Bon Sai
Mame
Hi, can you tell me what I can do with these trees?
One is an olive tree.
I obtained it by air-layer.
The tree now.
It's 16 inches tall and 1.6 inches thick, but an inch of earth should be removed to show the roots, so 17 inches tall. Now I think I should have shortened the branches a lot more but I didn't dare as I didn't know much what the tree should look like.
I could cut it like this. The thinner branch on the left is so straight that it maybe should be cut very short. I would lose almost all leaves but it would be no problem as it would sprout back very fast. I would have lost one year's worth of growth, though. Another Idea I had is notching the thinner branch and bending it to the left. I've never attempted that but I think I could do it as olive trees are increadibly forgiving.
By notching, I mean this.
Ok, now the other tree. It is an aleppo pine that was in the middle of a path and I collecteed maybe two years ago. Cars went over it without treading on it, and kept breaking the trunk so it kept making new trunks, which in turn got broken. I planted it, left it in a shadowy place and neglected it almost completely, barely watering it. This spring it is growing very fast. I've decandled it to promote branching.
It had more trunks but I cut several. Maybe I should have kept more. It has a weird shape. I don't know if it can make a nice bonsai.
Well, that's it. Thank you to those who help me.
One is an olive tree.
I obtained it by air-layer.
The tree now.
It's 16 inches tall and 1.6 inches thick, but an inch of earth should be removed to show the roots, so 17 inches tall. Now I think I should have shortened the branches a lot more but I didn't dare as I didn't know much what the tree should look like.
I could cut it like this. The thinner branch on the left is so straight that it maybe should be cut very short. I would lose almost all leaves but it would be no problem as it would sprout back very fast. I would have lost one year's worth of growth, though. Another Idea I had is notching the thinner branch and bending it to the left. I've never attempted that but I think I could do it as olive trees are increadibly forgiving.
By notching, I mean this.
Ok, now the other tree. It is an aleppo pine that was in the middle of a path and I collecteed maybe two years ago. Cars went over it without treading on it, and kept breaking the trunk so it kept making new trunks, which in turn got broken. I planted it, left it in a shadowy place and neglected it almost completely, barely watering it. This spring it is growing very fast. I've decandled it to promote branching.
It had more trunks but I cut several. Maybe I should have kept more. It has a weird shape. I don't know if it can make a nice bonsai.
Well, that's it. Thank you to those who help me.