How HARD should I cut back my Olive to create a GOOD Bonsai Structure?
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Published 2023-03-28
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Xavier
-- TIMESTAMPS --
00:00 When should I prune my Olive Bonsai
00:54 Branch removal for Olive 1
02:17 What is my new trunk line?
08:06 A message for Jay@BlueJayYT
08:23 Time for Olive 2
12:23 Getting a primary structure for Olive 3
17:32 A couple of smaller Olives to attack
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All Comments (21)
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This makes me feel I need to take a look at my olive bonsai… it seems to be thriving and is covered in tiny olives.
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That first one was right to my taste. Really nice shape. Number 2 is a nice slender feminine form to start and a nice stumpy stump form to end. I think you’ve said before it’s better to reset than chase a form you can’t celebrate. The roots on number 3 are great. It looks like you’ll have some nice taper to work with on that one. Your captions crack me up. I think all of these olives are great. Fun video to watch, very satisfying.
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That last tree was cool 👌 Thanks loads fella 👍👍👍
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I am looking forward to the future of this tree.🤗💕
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Olive #1 will probably come back with a vengeance. Good decision with the hard pruning on all your trees! I wonder if American Olive would respond well for me. Apparently we have a whole host of these trees...good video, AGAIN! Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
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This was some brave pruning mate. I'll be looking forward to the updates to see how they get on before I go kamikaze on my olive!
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Thanks loads for the shout out Xavier 🙏🙏 That was surprising the cut back. I’ll definitely be refreshing my self on this video when it comes to chopping mine. Thanks loads 👍👍
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Great video. Looking forward to see the results. It’s like going in for a totally new haircut, really short but I always say, it’ll grow. There are Russian olives up in the Okanagan that are really striking as the bark gets almost black with the light green leaves . I’ve managed to get some small ones so will try your technique and see.
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Lol, I agree on allmost nothing you did here😂, but in the end these are are yours. Grts Kennet
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Thanks Xav! I have an olive tree that need some drastic reduction. You made me dare.🙂👍
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Oh Xavier 😳 I assume this is good practice to get good trees. That said my strategy this year will be to let them grow as much they can. To cut them back in the future 😁🙋♀️
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Nigel would say "stick in a pot". Peter Chan would say "you have to be brutal to practice the art." Looks good to me but that could be because I did this to so many of my trees this spring "Live or die" is what I tell them as they go back in winter shelter. Its good to be brave! Better to know you have developed the primary structure first. They could die without this work so you take the risk either way.
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80% of the stuff you cut off your trees was thicker than the two trees I have that, I paid $25 CAN for.... I often joke with Sam about them LOL My husband causally watched over my shoulder as you were mentioning the trunk may get some "inverse swelling". It's his new favorite term now... Those Olives are very nice Xavier! I'm jealous!! Some day I hope my twigs will be nice.
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Hi Xav, I see a pattern in your work! If I can, I think you missed two branches in your 3rd, and 1 in the 5th; other than those you cut off every branch! Jokes aside, I didn’t know an olive could take so much abuse… well done and looking forward to see how they do!
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Are there any dormant buds on the stubs which you have left or are you expecting/hoping for new buds at the cut sites? Is there a danger that these will just push out new buds on the main trunks where you don't really want them? Brave work indeed, good luck.
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A lot of nobles on that Xav ha ha, some really radical work with them olives mate can’t say I have seen olives cut back to bare bones. hope it pays off for you.
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Still need to get used to cutting off so much from trees always so reluctant to rake so much off
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Looks like those pruners have p@#&%d you off! Or maybe the trees? I love hard cut backs, please post an update?
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So you can cut back quite heavily on Olives 👍
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If you were mad at them I would have taken them off your hands. 😁
