, especially any carving.

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

There will be a video hopefully in mid-spring. Not sure whether I want to wait another year to move it into a nice pot. The deadwood I did with handtools :)

@BonsaiCornwall 10 ай бұрын

Absolutely loving these uploads atm Jelle cheers 💚

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@mcbabs7495 10 ай бұрын

Super épisode, merci pour la vidéo!

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

EVer my pleasure

@scheers100 10 ай бұрын

Good future ahead with this tree! 👊👊👍🌳

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

I think so too!

@jeffhurst4744 10 ай бұрын

We have one. Nothing as big as this trunk. Got a new method from this video on branch promotion. Thank you my friend. Looking forward to future videos on this one.

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

Its coming to a laptop near you in 2024!

@LoveBonsai902 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your tip on removing leaves in the spring to create new branches Jelle. Will definitely be trying that. 😊

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

@bartstellink307 10 ай бұрын

That is a very nice tree... ❤

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

Yes, thank you

@egoebonsai37 10 ай бұрын

Wow beautiful bonsai tree Sir. I hope the bonsai grows well Good Job.

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

So nice of you It is growing ike a weed!

@FrostBiteBonsai 9 ай бұрын

OOOOooooOOOooOOOOooo!!! I am SO jealous!! My olives are still the thickness of a branch on you tree!

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

:) Search and you will find?

@matshagstrom9839 6 ай бұрын

Jelle, Thank you again for another very informative video. I agree with you that leaf size is important. When getting specimen trees we don't have so much of a choice but when developing trees from early stages choosing the correct genetics can have a big impact on the final outcome. South of where I live, in the township of Woodside Ca' there were commercial olive groves planted about a century ago.The trees now grow wild along the freeway. Even though there are hundreds of olive varieties my best guess is that these local trees are Olea europaea 'Cailletier' aka Nicoise olives. They have small leaves and small fruit. I have collected some off the side of the highway. If I'm correct about the varietal Cailletier. These are grown primarily in the Alpes-Maritimes region near Nice and in nearby Liguria in Italy, where it is known as Taggiasca. I'm curious if it's warm enough where you are for the trees to produce fruit? Thank you again, Mats H

@GrowingBonsai 6 ай бұрын

They do produce fruit, but do not reallr ripen. We have like 30 olives last year from a big tree :)

@matshagstrom9839 6 ай бұрын

The trees in south of where I live produce fruit that ripens. It is a Mediterranean climate. I live 40 Km away in San Francisco. Where I live there is a unique micro climate zone which is quite cold when the surrounding area gets hot. In San Francisco few olive trees produce fruit. It’s too cold during summer.

@rebeccahunter725 10 ай бұрын

Olives are so much fun! My dream is to collect my own big stump and then style form there. ATM practicing on a stump purchased from my local club show so I will wait eagerly for the next video!!

@GrowingBonsai 9 ай бұрын

You can do it! Do you get them in the wild there then?

@rebeccahunter725 8 ай бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai South Australia has a really good reputation for wild olives, and there are some good ones to be collected in Victoria as well. Both European and African varieties. They are a declared weed so no issues with collecting, either!

@GrowingBonsai 8 ай бұрын

sounds like I need to visit SA and bring a shovel!@@rebeccahunter725

@rebeccahunter725 8 ай бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai Its a date!!

@Dannysbirdshed 10 ай бұрын

Awsome content

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@thenaturecreater8906 10 ай бұрын

Wow what a trunk! Monster!

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

:) Thats what I thought when I saw it

@XaviersBonsaiRetreat 10 ай бұрын

I am at a similiar place with my three (smaller) Olives. Just want them to grow on now and thrive for next year.

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

Health over beauty is a good spot to be in!

@Jey125 10 ай бұрын

What a pity, I was curious to see what you would do with the big stamps.

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

So Sorry about that. I have meanwhile started styling the tree and WILL post a full video on JUST the styling next year, probably mid-spring after the first flush of growth has been positioned.

@teguhbonsai3773 10 ай бұрын

Biutiful

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@crashone1988 7 күн бұрын

Hi could you tell me what kind of soil do you use for this olive tree?😊

@jaiprakashpathak8974 10 ай бұрын

Looking forward to its styling session with you . 👍

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

Very soon! Within a year I will post a video.

@Danonito_flavor 10 ай бұрын

Where did you buy tye tree from? Was it amazon/ebay or some online bonsai store? Interested to know 😎

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

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@janegardener1662 10 ай бұрын

Is this tree a special variety? My olive is "Little Ollie" but the leaves are bigger than this one.

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

Nope, just the regular wild olive, Olea sylvestris

@hashiramabonsai 10 ай бұрын

Great video! How much did the stump from Italy cost?🤩

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

Depends

@hashiramabonsai 10 ай бұрын

@@GrowingBonsai without shipping? 150 bucks?

@bartstellink307 10 ай бұрын

I think you are way off... Or perhaps not, maybe he knows a dude that knows a dude.

@GrowingBonsai 10 ай бұрын

true story. And nope, prices vary depending on so many factors, discussing makes little sense. In fact, I find it irrelevant

@hashiramabonsai 10 ай бұрын

@GrowingBonsai true, was just curious, in Italy and Spain you usually get the best olive material, it's just that shipping it to Switzerland is nearly impossible, the raw material is crazy and this will be such a lovely 🌳, nice job!