Shohin Wild Olive Yamadori

[@CarlBridge58]

Terry thank you for this. I live in Tuscany, Italy, and of course I have a few Olives in different stages and sizes. First, I learned so much from you and your olive practices (some of which, not many dare to do around here), and second, because of this video, I learned about Kelpak, which I now call it the "miracle juice", not only for olives of course but it has turned my repotting success to a 100%, even in those cases when I may have gone a bit too far, both in root removal as well as outside of the recommended repot season... 25ml/lt soil drench when repotting, 3ml/lt when I water or 10ml/lt foliar applications, a life saver! Thank you!!

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thank you Carlos! I really enjoyed ready your comment and to learn of how some of my content has been so helpful. Thanks so much for the feedback and I wish you all the best for growing your olives. (I should also mention that I have been to Italy a few times and I love Tuscany, in fact on the most recent trip there I stayed in the area for some time and rented a car to be able to get around easier.)

[@amithramballie3963]

Thank you for taking the time to put the video of the repotting of this olive together Terry. Great, also, that you showed the result after new growth.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thanks Amith, yes I think that was nice to see what happened as a result of the work.

[@ANDREASDEUTSCH]

Terry you are literaly first youtuber, which tells everything, answers on mevery question I have in my mind. Enormous like!

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Wow, thanks Andreas! I always do my best to answer someone who is keen to understand something which I did not make clear enough in the video.

[@natrjack965]

Really impressed with your videos Terry I am pretty new to the hobby well 5 years trying to learn as much as I can did try way back in the eighties and early 90's but failed due to lack of information, but thanks to the Internet I am learning a lot .. Thank you for sharing your knowledge....

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thanks so much Michael. I’m so glad you find the information helpful. Yes, I think bonsai enthusiasts are spoilt with knowledge these days when I hear stories from the older generation of how little information was available 30 years ago b

[@natrjack965]

@@TerryErasmusbonsai I have developed a real passion for this hobby it must be my age 56 😆..

[@bravofoxable]

my absolute favorite is Wild Olive! Very nice video and most detailed explanation of every step as always, thanks Terry

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Glad you enjoyed it Frans! Thank you.

[@nancyfahey7518]

You are such a great teacher.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

You are very kind Nancy

[@percyacutt3110]

Fantastic Terry my favourite tree

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thanks Percy!

[@mattdemoraes]

Gorgeous tree - great video Terry

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Many thanks Matt!

[@oscarvidalquist]

me encanta!!! this is an amazing little olive tree, i'm a big fun of wild olive trees. we have plenty of them here in spain. ilove the branching you've developed, i'd love to learn how to achive it.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thanks so much Oscar! Absolutely, you guys in Spain have arguably the best olives in the world! I wrote a blog about the development of this Shohin here www.bonsaitree.co.za/blogs/tree-talk/collected-olive-to-shohin-bonsai

[@oscarvidalquist]

@@TerryErasmusbonsaithanks a lot! It's a very useful diary. I see i've failed to keep sacrifice branches but i've found they weaken after some time and some times the tree will sprout in other places when i cut them back. At the end i get the branching but not a suficient width. Thanks again

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

@oscarvidalquist glad the article was helpful.

[@oussamachaachoui3727]

Beautiful tree and nice work Thank you for this video

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thank you Oussama!

[@wesleyphillips3211]

What an amazing specimen Terry, definitely need to add one of these :) thanks for sharing.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

They are very nice to work with indeed Wesley.

[@germanliebana9572]

As usual, a great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thank you German! Much appreciated.

[@jacques_TRIKO]

J'apprécie beaucoup vos vidéos et les conseils que vous donnez tout au long de celles ci. Merci et continuez.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Mon plaisir, monsieur!

[@conspiraterry7393]

that is such a good idea to put the finer media on top!

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Yeah, it works well. Hope you see good results.

[@pascualbeldapenades3504]

Hi Terry, it's really impressive the work you do and i think we're all very thankful with you sharing your knowledge with everyone. Ive got a question about mame bonsai, but i haven't seen any on your videos to comment on, so that's why I'm doing the question here, I've been lately interested in mame bonsai, but i havent started witing one just yet, u was wondering in case you knew, what 2 diameters of wire would you recommend to a person who is basically starting in mame bonsai? (Junipers, olive trees, Japanese black pines and chinese elms, as ficus are less strong and i think the wire could be the same too?) Thank you very much for your content and kindness 😀😊🌱 Thank you very much and I'll carry on enjoying your content 😀😊😊💪🏻🌱

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thanks Pascual for the message. I don’t know mame, so I will guess that 1mm, 1.5mm, 1.8mm will be the ones you mostly use. Initially structural wiring might be done with thicker wire. If you can use copper this will be good because you can use a thinner wire so it’s less visible and takes up less space on a branch. However aluminium wire is softer and so easier to apply. Good luck and thanks for watching.

[@pascualbeldapenades3504]

@@TerryErasmusbonsai thank you very much Terry, I will start with two diameters on copper then and if I need more I'll get it afterwards then, thank you very much and good on everything you do 😀💪🏻💪🏻🌱

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

@pascualbeldapenades3504 my pleasure.

[@garrethdilley1129]

Great video, I love the wild olives, I've noticed on my olives that there is a few yellow leaves and I'm wondering if this this normal for this time of the year seeing that yours had non. They healthy and have new growth so not entirely sure what's going on. Keep up with the great content Terry.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

It’s normal for yellow leaves, some at least not all. You won’t see yellow leaves on this as I defoliated.

[@johanjoubert4585]

Hi Garreth, maybe Terry can also comment. I saw similar yellow leaves on my wild olive, but much more "spotty". They are treated and fertilised frequently with Bonsai Boost and Seagro. In my case (maybe it works for you), it was heat... Terry made a comment in this video about the clay pots having better thermal insulating properties. I've heard this on few occasions but did not quite appreciate/understand it. One recent afternoon (Pretoria) I felt precisely how hot the plastic development pots DO GET. Suffice to say, I have a number of clay pots on my shopping list! Wild olives do not seem to like "root baking" ;-) Moved my wild olive into semi-(afternoon)shade and voila: recovered beautifully within two weeks! I won't be working with plastic development pots in future.

[@garrethdilley1129]

@@johanjoubert4585 oh yeah mine is in full sun the whole day, my one olive is in a bonsai pot the others in development plastic pots, I suspected heat to be a problem but to be knowledge they love sun for leave reduction purposes. I will move them into a spot where there is afternoon sun and see how they go, thanks for the advice will keep you posted if it works for me.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

@@johanjoubert4585 thanks for your comment. Yellow leaves with black spot is a fungal issue. However not sure if that is what you had if moving it into shadier spot took it away. A lot of people locally use plastic and if they’re happy with that then great, I prefer ceramic as you mentioned for many reasons some of which you mention but there is also the environmental factor. Plastic tubs don’t last long in our climate and up at landfill sites. Thanks very much for adding to the conversation, was great!

[@danielkosta3134]

Finally got an olive 2 years ago. It has a rounded "stump" base like yours. There were 8 thin shoots around the perimeter of the base. I selected and wired 5 of them. These have been thickening rather quickly. I don't think they are ready yet for defoliating. I plan to repot in spring. It is fall here now. I will use a mix similar to yours. Also can you carve deadwood on olives? Thank you for the great video

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thanks Daniel! They are great, you’re going to enjoy yours. I share my full process here on how I developed this tree from a stump. Please read it: www.bonsaitree.co.za/blogs/tree-talk/collected-olive-to-shohin-bonsai

[@danielkosta3134]

@@TerryErasmusbonsai very good article. Thank you for recommending it to me

[@alessandromassimo5717]

@@danielkosta3134 you can definitely carve olives! look at ancient olives in puglia italy and try to mimic them

[@BONSAIenCORTO]

Gracias. Thanks for sharing. Greetings.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@BONSAIenCORTO]

@@TerryErasmusbonsai With such an interesting content it is impossible not to see it!!!

[@dawud7791]

I have a question that is off topic to this video, Which is a great video! Have you ever tried to fuse two separate pine trunks together? I collected two young pinus resinosa(American red pine) trees, the trunks are the size of a carrot maybe, I want to creat a twin trunk tree from them, I can’t find any Info about merging pine trunks, maybe you have some insight?? Thanks in advance!

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

I have not tried this but it is possible especially if the material is young. But for twin trunk you don’t need them to fuse. Just place both trunks right next to one another, removing roots which get in the way. Eventually they will grow so intertwined that it will look like one tree.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

I have not tried this but it is possible especially if the material is young. But for twin trunk you don’t need them to fuse. Just place both trunks right next to one another, removing roots which get in the way. Eventually they will grow so intertwined that it will look like one tree.

[@dawud7791]

@@TerryErasmusbonsai thanks for the reply! I see what you mean, I think I’ll grow the close, without essentially grafting the trunks and taping them in place

[@living_sculptures_za]

Thanks again, Terry, for another well made, informative and well presented video. May I please ask: at about the 11th minute you mentioned a product called 'Calpack' (spelling? ). I am unfamiliar with this product and my google search for this is unsuccessful. Can you please enlighten me/us about this product. This would be so appreciated. Thanks again, Liam

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Thanks Liam for watching and your question. Kelpak is a seaweed extract containing auxins and cytokinins. I sell it but I am sure you can get something similar where you are. www.bonsaitree.co.za/collections/fertilizers-and-baskets/products/kelpak-500ml

[@Dax13Dax]

Lovely tree Terry. What time of year was this work done?

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Spring. Thanks for the compliment

[@nancyfahey7518]

I'm wondering why the leaves are so round. Are you sure that's an olive tree.

[@TerryErasmusbonsai]

Hi Nancy. The shape of the leaves changes through frequent pruning. If you allow a branch to grow out then the typical leaf shape emerges once again. www.bonsaitree.co.za/blogs/tree-talk/collected-olive-to-shohin-bonsai

[@arnopienaar8111]

Bravo