Olive 1st styling

[Beanwagon]

I picked this olive stump up a few months ago at a bonsai show. I have never styled a olive before so it was mostly guess work.

I cut a hell of a lot of branches off but i feel i still left myself with some options.

 

[sorce]

Looks a good restart.

Nice trunk!

Sorce

 

[petegreg]

Good trunk. I would tend to keep some of lower branches, but they can re-grow.

 

[Adair M]

It looks like you used the wire to pull branches down. That’s fine. Now put in some curves and undulations. Not too much, you have a straight trunked tree.

That wire will begin to cut in within about 3 months. When it does, take it off, and cut back!

Then, let it grow out again, wire, let grow, remove wire, and cut back. Repeat!

 

[Micci]

Beautiful base on that olive!

 

[defra]

Looks like this could become a nice powerfull tree!
Picked up my first olive some time ago too

 

[Beanwagon]

It looks like you used the wire to pull branches down. That’s fine. Now put in some curves and undulations. Not too much, you have a straight trunked tree.

That wire will begin to cut in within about 3 months. When it does, take it off, and cut back!

Then, let it grow out again, wire, let grow, remove wire, and cut back. Repeat!

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Awesome cheers

 

[Beanwagon]

They had 4 very similar olives but i ran out of $$$ itherwise i would hace picked up more.