Olive Progressions

Edward Scissorhand · September 8th, 2012, 5:41 pm

It was nice day today until afternoon when it became alittle too windy. But I managed to do some Work on two of my little olives. The first one is in a very shallow oval Yamaaki pot. The second olive is in a good quality Chinese made rectangular pot.

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MoGanic · Post by **MoGanic** » September 8th, 2012, 5:55 pm

Olive 1 = win!
2 is great, dont get me wrong! I just find one to have better proportions.

Very nice trees !

No1 is possibly the best olive I've seen.

-Mo

Edward Scissorhand · September 8th, 2012, 6:20 pm

MoGanic wrote:Olive 1 = win!
2 is great, dont get me wrong! I just find one to have better proportions.

Very nice trees ! No1 is possibly the best olive I've seen.

-Mo

Olive 1 wanted me to tell you ""shucks, no one has ever said that about me, Thanks!""

Olive 2 says ""you ain't seen nothing yet gimme a few years, havent you heard of the ugly duckling story""

MoGanic · Post by **MoGanic** » September 8th, 2012, 6:26 pm

Haha I look forward to the progression of number two, but with more ramified branches, a beautiful new pot and a good photo shoot I think No1 will take my breath away. Really cannot wait to see this develop into a wise old tree as the years go on. Something about the feel of it!

Hackimoto · Post by **Hackimoto** » September 8th, 2012, 6:38 pm

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Andrew F · Post by **Andrew F** » September 8th, 2012, 8:47 pm

Both are beautiful but no.2...... has got epic base. Love it.

anttal63 · Post by **anttal63** » September 9th, 2012, 6:14 am

OH yes #2 is the tree !!! #1 is great too but could do with some shortening imo. Eddie love ya work mate !!!

Olivecrazy · Post by **Olivecrazy** » September 9th, 2012, 5:56 pm

No 1 is a great tree good to see a olive with out a heavy trunk give this tree a few years of clip an grow & wiring an it will develop nicely i wouldnt shortn it as its over all apperance looks great as it is

just fill out them foliage pads

No 2 well what can i say lol a few years an the trunk will get more tapper foliage pads will thinkn up fast great tree in the making here (ive got one very similar to this)

As for which one is better i cant say

both will be stunning trees in there own way well done great finds thanks for sharing these pictures

Edward Scissorhand · September 9th, 2012, 9:21 pm

Thanks Olivecrazy and Ant. I will try and post some more different olives up for you guys tommorrow afternoon. Cheers Ed

Edward Scissorhand · September 10th, 2012, 5:16 pm

It was a very beautiful day. I had some fungal issues with a couple olives that are in progression. Today I torched all the wooden mushrooms that were growing on the dead wood.

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Olivecrazy · Post by **Olivecrazy** » September 10th, 2012, 6:11 pm

Dead wood

i like dead wood on olives the bottom picture is great i would grow that second trunk up a bit more an fill out the foliage pads on the main trunk

Edward Scissorhand · September 12th, 2012, 4:54 pm

Here are a couple more olive progressions Im working on:

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Olivecrazy · Post by **Olivecrazy** » September 12th, 2012, 6:45 pm

First picture is a great tree love the trunk an the natural lean to it are you planing on making a slanting style tree from it

if you are the longest branch should be on the left side

you have a lot of branches to pick from good find i did a quick virt to

hope you dont mind i really like olives if you cant tell by now

. Great material you have would like to have them my self great stuff

matlea · Post by **matlea** » September 12th, 2012, 7:19 pm

Some great trunks on your trees, will be great once the foliage pads fill out.... Is it just me or does that last tree look like a couple of 'plums' ??

Edward Scissorhand · September 13th, 2012, 1:34 am

Thanks for the feedback guys, Ive got a few more rough Olives to put up during the week, so please feel free to put up your virts of them.

Olive crazy: Thanks for the vert, its very nice.

Matlea: LOL, Yeah you're right it does look abit like plums, now that you mentioned it.

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