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This is a Shohin olive from collected stock styled over 4 years.

Cheers Pup

Stunning tree, love the taper.

Nice tree Pup!

Talk to me about roots on olives. My experience is a lot of fine roots. Do you do any selection to try to get individual roots to thicken more than others? How do you manage dem roots?

Cheers,

Andrew

That's a great little tree, I have been looking for some good olive stock in Brisbane but haven't found any.

Andrew Legg wrote:Nice tree Pup!

Talk to me about roots on olives. My experience is a lot of fine roots. Do you do any selection to try to get individual roots to thicken more than others? How do you manage dem roots?

Cheers,

Andrew

I tend to keep them covered so they keep growing, as they do they thicken. One trick that I have learned also, is to leave some moss on the trunk for a little while, it helps to age the trunk, be aware it can rot the trunk if left on for too long.
Cheers Pup

For some reason, I am still not a fan of Shohin, but that is a very pretty tree. A great base, and such cute ramification on it.

Great little Olive, the best shohin Olive I've seen in Australia

Can we get a couple more shots from different angles?

Was it flat cut on collection?

Another awesome tree Pup!
Can't wait to try my hands on some olives, love the gnarly look

Great tree thanks for sharing, I've seen a lot of your native work and really happy to see this little weed getting
Some show time!

Scott Roxburgh wrote:Great little Olive, the best shohin Olive I've seen in Australia

Can we get a couple more shots from different angles?

Was it flat cut on collection?

Will do when it stops raining, which I hope is not for some time. Yes it was flat cut at collection.

Cheers Pup

Forgot to ask, you mentioned the application of moss, my guess is you use sphagnum moss? and have you recently removed some as the roots have a green fresh look to them ?

Mount Nasura wrote:Forgot to ask, you mentioned the application of moss, my guess is you use sphagnum moss? and have you recently removed some as the roots have a green fresh look to them ?

No ordinary moss, and yes I took some of when I weeded the tree.

Nice little olive Pup.

Regards
Shannon.

D…I'm liking the olive, any thoughts on another pot at all?

Cheers ….Dog

Pup wrote: I tend to keep them covered so they keep growing, as they do they thicken. One trick that I have learned also, is to leave some moss on the trunk for a little while, it helps to age the trunk, be aware it can rot the trunk if left on for too long.
Cheers Pup

On my flat-cuts I tend to cut off 50% of the roots that are growing from points I don't feel will be good long term. I think I'm taking off too much too soon though as it seems the tree is weakened by this action. I think I must slow it down on this front.

I think there is a lot of sense in the moss thing. I have an olive that was in rafia for a heavy bend for about two years and the bark flaked up quite nicely. I'm 100% sure this has to do with it remaining damp and soft. I have thought of putting a light bandaging on a few of my tree's branches to maintain dampness and see if it is indeed so.

Cheers Pup.