My FAT A$$ MAMA!

[AppleBonsai]

Here is an olive I have had for awhile...Been working on the branching for a couple years. I love this variety because it has both the gnarly trunk AND very small leaves! Let me know what you think. My first post, so don't make me want to run away and "...remove my profile from this site"!

 

[milehigh_7]

Fantasstic picture!! Those are some small leaves I can't see them!

 

[AppleBonsai]

Okay...Here she is! I guess her A$$ was TOO FAT to upload at actual size! LOL

 

[Plantermunn]

Nice tree.

 

[Giga]

Some good carving on the fat part and maybe a deeper planting, I think, would give age and and more pleasing composition? Very nice tee! I've always liked olive but I think it get too coldhere

 

[AppleBonsai]

Oh shit Giga, Carving?! I would have to send it out for that! lol I had to plant it this high to fit in the pot for now...Chopped the crap out of it's roots to fit her fat A$$ into this pot.

 

[milehigh_7]

You know you can flat cut olives right?

 

[AppleBonsai]

Yeah, I just don't see where I would make any cuts to it to improve it any bit.

 

[milehigh_7]

I mean cut it back with zero roots and regrow the roots. Like a giant cutting. Giga you could easily winter indoors.

 

[JudyB]

Yes, I overwinter my olive inside, they are easy to keep inside until the weather warms up. You can cut those roots back much harder, if you lower it in the pot like Giga suggests, the image will be enormously improved. And it looks like you could have a lot of branches starting up in many places on that trunk.

 

[M. Frary]

I believe what Milehigh is getting at is you can cut the ass off. Right where the flare starts maybe.

 

[jk_lewis]

The area inside the box is pretty ugly and makes the trunk above it look like obese flabs of flesh. I'd suggest planting to the upper line or, if it is true you can saw it off and regrow roots, do that.

 

[Smoke]

Now this is a fat a$$ olive.

 

[M. Frary]

Now this is a fat a$$ olive.

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Fat yes. But missing the ass on Apples tree.

 

[Giga]

Yes, I overwinter my olive inside, they are easy to keep inside until the weather warms up. You can cut those roots back much harder, if you lower it in the pot like Giga suggests, the image will be enormously improved. And it looks like you could have a lot of branches starting up in many places on that trunk.

So over winter they do ok indoors? Well maybe I'll keep my eye out now. Haven't done much research on them, just admired

 

[jquast]

The area inside the box is pretty ugly and makes the trunk above it look like obese flabs of flesh. .

aka Muffin Tops

 

[jquast]

Now this is a fat a$$ olive.

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Thank goodness there is not a pink thong on that thing

 

[JudyB]

So over winter they do ok indoors?

Had mine for at least 4 winters now, it doesn't get anything fancy, just a spot in a south facing window and a normal shop light type florescent fixture overhead. Mine puts on a lot of growth even in the winter.

 

[milehigh_7]

Thank goodness there is not a pink thong on that thing

Great... now I HAVE to fire up GIMP...

 

[Giga]

Next on my list me thinks then, care to send me this one lol