Good luck ! and lovely olive trees. One must always look at their trees , they depend on us to get it right for them ..Wish your trees a speedy recovery , now i am going to check mine ;)
@@GrowingBonsai Hi jelle .. Yes i have recently purchased 3 young olive trees , i have two large ones in my garden which i have air layered one recently.( fingers crossed ). Love your ones have so much character . i only started bonsai 12 months ago ... i really enjoy it and love your videos.
@@GrowingBonsai I have a olive tree in the front garden of my house I bought it 10 years ago with intentions of making it a bonsai it was only like a twig when I bought it my wife made me train it into a lollypop style tree I will send you a pic on face book...
Hello Jelle, Very good and clear presentation, as always. Thank you for that. 🙏 Cool, because I too have an olive on the table on Friday.... 😉 Many greetings!
Our coastal Southern California club has summer repotting sessions, particularly for olives, of course, but also bougainvilleas, ficus, and any other tropical trees, because these recover best in the warmest weather. As for your olive issue, I agree with Bhilipe's comment. I also concur with Liam and Hilton's comments on olive's moisture sensitivity. We get barely 23cm of rain a year and fairly low humidity, but give olives extremely good drainage and don't water daily.
I've got a few olives of various sizes (mostly small but some from seed 1 - 3 years) and from my experience so far they're very sensitive to overwatering. I'm in quite a hot, dry environment and even then found they respond better with watering every 2nd day versus every day like most of my other trees. Summer's been hot your side this year, but generally your climate (in Germany?) is much cooler and wetter I'd guess so possibly just too much moisture for them.
My point of view as well. They don't like constant moisture and unlike most tress, in really hot climate ( >30º) they slow down to avoid the lost of water and they already are slow growers. This leads to a common mistake of watering them more in hot summers but they really need to archive an almost dry substrate between waterings.
@@GrowingBonsai I'm in the Mediterranean basin, so olives grow natively here and they're everywhere - there are some very beautiful and ancient trees here, as well as little seedlings all over.
Hi Glassblowned, the way I see it, overwatering can cause roots to die. That creates a feast for fungi. Only very few fungi can infect healthy roots, and mostly on specific species (E.g., Japanese maples)
Hi Jelle, First time watching your vids and enjoying them. I live in Switzerland and have similar issues with my two olive bonsai. One is thriving while the other stays waterlogged and isn’t doing well. I also repotted that one this summer. Since then I try to let the soil dry well between waterings. When it’s cloudy that can take up to a week… Looking forward to the see the progress of your trees and keeping my fingers crossed that our trees will recover 😊
Hi An, great to see a new person on the channel! I am glad you like my videos, and hope you will have a bit of a browse, and let me know what you think!
Love your videos Thanks for sharing I deal with root problems very often Most overwatering problem Very good help with hydrogen peroxide root-rot solution. Maybe could help your olive too That's my just 2cents 👍
given that olive trees are extremely resistant to temperature variations, including frost, I would bet on insufficient drainage during the winter, with the death of part of the roots, followed by a water/oxygen imbalance caused by maintaining the usual spring watering level in your region, in a plant that was extracting less water from the soil, given the previous problem of the roots and the fact that its foliage had not developed enough to transpire.
@@GrowingBonsai that's probably a good strategy. Also, sun. Sun every day all of the day, as long as the roots don't completely dry, they love a full day of direct sunlight.
Hi Jelle, I enjoy your videos alot, I watch them all. Thank you. In the case of the 1st tree: You planted it in what looked to be a small, ceramic bonsai pot. When you mentioned you planted it without considering the front view of the tree, at that moment I thought to ask you... Did you consider planting the tree in a training pot, even better an air pruning pot, especially considering how much olives love airy soil/roots. If you did consider this why did you opt for the small bonsai pot?
Hi Liam, normally trees are in training pots here. This one is not, as I think olves do develop well in a smaller pot too. But that might be a mistake!
Interestingly, there's a school of thought here in Australia that Australian natives prefer repotting in summer. I haven't yet, but I have done very hard pruning on acacia that is supposed to kill them (people say you shouldn't prune more than a pencil thickness), but they loved it and grew like crazy. I found this is true for New Zealand Mirror Tree too. It sulked after I pruned in spring, but exploded in new growth being pruned in summer. I just avoided really hot days in the few days after pruning.
Hello Jelle recently I got a Prunus cerasifera from my neighborhood, they need to get rid of this. Because it has a good potential for a shoin, the soil is pretty sandy and it falls off all, is good to make a repotting or try to keep as much old soil as possible? if it is good to make a repotting how should I do the aftercare?
Is this dug from a garden? Or is it in a pot? I would if digging from the garden disturb as little as possible. If in a pot.. I think I would do the repot in early spring. Prunus is prone to many infections.
is dug from a garden, I'm trying to not touch the root and be so much gentle as possible, the soil is sandy so everything gonna come off with a gentle shake
I have a small shimpaku not doing too well. Is in pretty bad soil. Would you suggest re potting to full APL soil with this summer heat? I think it will do kuch better in Apl
Hey Jelle, can recommend some websites for importing olive trees jn Europe? I would love to start my first olive bonsai, but I find it hard to get good material in my country. Thanks 😉
hoi ,ik ben de nieuwe eigenaar van de eerst bonsai die je verpot in dit filmpje.. het gaat nu goed met de olijf en hij gaat weer uitlopen ... mocht je meer willen weten laat maar weten mvg Marvin Zwart
In general, one repots olives already later in spring to ensure warm enough temperatures. In this video I explained that for these olives I was disappointed in the growth, and thought it my be due to root problems
I think that second olive is brilliant. never seen the painitng trick. great video
I do this particularly on coarse barked species. Our Fall/Winter normally consist of 183 days of rain so moss and algea are an issue all the time.
@@GrowingBonsai im definitely going to try that thanks.
Good luck ! and lovely olive trees. One must always look at their trees , they depend on us to get it right for them ..Wish your trees a speedy recovery , now i am going to check mine ;)
Wishing you healthy trees and sunny horizons! Do you grow Olives?
@@GrowingBonsai Hi jelle .. Yes i have recently purchased 3 young olive trees , i have two large ones in my garden which i have air layered one recently.( fingers crossed ). Love your ones have so much character . i only started bonsai 12 months ago ... i really enjoy it and love your videos.
Hope your olive 🫒 trees make a full recovery 🙏 I am sure they will bonce back after your expertise and experience.
Great video Jelle...
I am COUNTING on it making a full recovery. And if not, I guess you are sending me a new one Michael :)
@@GrowingBonsai I have plenty of figs ...
@@GrowingBonsai I have a olive tree in the front garden of my house I bought it 10 years ago with intentions of making it a bonsai it was only like a twig when I bought it my wife made me train it into a lollypop style tree I will send you a pic on face book...
Hello Jelle,
Very good and clear presentation, as always. Thank you for that. 🙏
Cool, because I too have an olive on the table on Friday.... 😉
Many greetings!
looking forward to it!
looking forward to it!
Great demonstration and explanation as usual Jelle. I hope this tree recovers for you. Thanks
Thx Alex!
Our coastal Southern California club has summer repotting sessions, particularly for olives, of course, but also bougainvilleas, ficus, and any other tropical trees, because these recover best in the warmest weather. As for your olive issue, I agree with Bhilipe's comment. I also concur with Liam and Hilton's comments on olive's moisture sensitivity. We get barely 23cm of rain a year and fairly low humidity, but give olives extremely good drainage and don't water daily.
Thank you John. I think there is a general opinion: Too wet, and maybe particularly in winter. I will keep them lots drier.
Great vid Jelle. I will have to try taking early summer cuttings and see if I can get them to root next year. 👍👍
Good idea. A friend of mine has rooted cuttings of 30cm thick!
Beautiful olives! I found this helpful being new to bonsai. I just bought my 1st olive today. 👍
Wonderful! Keep your eyes peeled. I have a first styling of an olive in the making, and a first repotting of one in yuky substrate.
I've got a few olives of various sizes (mostly small but some from seed 1 - 3 years) and from my experience so far they're very sensitive to overwatering. I'm in quite a hot, dry environment and even then found they respond better with watering every 2nd day versus every day like most of my other trees. Summer's been hot your side this year, but generally your climate (in Germany?) is much cooler and wetter I'd guess so possibly just too much moisture for them.
Hi Hilton, thank you. I guess I need to leave watering out more often. Thank you! Where are you? I am indeed in Germany!
My point of view as well. They don't like constant moisture and unlike most tress, in really hot climate ( >30º) they slow down to avoid the lost of water and they already are slow growers. This leads to a common mistake of watering them more in hot summers but they really need to archive an almost dry substrate between waterings.
@@GrowingBonsai I'm in the Mediterranean basin, so olives grow natively here and they're everywhere - there are some very beautiful and ancient trees here, as well as little seedlings all over.
@@hiltongiesenow2895 Lucky you! I must drop by, with spade and car :)
@@GrowingBonsai you're welcome any time - come get some pomegranate too!
I think overwatering causing root rot fungus, maybe? Love your videos
Hi Glassblowned, the way I see it, overwatering can cause roots to die. That creates a feast for fungi. Only very few fungi can infect healthy roots, and mostly on specific species (E.g., Japanese maples)
Hi Jelle,
First time watching your vids and enjoying them.
I live in Switzerland and have similar issues with my two olive bonsai. One is thriving while the other stays waterlogged and isn’t doing well. I also repotted that one this summer. Since then I try to let the soil dry well between waterings. When it’s cloudy that can take up to a week…
Looking forward to the see the progress of your trees and keeping my fingers crossed that our trees will recover 😊
Hi An, great to see a new person on the channel! I am glad you like my videos, and hope you will have a bit of a browse, and let me know what you think!
Love your videos Thanks for sharing I deal with root problems very often Most overwatering problem Very good help with hydrogen peroxide root-rot solution. Maybe could help your olive too That's my just 2cents 👍
Hi Vladimir, thank you so much. And peroxide does not affect living tissue?
Thanks for this hint to repot olive trees in summer. I will repot mine, too. What kind of soil mixture do you use? Regards
Hi Andreas, as mentioned in the video, they are now in pure pumice.
given that olive trees are extremely resistant to temperature variations, including frost, I would bet on insufficient drainage during the winter, with the death of part of the roots, followed by a water/oxygen imbalance caused by maintaining the usual spring watering level in your region, in a plant that was extracting less water from the soil, given the previous problem of the roots and the fact that its foliage had not developed enough to transpire.
could be. I am trying to think whether I kept the olives under cover over winter, and I am not sure.
Olives prefer the soil on the dryer side, they can survive serious droughts here in the south of Spain, so it's better to not keep them in moist soil
Thank you Edu! I *thought* I was keeping them dry but.. I will watch the water more. Odd though that beighbouring trees did not get any problems
Maybe I should water them like I do pines, skipping every 1-2 days.
@@GrowingBonsai that's probably a good strategy. Also, sun. Sun every day all of the day, as long as the roots don't completely dry, they love a full day of direct sunlight.
@@PSPMHaestros That they absolutely get. They are in the hottest corner of my yard!
Hi Jelle, I enjoy your videos alot, I watch them all. Thank you. In the case of the 1st tree:
You planted it in what looked to be a small, ceramic bonsai pot. When you mentioned you planted it without considering the front view of the tree, at that moment I thought to ask you... Did you consider planting the tree in a training pot, even better an air pruning pot, especially considering how much olives love airy soil/roots. If you did consider this why did you opt for the small bonsai pot?
Hi Liam, normally trees are in training pots here. This one is not, as I think olves do develop well in a smaller pot too. But that might be a mistake!
Interestingly, there's a school of thought here in Australia that Australian natives prefer repotting in summer.
I haven't yet, but I have done very hard pruning on acacia that is supposed to kill them (people say you shouldn't prune more than a pencil thickness), but they loved it and grew like crazy.
I found this is true for New Zealand Mirror Tree too. It sulked after I pruned in spring, but exploded in new growth being pruned in summer.
I just avoided really hot days in the few days after pruning.
great to hear. I would agree that often people repot at a time because tradition, and not of botanical facts
Fortunately they grow easily from cuttings, so i guess they will recover soon.
It is what I am betting on too!
Hi Jelle, I've a question about olives in general. Do olives backbud?
they do, like crazy! Here people fully defoliate in spring and get backbudding on all ages of wood.
Foist!
Lucky you! By a small margin only. Xavier Martines tried to beat you to it!
Checking.. I think Alex beat you!
Hello Jelle recently I got a Prunus cerasifera from my neighborhood, they need to get rid of this. Because it has a good potential for a shoin, the soil is pretty sandy and it falls off all, is good to make a repotting or try to keep as much old soil as possible? if it is good to make a repotting how should I do the aftercare?
Is this dug from a garden? Or is it in a pot? I would if digging from the garden disturb as little as possible. If in a pot.. I think I would do the repot in early spring. Prunus is prone to many infections.
is dug from a garden, I'm trying to not touch the root and be so much gentle as possible, the soil is sandy so everything gonna come off with a gentle shake
If they are from seeds they show different traits due to the variation in the gene pool. Just a thought.
Absolutely true! They are different individuals!
I have a small shimpaku not doing too well. Is in pretty bad soil. Would you suggest re potting to full APL soil with this summer heat? I think it will do kuch better in Apl
It is tricky when it is hot. Best to be more carefull watering if possible.
Hey Jelle, can recommend some websites for importing olive trees jn Europe? I would love to start my first olive bonsai, but I find it hard to get good material in my country. Thanks 😉
To be honest.. Not really. I know some of the best olives come now from Spain and its islands.
yes olive trees don't like wet feet. need extremely good drainage. winter should be dry with barely any moisture. frost is a no no.🌲🌲🌲
Ha, thank you so much. I always understand that a light frost is ok
Hello there! I was wondering how the olive tree are doing?
Great! Although I am moving lots of trees out, and some of these have left my garden meanwhile!
hoi ,ik ben de nieuwe eigenaar van de eerst bonsai die je verpot in dit filmpje.. het gaat nu goed met de olijf en hij gaat weer uitlopen ... mocht je meer willen weten laat maar weten mvg Marvin Zwart
Heeeyyy Marvin, cool! Blij dat die het goed doet!
Why summer,why not spring time repotting?
In general, one repots olives already later in spring to ensure warm enough temperatures. In this video I explained that for these olives I was disappointed in the growth, and thought it my be due to root problems
@@GrowingBonsai there is a root rot, water them once with fungicide