Olive Bonsai Creation: Ensuring Healthy Roots

[@bibnida7945]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

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 :)

[@Leeschlosser1991]

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

[@mcbabs7495]

Super épisode, merci pour la vidéo!

[@GrowingBonsai]

EVer my pleasure

[@jeffhurst4744]

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]

Its coming to a laptop near you in 2024!

[@scheers100]

Good future ahead with this tree! 👊👊👍🌳

[@GrowingBonsai]

I think so too!

[@LoveBonsai902]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

My pleasure 😊

[@BonsaiCornwall]

Absolutely loving these uploads atm Jelle cheers 💚

[@GrowingBonsai]

Glad you like them!

[@rebeccahunter725]

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]

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

[@rebeccahunter725]

@@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]

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

[@rebeccahunter725]

@@GrowingBonsai Its a date!!

[@bartstellink307]

That is a very nice tree... ❤

[@GrowingBonsai]

Yes, thank you

[@matshagstrom9839]

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]

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

[@matshagstrom9839]

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.

[@egoebonsai37]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

So nice of you It is growing ike a weed!

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) Search and you will find?

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

Health over beauty is a good spot to be in!

[@thenaturecreater8906]

Wow what a trunk! Monster!

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) Thats what I thought when I saw it

[@Jey125]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

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.

[@Dannysbirdshed]

Awsome content

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you so much!

[@crashone1988]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

i think to remember it is mostly pumice

[@jaiprakashpathak8974]

Looking forward to its styling session with you . 👍

[@GrowingBonsai]

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

[@hashiramabonsai]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

Depends

[@hashiramabonsai]

@@GrowingBonsai without shipping? 150 bucks?

[@bartstellink307]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

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

[@hashiramabonsai]

@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!

[@HUSARZ-fj8yy]

Where did you acquire this one from if you don’t mind me asking?

[@GrowingBonsai]

It was imported from Spain a few years ago

[@maryweber4176]

So, I need your advice please. I just purchased an olive tree, much, much smaller. I live in the US where winter temps can get to -30 F. Is it possible to grow it in my kitchen in a large south facing window. It is currently in a nursery pot, in garde dirt. Just not sure what to do with it for the winter. I have a basement with a window facing west, would that work better than the kitchen south window?

[@GrowingBonsai]

I think key would be to find a place that is 40-50F to kee it dormant. Warmer, and you might get winter growth. I personally try to avoid hits.

[@maryweber4176]

@@GrowingBonsai That gives me a few ideas. Thank you for that. More videos with Xav, please.

[@Danonito_flavor]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

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[@janegardener1662]

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

[@GrowingBonsai]

Nope, just the regular wild olive, Olea sylvestris

[@teguhbonsai3773]

Biutiful

[@GrowingBonsai]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@gayefanner731]

👍👌✌️ 🙏✝️. ✌️🇷🇺☮️🇺🇦✌️

[@GrowingBonsai]

❤