AusBonsai

Yeah we could all use a van on meeting night I'm gonna need a crowbar to pack my car again!

Cheers
Mojo Moyogi

far enough mate

and the back now might be a front in twenty years just a thought mate, i have learnt to think long and hard about carving.


jamie

I have a Kombi on it's way... Just needs a good service and clean up!

jamie111 wrote:you probably know already jarrod but olive a notorious for being solow to roll over, that is why they are carved so often as the scars take a lifetime to roll in.

jamie

As I am no expert with Olives it was this exact question that came up while discussing Olives with Don. Can't remember the exact time line but it was words to the effect of It took bugger all time for Olives to roll over and give that aged effect. I thought this was different from advice I had been given about them healing.
The example Don was using was the olive that Antonio posted in your olive thread Jamie Not sure If I should say the owners name so I won't

And Jamie I totaly agree but that's something to deal with later if need be.

bett,

interesting as what i have been told to what you have, i wonder if that is ground growing or potted culture?

i would take a stab and say that it is potted culture that it would be slow to rolll over, ground growing i would presume it would fire on all cylinders and heal quite well?


jamie

We where talking about growing in pots.

Has anyone out there lost olives after flat-bottoming them? I've done 2 in the past year and they hardly batted an eyelid. Both shot beautiful radial roots out from all around the base.

These things are tough as guts

Webos wrote:Has anyone out there lost olives after flat-bottoming them? I've done 2 in the past year and they hardly batted an eyelid. Both shot beautiful radial roots out from all around the base.

These things are tough as guts

Exactly what time of the year were they done please Webos?

It was done at start of end of winter or start of spring i think. I need to take better notes!

Webos wrote:It was done at start of end of winter or start of spring i think. I need to take better notes!

Try and remember mate! Were they then left in shade or otherwise and for how long?

That's why I am afraid to flat bottom it, no one can give a "best" time. They all say, do it when ever, I don't like those odds

I am happy to layer it and wait a growing season to chop the base off. Still be a flat bottom, just a bit harder to cut with out damaging roots.


If you, or anyone can say, do it at such and such and it will live. Or something along those lines then I will do it. Otherwise layer it is.

Thanks for all the thoughts everyone.