How to make a crown on an olive??

Goff · Post by **Goff** » September 16th, 2012, 5:31 pm

This is an olive I dug up probably year and half ago. I have picked branches and just growing them on. But how do I do a apex/crown? I got a heap of growth and I want to get the most out of this growing season!! Help please

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Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » September 16th, 2012, 8:03 pm

Hi Goff , it`s a nice stump well done

If it was my tree i would have liked to cut the tree shorter as past the curve the tree seem a bit too straight .
If you decide to take this option you might want to tilt the tree a little to the left so is not leaning so much and i believe it will have a better flow.
Later down the track you can create a shari down the middle to give the tree a more natural look.
Here there is a virtual so you can understand what i have in mind...

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If you want to fix the problem all in once make the cut lower and style the tree as an open informal broom, that`s the tree that I would make...

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I hope all this helped and i wish you all the best with your tree

Goff · Post by **Goff** » September 16th, 2012, 9:01 pm

Pretty much everyone I show this tree to tells me the same thing.. I love the pic you did but do I have the balls to do it

might have to bite the bullet

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » September 16th, 2012, 10:27 pm

You can Do It mate...Save yourself time and make a gun tree

Andrew Legg · Post by **Andrew Legg** » September 17th, 2012, 3:13 am

Goff wrote:Pretty much everyone I show this tree to tells me the same thing.. I love the pic you did but do I have the balls to do it might have to bite the bullet

Goff,

Unless you have a very specific personal reason why you want that second section long, I think from a design perspective, cutting it much shorter is the "correct" thing to do! If you bite the bullet now, it will be worth it in 10 years. I think you'll have a better proportioned tree.

The bonus is, you will not need to worry about the apex yet!

Cheers,

Andrew

Goff · Post by **Goff** » September 17th, 2012, 1:07 pm

If I was to chop it down now would you just chop it blind our should i wait untill I get shoots in right spot??

Olivecrazy · Post by **Olivecrazy** » September 17th, 2012, 4:02 pm

Goff wrote:If I was to chop it down now would you just chop it blind our should i wait untill I get shoots in right spot??

Just chop it blind a olive like this that has plenty of growth will bounce back fast mine normally show signs of fresh shoots 10-14 days after a chop like this

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