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Some moron ran over a small olive tree in the parking lot of one of our local grocery stores. (there is a brew pub in the same shopping center so maybe that explains it) Anyway, I stopped and collected the pieces. When I got home I sawed them into shorter lengths and cleaned up the broken branches and then put them in a bucket with some humic acid and let them soak for a few days.

Today I got them out and carved around the bottom, screwed them to plywood and planted them.

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Good luck! I like the 2nd pic the most.

Any reason you kept them long? I think you will have better success if you chopped them a bit shorter (no more than 8" long each but ideally 6").
 
Poink88 said:
Good luck! I like the 2nd pic the most.

Any reason you kept them long? I think you will have better success if you chopped them a bit shorter (no more than 8" long each but ideally 6").
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No reason I just randomly hacked them up. I tried to keep a few leaves on each but who knows... We will see!
 
How long after it got knocked down did you get to it? I wonder if that will have any bearing on your success?
 
From what I've read, they root easily but hope you can keep the soil/root area warm. The time/cold weather is your worst enemy right now. Good luck with these!
 
We don't get much cold weather. Last year we only dropped to about 28F. We have only been to 33F one time this year. Oh and where they are planted gets full sun and is sheltered between houses so it is the warmest place I have.
 
You could do a cheapo heat mat, just to be safe... They do love root zone heat.
 
In my experience they don't stand a chance this time of year without bottom heat
 
It is more of an experiment however, they move entire orchards with this method so it will likely be fine. Either way there is nearly an endless supply of them here so I am not real worried. BTW just to make clear, they are in the ground not in pots. Oh we start to warm up for spring in late January so if they can make it till then we should be fine. Right now at 11:05PM it is 47F and due to be 70F tomorrow. That is winter in Vegas. :-)

Oh yea, one more thing. The cutting in this thread is currently on bottom heat and has been for about three weeks.

http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?8836-Small-Olive-Stump-Experiment&highlight=olive
 
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Can you please explain how they move entire orchards this way. Giant cuttings?
 
Question

I'm fairly much a newbie, so bear with me here, whats the purpose of attaching the plywood to the bottom of the olive cuttings? Is this done simple to keep it upright or does it serve some purpose in the root development.
 
nathanbs said:
Can you please explain how they move entire orchards this way. Giant cuttings?
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I've read the same that they dig the trees and even if they hardly get any roots (almost like a cutting), re-plant and they supposedly grow. Of course more collected roots is better. I believe there is a landscaping company in California who specialized on this for high end landscaping.

Here is the landscaper link... http://www.ancientolivetrees.com/trees.html

Pattik said:
I'm fairly much a newbie, so bear with me here, whats the purpose of attaching the plywood to the bottom of the olive cuttings? Is this done simple to keep it upright or does it serve some purpose in the root development.
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It is to force the roots to spread and not dive down. You will have better nebari in the future this way.
 
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About three years ago the main road of the town where I live had to be made wider. This road is lined with massive yellow wood trees(podocarpus). These trees are highly protected here by us.(South Africa) you need a permit to trim them even on private land.(Don't know about bonsai lol)

The council had to dig out these trees and re-plant them. Some were re-planted about twenty meters away form their original place, some about 1.5 km away. Each tree had to have its own misting and fertilizer device. A massive operation. The tree trunks were a meter or more in diameter. And the trees were plus minus 8m and more in height. Thee last time I read I think 1 tree was lost.

It is common practice to move old olive trees in israel, palestine, greece etc.
BTW. Did those olive cuttings make it ?
Thanks
 
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