AusBonsai

This was originally an olive tree I had bought to produce olive about 6 years ago. I had neglected it for about 4 of those years, leaving it in a pot and never watering or feeding it. I decided to I would give it some love and a new life as a bonsai. Currently the trunk is about 100mm and the tree is 200mm tall overall. I thought that it might look okay as a mame sized bonsai, but now I'm questioning that idea and I'm not quite sure where to go from here.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.




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I'd give it a couple of years of love and attention and see if you can fatten the base and get rid of the reverse taper....

melbrackstone wrote:I'd give it a couple of years of love and attention and see if you can fatten the base and get rid of the reverse taper....

I was thinking of layering up to the reverse taper to try and create some nebari.

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I was thinking of layering up to the reverse taper to try and create some nebari.

worth a try, if you've got enough room to fit the air layer in.

My guess is that the widest part is the real base of the tree. Below that is actually exposed root.
Layer this with a ground layer - ringbark as usual but then bury the bared area with extra mix or moss. Cut a ring of plastic pot if you need to hold the extra mix a bit higher to cover the cut area. Keep it well watered until roots appear.

shibui wrote:My guess is that the widest part is the real base of the tree. Below that is actually exposed root.
Layer this with a ground layer - ringbark as usual but then bury the bared area with extra mix or moss. Cut a ring of plastic pot if you need to hold the extra mix a bit higher to cover the cut area. Keep it well watered until roots appear.

Brilliant, thanks shibui!!

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