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2-Jul-2005

BrianBay9

Trunk Collector

Join Date: Sep-2003

Location: Loveland, CO

Country: USA

USDA Zone: 4 or 5?

AHS Heat Zone: ?

Posts: 1,361

Olive weeds

Here's the result of some weeding work from the flower bed under my landscape olive tree. I can't bare to throw the seedlings out, so I just stick em into pots after I rip them out of the ground. This shows 85 surviving olive seedlings out of 100 I ripped out and potted. I keep pulling them out but I can't keep up. There are easily 200 more in the flowerbed.

Cheers
Brian

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3-Jul-2005	#2
Newt bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Sep-2004 Location: Augusta Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 565	Brain, Sounds like the siberian elms and sugar maples in my yard! Have them popping up all over the place, in the yard, training pots, everywhere! Thinking of trying a wire frame wrap like Doug does with tridents (with the elms). Newt __________________ Opportunity must not be lost while the gods smile. -Li Jing

3-Jul-2005	#3
BrianBay9 Trunk Collector Join Date: Sep-2003 Location: Loveland, CO Country: USA USDA Zone: 4 or 5? AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,361	Hmmmm, good idea Newt. Brian

4-Jul-2005	#4
duartix bonsai enthusiast Join Date: Apr-2003 Location: Lisbon Country: Portugal - Forest Fire World Champion USDA Zone: 10 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 289	If you lived in the Mediterranean area like me, you really wouln't bother... You can buy 800 year old olives from garden centers around 1500 € (transportation included). Of course you'll get a 2m diameter trunk tree... But what this means is that there is a shotload of material around every corner, and since an olive takes around 15 years to mature before it grows to the sides, there is only so much time you can save by collecting them... Last edited by duartix : 5-Jul-2005 at 06:35 AM.

4-Jul-2005	#5
BrianBay9 Trunk Collector Join Date: Sep-2003 Location: Loveland, CO Country: USA USDA Zone: 4 or 5? AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,361	Someday I'll find some large olives I can collect - California has plenty (although not of the age you describe) - just a matter of finding the right landowner. Even then I doubt I can bring myself to throw out the seedlings - just doesn't seem right after they've gone to all the trouble of sprouting and all...

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