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Jamie,
I am about to sell that house and i'm leaving the Elm with it. The only thing i'm going to remove out of the garden is an Olive, which was found in much the same manner as the Elm, and maybe a Maple, which has been thickening away in the ground (unless the tenant hasn't watered it and killed it!). The Mrs likes the Olive as a normal tree, but it may just have to snap in half on the journey to our place......
Any advice on how much root to take with the Olive?

jstorm wrote:Jamie,
I am about to sell that house and i'm leaving the Elm with it. The only thing i'm going to remove out of the garden is an Olive, which was found in much the same manner as the Elm, and maybe a Maple, which has been thickening away in the ground (unless the tenant hasn't watered it and killed it!). The Mrs likes the Olive as a normal tree, but it may just have to snap in half on the journey to our place......
Any advice on how much root to take with the Olive?

as much asl you like, olive are tougher than elms, you could cut the base off flat with a chain saw if your not going be moving to fair and then put it in a grow box and it will grow new roots. more details here- http://www.dugzbonsai.com

in all seriousness, cut the top of and dig the base out as much of the root ball as possible for the fastest recovery.

good luck, i like how your leaving the elm there for the new owners to deal with

That olive technique is unreal. Might be able to get a few bonsai's out of the one trunk.

possibly but i think the reason why it strikes root so well is due to the fact that the cut is made straight through the lignotuber which is a mass of stored energy for the tree and it allows new roots to grow and gives the tree enoguh energy to throw shoots aswell

jamie

This is a chinese elm that i saved from a Chipper. It was stressed and being removed from a council nature strip. Luckily, i got my hands on it, cut all but the bottom foot off and potted it. Just playing around with this at the moment to figure out what to do with it. Any suggestions?

sorry, still need to work out how to post pics into the forum.