AusBonsai

Ok, so this is the first competition I have entered on this forum, so thats a bit exciting, also this is the first time I have attempted a group planting of any description, so double exciting!!!!

I noticed today that there was still time left to enter, so this evening I wandered on down the gully over the road, knowing what I was looking for - I live in Adelaide, so yes, the most abundant of all "pests" - OLIVES!!!




There were all sorts of shapes and sizes, but within 5 minutes I had picked myself 10 quite thin little seedlings (one of thems a bit thicker than the others, but thats alright) and JUST before it got dark outside and JUST before I was eaten completely by mozzies, I popped them all into a pot (not where they will stay, but a pot for now)




Probably due to them all being picked from the steep sides of the gully/creek most of them seem to have this curvy windsweptness to them, which could work.
For now, thats it. Hopefully I havent killed too many of them early by taking too much root off, but they are pretty tough little things, so I'm quite confident that they'll live.

Now I just hope they grow fast enough to become interesting..........

Well done! You're lucky to have such an abundance of "pests" close by. If I had them I would try to make a "Mount of Olives" kind of setting (but no crucifix or figurines)
Cheers, Frank.

Now there's an idea....
Maybe I could have it on an angle, like on the side of a hill - as they were.....



Extreme angle, maybe not sooo extreme, but it's definitly a thought....
Thanks Frank!

Welcome to the competition Juan73870 ... I must say...as bonsai soil mix goes, that's not overly loose... who needs to tie trees in when you soil stays in place when you tip it sideways Enjoy the creative process. Olives are a hardy tree... should be fun to play with.

Haha, a very temporary damp coir mix at the moment, not where they'll be living for long....