Making an Olive Bonsai in 4 Months over the Summer

In this video, Jason demonstrates how to take a 5 gallon nursery olive tree and transform it into a bonsai in 4 months from June to October. He discusses how to set a structure in the summer and what type of growth to expect before potting the tree in a bonsai pot.
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Tree Species: Olive

[@NFSCfan]

beautiful video, it's great watching you work and understanding your thought processes. thank you so much! : )

[@susanfield2444]

I like the tree just the way you styled it.

[@waterlover]

He makes it look so easy

[@davidhowes5038]

Always good informative videos

[@britaglious]

Go Shohin! Looks like that thick branch is coming out of the crotch of the bend in the trunk. Nice trees!

[@andrewsalhany5665]

Lovely!

[@Gracie2276]

Wow! This gives me hope! I’ve been wanting to try an olive from nursery stock but was afraid to kill it 😂

[@finnsbiavl7483]

A super video, thanks 🇩🇰🇩🇰

[@oscarvidalquist]

Love oleas!

[@jiijino_bonsai_ch]

good video😍😍😍

[@BONSAIenCORTO]

Of course.... for me is a shohin size. Thanks for sharing.

[@duyhailuavlog]

Chào bạn. Mình đến từ Việt Nam. Mình cũng làm Bonsai và tôi rất thích phong cách của bạn

[@CoNkOrE]

They sell a lot of olives at the garden stores close to me but they are normally tall skinny messy things. I planted the biggest one I have in a giant 10 gallon pot to hope for some thickening but I have been really against any pruning for now. I think I might just have to let it grow wild for a long time to get the big thick trunk on it first. I just love the style some of the Aussie bonsai guys get with the short sumo look that makes them look like ancient mediterranean specimens I just can never find anything like that

[@9sec93lx]

I have an Arbequina Olive tree in a 15-gallon pot that has grown about 6' tall over the years. If you want a thicker trunk, plant it in a big pot and don't prune it for a few years. It will grow into a crazy wild mess, but by leaving all the branches it will thicken quicker than if you were to prune it. When the trunk looks like the size you are after, THEN prune it into a Bonsai. Mines almost ready for the chop...

[@gabrielruiz7188]

Would love to see you work on a japanese boxwood 👍

[@gabrielruiz7188]

I just have trouble making pads on a boxwood would like to see how a master does them

[@frankpagan1294]

Jason great video as always. Do you have this size material for sale at your nursery?

[@BogdanNYou]

Hey, great video!! I was wondering - i have some olive trees that i cur to make bonsai, but they are flowering all over de place and i have no idea if branches are going to grow again from the places where they are flowering (which is from every leaf) or should i cut the flowers? What can i do so that i get the best result this year for my tree? Thank you!!

[@bonsaihigh]

Love the pot on the previous worked one. I wouldn’t go for shohin 😊

[@Kwood10]

I prefer the double trunk .

[@CrazyDaneGaming]

is this the time of year to do this? and during winter, du you leave it out, or in a greenhouse?

[@johnrb9397]

Did you get any of your trees back following the break in?

[@GML890]

Great end work I must say, I was sceptic on the beginning of the video but you made good work on the style of the tree. I am planning to start my journey with Olive Bonsai in the near future, they look highly interesting

[@gromageindustries6745]

Lovely olives 🙏 Why didn't you bear root the second tree and give it a free draining medium?

[@matthewdipalma3413]

When will the new nursery be open?

[@airford13]

what kind of olive? or does it matter at all?

[@rockinbobokkin7831]

How old are each of these small trees? 5+ years?

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌

[@zimapcrulz]

I'm very curious - how do you know a branch would definitely "grow here" (in the blank middle area)? P.s.-your work is beautiful, regardless of whether is is shohin or not.

[@shortsthatdontsuck2174]

Olive is a type of tree that buds from the cambium rather than from preset positions of dormant buds(such as maples). The budding from cambium is typically triggered by sunlight hitting the area which basically tells the tree that since sunlight is hitting there, it has potential for photosynthesis if it were to grow leaves there, this coupled with such a drastic reduction in the foliage which will trigger back budding in general makes it very likely for a bud to develop in that location, though technically not 100% guranteed.

[@zimapcrulz]

@@shortsthatdontsuck2174 Thank you!

[@easternleaf]

@@shortsthatdontsuck2174 Great answer! :)

[@Musicfridayz]

I was gifted an olive tree this year, regular flower store tree. I find the tree to large with only foligae at the top. Is it ok to trunkchop the tree without any branches or leaves under it?

[@equisader]

I have exactly the same. I'd love to know the answer.

[@maryoverton7245]

I would have gone for a shohin

[@deepanjanbanerjee3491]

I prefer the current size since the trunk movement adds grace …. A shohin would look impressive but would lack this simple elegance

[@dougmate2378]

Where can you get the wire to shape the branches?

[@ArdArdArd123]

You can buy them online at bonsai stores

[@Kwood10]

Jason also has a store online called Eastern Leaf ,I order from them regularly.

[@dougmate2378]

@@Kwood10 excellent thank you sir.

[@christymartin6281]

Even Amazon sells bonsai wire.

[@dougmate2378]

@@christymartin6281 day late and a dollar short........

[@mohetower]

Beautiful video But unfortunately the explanation is quick We use translation And it's fast too