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Got a parcel in the mail today from Wyatt aka Olive crazy.

1. "The stump"

Front:

Back: [Even has a butt crack]


2. My personal favourite, "The Genie's lamp".

Front:

Back:



3. "The Potato''

Front:

Back:



4. "The clump"

Front:

Back:


Afterwards:

Tooth pick method.










Grow boxes: [thanks Gareth and Hunter pets]




Mix of river sand, potting mix and scoria.





I then water them in with a cocktail of seasol and vitamin B-1 [thiamine] and placed them in the shade.

Big thanks to Olive crazy for sending me these beauties.

Looks like somebody had fun today.

bodhidharma wrote:Looks like somebody had fun today.

Hahaha not as much fun as olive has digging them up and chain saw massacring them.

They are cool stumps when they get gowing they can develop fast you will get hooked on them real fast

Olivecrazy wrote:They are cool stumps when they get gowing they can develop fast you will get hooked on them real fast

When i opened the box i knew i was contaminated and now i have a spot for them locally so they will become my next obsession.



Thanks again mate.

hey drew you should have some fun with these babies
cheers dean

dragon wrote:hey drew you should have some fun with these babies
cheers dean

Thanks Dean, I sure will. Im hoping the toothpick technique works.

that they survive first

These guys are trundling along slowly i might add...

Hey Andrew , any chance of an update on these olives ? Cheers Graham

regwac wrote:Hey Andrew , any chance of an update on these olives ? Cheers Graham

+1

Theres not really much to show Gents, Ive found olives to be fickle. Trying out new pruning tech/feeding as we speak will post pics accordingly. Thanks.

hi,

i was wondering if you could tell me a little bit about the toothpick technique? never have seen it before.

thanks, Alek

Hello Alek,

Type toothpick into the search bar, located in the top right corner - I noticed eight pages of previous posts, all talking about the toothpick method to peruse. Below is the first post on the toothpick method in 2009:

bodhidharma wrote:There is another way which is very successful. I got the info from Koreshoffs book and immediately tried it. Drill holes into the tree at the point you want roots at. Use a toothpick sized drill and drill right the way around.going in beyond the cambium. Take your toothpicks and wetting one end stick it into some powdered growth hormone or liquid, if you prefer and insert it into the hole. once all the toothpicks are in bury the toothpicks with your growing medium and wait. I have had success with Maples, lilacs and am going to try it on an evergreen.

Happy reading.

P.S. Try Wiki too - not sure if they have loaded the toothpick methodology into WIKI, very popular technique, so i imagine they would have.

Kevin

Hi Andrew

Re the slow growing with the olives.

Here at the School of Bonsai some students experimented with developing a technique to encourage faster recovery and development in collected olives. On the basis that they originally came from the limestone coast of South Africa they tried adding garden lime to the soil that the trees were potted into. This produced very much improved results. As consequence it is now recommended to add some lime to the soil twice a year to olives. It is suggested that this be done (for convenience) first at the beginning of summer and again at the end of summer. Hope this may be of some help.

Dennis Mc

Andrew you are a magician