It was super helpful to see these olive trees in the wild. I didn't realize they were naturally so brambly and bulbous - I thought it was only like that for orchard trees, due to all the pruning.
Its my pleasure! I think its important for all bonsai growers to spend time studying trees in their natural space, especially those which are not in suburban neighborhood's where they would have been pruned. The allows us to see what their natural growing habit looks like.
The ones with small leaves usually are Wild Olive Olea sylvestris, in spanish we call them Acebuches, in Mallorca they are called Ullastre and they are very famous because the awesome bark and very small leaf
That's great Sam. In fact I have often thought the similarities between your flaura and ours is quite remarkable. Some scenes look like places in South Africa.
Hi Ali, sorry for not answering for a bit. You will find the answer to this question and much more in this blog post I wrote about it here: www.bonsaitree.co.za/blogs/tree-talk/8-tips-for-post-collection-care-of-wild-olives
Great points on collecting. I appreciated the long term perspective before harvest. I’m guilty of breaking many of these “rules”, and it’s resulted in frustration. Loved seeing your cubs in the field with you, brother. I bet that was a blast, digging and climbing with them.
Its very easy to get carried away in the field, especially when you find a lot of good stuff! Thanks, he loved accompanying me and in the end we dug that one tree which I thought was worthwhile. Had really good taper, lots of structural growth lower down so a smaller tree can be made from it very easily and in relatively little time. Even had some deadwood and shari. Our first tree collected together so it will have some sentimental value for me too.
No Arno, I could not, the farmer did not know why when I asked him but he recently took over from his Dad. That olive must be extremely old though. I suspect it did not get sufficient sun as there were a lot of forestry pines which were around it and I think it got too shaded. It could also been that it "cooked." Although there was no evidence of burning on this tree a lot of other trees in the area did burn from some forest fire.
It was super helpful to see these olive trees in the wild. I didn't realize they were naturally so brambly and bulbous - I thought it was only like that for orchard trees, due to all the pruning.
Glad you found it helpful! Yes, it’s great to see the natural tree forms when possible and to use it as inspiration.
This video just makes me want to get an african olive tree! Thanks for showing us the trees in their natural environment.
Its my pleasure! I think its important for all bonsai growers to spend time studying trees in their natural space, especially those which are not in suburban neighborhood's where they would have been pruned. The allows us to see what their natural growing habit looks like.
The ones with small leaves usually are Wild Olive Olea sylvestris, in spanish we call them Acebuches, in Mallorca they are called Ullastre and they are very famous because the awesome bark and very small leaf
This is the common wild olive here which is the sub species africana. It’s not sylvestris.
@@TerryErasmusbonsai ahh yes thanks for the info Terry, they are very similar to the european wild olives
Good luck with the tree hunting Terry ☺️
Thank you Harriet!
Great advice 👍 your area you are collecting looks soo similar to where I collect in South Australia 🇦🇺
A good bloke told me that if my Olive bark was too smooth I should run some sandpaper over it. Bloody good bloke that fella. 🍺
That's great Sam. In fact I have often thought the similarities between your flaura and ours is quite remarkable. Some scenes look like places in South Africa.
Very funny @angry! :)
the tree is good, nice and special, greetings, friends, bonsai hobbyists from Indonesia 🙏🙏
Thanks for visiting Raja!
Another good video terry.what is aftercare of olive yamadori, do you put them in shade or in sunny location?
Hi Ali, sorry for not answering for a bit. You will find the answer to this question and much more in this blog post I wrote about it here: www.bonsaitree.co.za/blogs/tree-talk/8-tips-for-post-collection-care-of-wild-olives
Great points on collecting. I appreciated the long term perspective before harvest. I’m guilty of breaking many of these “rules”, and it’s resulted in frustration.
Loved seeing your cubs in the field with you, brother. I bet that was a blast, digging and climbing with them.
Its very easy to get carried away in the field, especially when you find a lot of good stuff! Thanks, he loved accompanying me and in the end we dug that one tree which I thought was worthwhile. Had really good taper, lots of structural growth lower down so a smaller tree can be made from it very easily and in relatively little time. Even had some deadwood and shari. Our first tree collected together so it will have some sentimental value for me too.
Ai,kon jy uitvind hoekom daai ou olien dood is?,baie leersaam ,dankie T
No Arno, I could not, the farmer did not know why when I asked him but he recently took over from his Dad. That olive must be extremely old though. I suspect it did not get sufficient sun as there were a lot of forestry pines which were around it and I think it got too shaded. It could also been that it "cooked." Although there was no evidence of burning on this tree a lot of other trees in the area did burn from some forest fire.
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Thanks Stephen.