Repotting & Pruning Olive bonsai in Summer

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

That Olive is beautiful!

[@GrowingBonsai]

looks like you are catching up on some viewing!

[@FrostBiteBonsai]

@GrowingBonsai Yes. Sorry Jelle. I'm trying to catch back up one channel at a time. I don't like to skip videos. I bombarded you with comments instead😄

[@jerzinho92]

In north of France, iv made plenty of cuttings from olea sylvestris in may, june and september. Most of them started easily in a mix of 1 or 2mm lava/akadama/pumice/coco without any hormons . Good to know.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Sounds great!

[@nerinat8371]

Great work, looks happier already

[@GrowingBonsai]

So happy when you do this work and you see the tree start pushing again!

[@WelshAnimation]

Hoping you can do some progress updates on some of your previous youtube trees. The videos of 1 year on and 2 or 3 year progress are so good

[@GrowingBonsai]

Interesting idea. Any trees in particular you would like to see feature again?

[@WelshAnimation]

​@GrowingBonsai maybe you could do it on some of the pines with extreme bends or the wedge removed, the junipers including the cuttings from a few years ago. I think the elm with a very fat base and the challenge trees (spruces I think cascade and upright) also the yew nursery material.

[@johnholloway691]

I'd call that tree "kabudachi" style (multi-trunk from a single nebari). Nice small leaf olive variety!

[@GrowingBonsai]

Yes, you are exactly right!

[@ChillGuyBonsai]

Great video! Keep up the good work

[@GrowingBonsai]

thx, will do!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Nice I just repotted my Olive for next weeks episode :)

[@GrowingBonsai]

Nice! I am a few months behind on responding!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

@@GrowingBonsai Never too late to catch up. That's what our winter bonsai breaks are for :)

[@kennethstensrud669]

I have taken a couple of bay trees ( Laurus nobilis) to grow as bonsai. I look forward to see them grow and if they are suitable. John Y. Naka thought me that the only thing that is an inhibitor in choice of material is your own imagination. Perhaps I try olives as well.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Best of luck!

[@alessandrooteri2894]

Great! Do you suggest me to design my Olea pre bonsai (and repotting) in october or Is Better in march? I live in Italy...

[@GrowingBonsai]

Both would work. If you have the time, doing the work just before the growing season starts leaves the tree with more reserves to deal with winter and you reduce the risk of infections

[@nwilliams1540]

Hi Jelle, I see you ave repotting your olive bonsai in summer. I have a nice olive that has been growing in a nursery pot and is ready for its first root reduction. Do you think this work is okay to be done mid summer? We have and least 6 weeks of summer weather left here in Southern California.

[@GrowingBonsai]

Olives prefer warm weather for repotting yes. I have stopped repotting them when it is still cold. Now, california summer is hot I imagine? I guess there I would go for a spring repot, mid 20c day temps

[@mcbabs7495]

U grand merci pour la vidéo!

[@GrowingBonsai]

gladly!

[@lisawagner6076]

Nice little tree! Jelle, I just bought a Brazilian Rain Tree and it came to me with small-ish centipede looking things in the soil. This tree will need to come inside in later fall, but not with those things!!! How can I get rid of them? What can I use? Any ideas?

[@GrowingBonsai]

I doubt there is a lot you can do against them. You could consider pacing the tree fully submerged for half a day? I just accept that a few animals come in with the plants when our plants move indoors in fall.

[@lisawagner6076]

@@GrowingBonsai But these things are so creepy! I will try the submerge thing. Maybe they will drown. Thanks!

[@bonsaimania5345]

Just a thought (and this depends on your climate, vigor of the tree, conditions, etc.), but what about a repot? Especially if it is in need, but this could eliminate some of your critters. (Possibly earwigs?) I know that tropicals do better when repotted in the warm season, although I admit that I'm inexperienced with BRT.

[@lisawagner6076]

@@bonsaimania5345 Thank you Jelle. I think I am going to try a repot. These things are not earwigs, we had those in our old carpet in our old house. (we had to rip all that carpet out). They look like centipedes or millipedes with many legs on both sides of their bodies. There is just so many of them. I will research doing a repot on this tree at this time of year. It is still pretty hot hear. But are trees better repotted in the heat of summer or as fall approaches.? Thanks again!!

[@bonsaimania5345]

@@lisawagner6076 I'm not Jelle, and I have FAR less experience than he does. I have done plenty of research, but none for Brazilian Rain Tree. A quick Google search says spring or midsummer. Where I am in the desert, we are past the halfway point of the season. Jelle is definitely more qualified than I am to advise you on this!

[@bobmccarlie382]

What substrate mix do you use?

[@GrowingBonsai]

I use loads of blend; Feel free to look at my substrate video. Right now I predominantly use a Pumice / Zeoliet / Lava blend with some bark mixed in.

[@raymondbirds2392]

How are european olives for airlayering, how thick in diameter is maximum thickness to airlayer

[@GrowingBonsai]

Not sure. I have seen 20cm think cuttings root. I would presume one can layer pretty much any size you want.

[@raymondbirds2392]

@@GrowingBonsai thank you,

[@RichardDenRooyen1973]

Something totally different.....How do you deal with birds that dig up the soil in the pots and pull out moss when they are looking for insects? they got the whole garden but no, they choose my bonsai trees 😡

[@GrowingBonsai]

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[@andoionutdan9670]

Woow so small leaves

[@GrowingBonsai]

Great isn't it!?

[@bartw7655]

Nadat je die verpot hebt ,mag die dan terug in de volle middag zon?

[@GrowingBonsai]

Dat heb ik gedaan, ja

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@GrowingBonsai]

:D

[@jan_zdanowski]

4:53 🫣

[@GrowingBonsai]

:) thx