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These are a few more collected at the same time as the Sumo

So when a re you cutting back? Some interesting stock - most should develop in to nice plants in a couple of years.

[quote="MelaQuin"]So when a re you cutting back? Some interesting stock - most should develop in to nice plants in a couple of years.[/quote

I will leave them to develop for a few months in their new containers then decide on the style and what material will be carved . They all should make very interesting bonsai for sure .Cheers

I usually cut my olives back to nothing, especially the small ones, a new branch wired and shaped will be a hundred times better than any existing brach thats left in place, and anything up to finger thickness can be regrown in no time.

the one in the pot on the far right that has a rock under it looks like a great prospect for a raft style if put into a tray and make it a raft style forrest?


just an idea ?


jamie

ozzy wrote:I usually cut my olives back to nothing, especially the small ones, a new branch wired and shaped will be a hundred times better than any existing brach thats left in place, and anything up to finger thickness can be regrown in no time.

Hi ozzy my first olives , however i dare to be different , these were cut back by 60% - 70% on collection now i still have plenty of material to bend , twist and carve .If i cut them back they would look like every other olive .Cheers

jamie111 wrote:the one in the pot on the far right that has a rock under it looks like a great prospect for a raft style if put into a tray and make it a raft style forrest?


just an idea ?


jamie

Thats the reason it was collected , an instant Raft style forest . However the raft will be grown over a mound eventually .Cheers

i thought that might of been the case! it will be an interesting piece when it has had some time


jamie

hey blood! nice to see you! some good stock there for sure!

anttal63 wrote:hey blood! nice to see you! some good stock there for sure!

Hi Antonio ,some magic trunks to collect but i need my 4 x 4 or a winch to get the buggers out .Cheers

yehea!.......some people wouldn't realise how ungentle and unpeacfull bonsai can get ....Dog.

bonzaidog wrote:yehea!.......some people wouldn't realise how ungentle and unpeacfull bonsai can get ....Dog.

Hi bonzaidog , treat em mean , but keep em green.Cheers

Hi ya Alpine. Nice to see you posting again and nice to have you back. Hope all is well now

bodhidharma wrote:Hi ya Alpine. Nice to see you posting again and nice to have you back. Hope all is well now

Hi Bod , had some chinese torture rather that surgery {bloody hell i know what my bonsai must feel } . The big gorilla near broke me in half , but the remedial therapy was an instant success over the modern medicine .No Pain No Gain and no meds , magic stuff. Cheers

There is something to be said for alternate medicine!

Olives are great mate. Good to see someone trying something other then a sumo olive stump.