Repotting My Russian Olive, The Bonsai Zone, Feb 2024

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5 ай бұрын

I am repotting my Russian Olive tree (Elaeagnus angustifolia) from a RootMaker pot into a bonsai pot. This is the first time I have worked on the roots.
To see previous videos of my Russian Olive bonsai, click on the playlist here...
• Russian Olive Bonsai
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@harishahn9039 5 ай бұрын

I think i am addicted to your channel 😅

@lukasmihara 4 ай бұрын

It's still very young but it already has a nice structure. The pot is beautiful as well!

@TheMajesticTweIve 5 ай бұрын

wow I want that pot 😲

@Derrick8WLee 5 ай бұрын

Very nice looking tree. Great branch structure. My ROs in my garage are starting to wake up too. I need to repot some.

@dk2614 5 ай бұрын

Eleagnus belong to the Olive Family -Oleaceae. The Olive family is a major plant family commonly taught in taxonomy classes because it's members are numerous. Other members include Lilacs and Ash trees (Fraxinus). Olive family members typically have many lenticels along their trunk and branches. What's interesting for me to think about is when people were more closely tied to the land they noticed the associations of plants more closely and the names indicated that. Russian Olive is named as a combination of where the shrub/tree is from and the common family it belongs to.

@gartengeflugel924 5 ай бұрын

They quite firmly sit in the Eleagnaceae, order Rosales, not as a member of Oleaceae in the Asterids.

@dk2614 5 ай бұрын

My education is more than 2 decades old and taxonomists can rarely agree from day to day. Thanks for the update.

@BillyHarjo-us8yz 5 ай бұрын

Nigel, You continue to make excellent videos for the beginner to understand. Your root work has me trying to emulate how you treat your roots (although I'm hesitant to be too aggressive). I like the way you do not rush through the video and give the viewer time to absorb your technique. Probably like a lot of other bonsai hobbyist I enjoyed watching the Aussie bonsai bloke. He has said several times in his videos how much he admired your approach, knowledge and technique. I haven't seen any new videos from him for 6or 7 months..... Do you know what has become of him? Please keep sharing your knowledge, there are thousands of us out here that depend it !!!

@mattbrennan647 5 ай бұрын

I googled this species and those leaves don’t look very small. Thanks, keep growing

@DavesBonsai 5 ай бұрын

Another master class!

@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai 5 ай бұрын

Excellent video Nigel. I’m in awe of your root pruning.

@FrostBiteBonsai 5 ай бұрын

Great work! That is a very handsome tree! It's like it is meant to be Bonsai!

@growclipbonsaiforseniors1951 5 ай бұрын

Nice work on this RO. Pot has great color to it. Excellent!!!!!

@Tybold63 5 ай бұрын

Good looking tree and nice pot. I look forward to see it leafed out.

@trybonsai 5 ай бұрын

Great video Nigel, looking forward to it's development 🎉🎉

@dkstott29 5 ай бұрын

Very nice little tree and the blue pot compliments it nicely 🌴🌲👍👍

@empret7704 5 ай бұрын

The branches on top look busy 😊. Beautiful pot, lovely colors 👌

@baldyeti 5 ай бұрын

I think I like the Russian Olive over the Silver Berry (American species, very similar). I think those root maker pots would be great for developing yard trees, but I see what you mean with Bonsai training.

@t3dwards13 5 ай бұрын

Can't wait to see the leafed out update!!!

@DavesBonsai 5 ай бұрын

Nice little tree indeed. Your trees are waking up sooner than mine in the PSGF.

@OlufsWaterview 5 ай бұрын

NICE!

@brucedeacon28 5 ай бұрын

👍👌👌

@averyprice9422 5 ай бұрын

I forgot you had those pots

@Darkfire1300 5 ай бұрын

👍

@Darkfire1300 5 ай бұрын

I was disappointed not to hear "zombie apocalypse" when the sirens sounded!

@TheBonsaiZone 5 ай бұрын

I was concentrating too much and missed it, it wasn't until I was editing the video that I heard the sirens!!!

@bcrogers57 5 ай бұрын

I’ve removed about 700 of these from my property. Never thought about making them into a bonsai.

@bobmccarlie382 5 ай бұрын

Just curious... have you ever had a seedling that you pulled out of a regular pot that had the quality of the root system (radial and fine root development) that the Olive had?

@dubsydabster 5 ай бұрын

Foist

@Darkfire1300 5 ай бұрын

Great, as usual, video. The Russian olive is considered an extremely invasive species in Idaho, other western and central states and on up into Western Canada. You are not supposed to plant it because it is so difficult to eradicate. I suppose a bonsai is OK there. It will be interesting to see this tree over time.

@TheBonsaiZone 5 ай бұрын

I'll have to be careful to not let it fruit, thanks!!

@lovegardeningplants 5 ай бұрын

1:01 what substrate are you using?

@nathalierouhier4726 5 ай бұрын

what your soil made of please ? pomice and ?

@ajrestivo 5 ай бұрын

Hey everyone i have a question. I have 3 campeche (logwood) bonsai trees. They are all maybe 10 inches tall with single trunks. Would it be unwise to pot them all in a big oval bonsai pot to make it a forest scene?

@TheBonsaiZone 5 ай бұрын

That sounds good to me, you can also root cuttings off the three trees to continue expanding the forest into the future!