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I decided it is now warm enough to work on the olives.
The first tree was repotted last spring and responded with a lot of growth.
Looks like it wants to be a clump style bonsai so I have kept a couple of the extra smaller trunks. Some carving today to reduce the visual weight of the short, thick branch on the main trunk and to make the stumps look a bit more natural.

Next it was time to repot this larger single trunk olive. After collection it was just a bare trunk. Branches selected from the shoots and allowed to grow for a year to thicken up a bit. Last year I started to trim the branches to encourage ramification. Apex is still allowed to grow freely to try to heal the large cut near the top of the trunk.
I was hoping it would fit into a neater pot but the root ball is still just a little too large for the 30 cm orchid pots. It has gone back into another poly fruit box. With a bit more reduction of some roots I managed to turn the trunk to the front this time.

A couple of good nabari's there so a future for both I would think.

I love the clump style olive not to mention the carving.


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Here are the trunks of the olives. Trying to take Neil’s advice and not spend time and effort on trees that lack interest.






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You should get some good trees out of those.
Don't get too carried away with what style or which parts to keep just yet. They will need at least a year, possibly 2 before the roots will be strong enough for further work so you have plenty of time to consider and plan and seek second opinions.

Thank for the advice. I’ve just chopped them down to leave a decent amount of trunk and branches. Now to pot them up and see how they respond.


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Oops sorry Neil I got carried away reading your thread I accidentally posted my collected ones on yours.


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