Thank you kindly Benjamin. Glad you enjoy what I do.

Thank you! Actually a couple weeks after the video it was in full leaf again. You will see the photos in the community.

Appreciate you watching and commenting Freddie. Thanks so much. 🙇🏼‍♂️

Thanks so much Wesley 🙇🏼‍♂️

Thanks Gerrit ☺️ wish I could say it’s raw talent but it’s just hours of practice.

That’s great Samuel! I can’t wait for winter here 😉. Like your phrase “I have been dormant for too long.” 😂 glad the pumice is working well with your orchids.

Thanks so much ! 🙇🏼‍♂️

Thanks so much. Very kind of you to say. Hope it helps you with your olives.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai I only have one tiny olive, but it is a good occasional distraction from my Acers. 🤣

@acer_p_bonsai great, yeah a little diversity never hurt anyone 😊

Thank you very much 🙇🏼‍♂️

Thank you so much! I appreciate it.

Monster size 😁

Thank you so much. Much appreciated 🙇🏼‍♂️

Thank you so much Sue! 😀 I agree 100% on the primeval nature, love that phrase by the way. It shouldn't take more than a couple weeks to regrow the leaves.

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!

Hi Christo, thanks! Yes I like to do this around now, very late Summer or early Autumn. You can also do it just before spring push.

Thanks so much Carl, most appreciated. 😁

Thank you very much.

Hi Rob. I did it a day before posting the video. So yes Mid April.

That's a good point Derick. Thanks for raising it. My olives are still growing well and so I feel comfortable to defoliate now with still time for these leaves to develop and return energy to the tree prior to winter. In my experience the local olives always push well with the first winter rains - and we are well away from that in the Cape. One also needs to remember that our winters are very mild in comparison to locations which receive snow etc. Its more about avoiding a situation where we are reducing the trees resources to a point where its depleted and branches begin to die. If your trees are healthy and growing strongly I personally think you should defoliate and wire one of them and see how it responds vs the others. Then next time this year you will know either to perform the step earlier, later or not at all. You can only learn by experience and this experience can only be gained by making decisions which might initially appear as risks. The worst that can happen is that the tree is weakened and a single defoliation is not going to result in any dieback - provided you begin with a healthy tree to begin with.

Thanks so much! Yes absolutely, your intuition was spot on. Remove the excess buds as soon as possible keeping only one, the one growing at the best angle.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai thanks, will do!

@olosyranib no problem. Glad to help.

Thank you for your comment and request. I can only assume that you have not browsed all the videos on my channel as I most certainly have many videos dealing with more basic topics featuring very cheap of a variety of species and immature material.

Loads of that content in Terry's library👌

Thanks Wesley.

@@TerryErasmusbonsai Thank you for your reply. Yes you do and I have watched a great deal of videos on your channel, but it would be helpful to include your reasoning behind your methods. Like what season is best to wire, repot, fertilise for specific species. Watched your wild olive playlist for example but was unable to find info on these basic care topics. Just a suggestion that I believe would benefit saffers wanting to improve their bonsai development 😊

@snek7049 sure! I welcome all constructive comments and appreciate them a lot. So thank you.

Thank you 🙇🏼‍♂️

Geee thanks! 😃

Thanks so much Arno. 🙏🏻