Little olive

Pup · Post by **Pup** » June 16th, 2014, 10:06 pm

This is a Shohin olive from collected stock styled over 4 years.

Cheers Pup

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CraigM · Post by **CraigM** » June 16th, 2014, 10:10 pm

Stunning tree, love the taper.

Andrew Legg · Post by **Andrew Legg** » June 17th, 2014, 7:10 am

Nice tree Pup!

Talk to me about roots on olives. My experience is a lot of fine roots. Do you do any selection to try to get individual roots to thicken more than others? How do you manage dem roots?

Cheers,

Andrew

mtarros · Post by **mtarros** » June 17th, 2014, 7:19 am

That's a great little tree, I have been looking for some good olive stock in Brisbane but haven't found any.

Pup · Post by **Pup** » June 17th, 2014, 11:26 am

Andrew Legg wrote:Nice tree Pup!

Talk to me about roots on olives. My experience is a lot of fine roots. Do you do any selection to try to get individual roots to thicken more than others? How do you manage dem roots?

Cheers,

Andrew

I tend to keep them covered so they keep growing, as they do they thicken. One trick that I have learned also, is to leave some moss on the trunk for a little while, it helps to age the trunk, be aware it can rot the trunk if left on for too long.
Cheers Pup

Rory · Post by **Rory** » June 17th, 2014, 12:34 pm

For some reason, I am still not a fan of Shohin, but that is a very pretty tree. A great base, and such cute ramification on it.

Scott Roxburgh · Post by **Scott Roxburgh** » June 17th, 2014, 1:15 pm

Great little Olive, the best shohin Olive I've seen in Australia

Can we get a couple more shots from different angles?

Was it flat cut on collection?

Jason · Post by **Jason** » June 17th, 2014, 2:00 pm

Another awesome tree Pup!

Can't wait to try my hands on some olives, love the gnarly look

Mount Nasura · Post by **Mount Nasura** » June 17th, 2014, 4:22 pm

Great tree thanks for sharing, I've seen a lot of your native work and really happy to see this little weed getting
Some show time!

Pup · Post by **Pup** » June 17th, 2014, 4:43 pm

Scott Roxburgh wrote:Great little Olive, the best shohin Olive I've seen in Australia

Can we get a couple more shots from different angles?

Was it flat cut on collection?

Will do when it stops raining, which I hope is not for some time. Yes it was flat cut at collection.

Cheers Pup

Mount Nasura · Post by **Mount Nasura** » June 17th, 2014, 4:50 pm

Forgot to ask, you mentioned the application of moss, my guess is you use sphagnum moss? and have you recently removed some as the roots have a green fresh look to them ?

Pup · Post by **Pup** » June 17th, 2014, 5:57 pm

Mount Nasura wrote:Forgot to ask, you mentioned the application of moss, my guess is you use sphagnum moss? and have you recently removed some as the roots have a green fresh look to them ?

No ordinary moss, and yes I took some of when I weeded the tree.

Shannon · Post by **Shannon** » June 17th, 2014, 8:21 pm

Nice little olive Pup.

Regards
Shannon.

bonzaidog · Post by **bonzaidog** » June 17th, 2014, 8:29 pm

D…I'm liking the olive,

any thoughts on another pot at all?

Cheers ….Dog

Andrew Legg · Post by **Andrew Legg** » June 17th, 2014, 8:57 pm

Pup wrote: I tend to keep them covered so they keep growing, as they do they thicken. One trick that I have learned also, is to leave some moss on the trunk for a little while, it helps to age the trunk, be aware it can rot the trunk if left on for too long.
Cheers Pup

On my flat-cuts I tend to cut off 50% of the roots that are growing from points I don't feel will be good long term. I think I'm taking off too much too soon though as it seems the tree is weakened by this action. I think I must slow it down on this front.

I think there is a lot of sense in the moss thing. I have an olive that was in rafia for a heavy bend for about two years and the bark flaked up quite nicely. I'm 100% sure this has to do with it remaining damp and soft. I have thought of putting a light bandaging on a few of my tree's branches to maintain dampness and see if it is indeed so.

Cheers Pup.

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