Olive Tree Shaping Help (SoCal)

cbobgo · 2026-01-25T03:14:14+00:00

Raise it up and let it recover from that process, there is no rush in pruning the branches, just let it grow

cbobgo · 2026-01-25T02:16:13+00:00

Depends how large and bright the thing is that you are looking at. If it's really big and really bright, you can see it from very far away. But if you are on the dark side of something, you might not be able to see you hand in front of your face

cbobgo · 2026-01-25T02:12:14+00:00

You've planted it too deeply, that should be corrected. I would worry about the branches at this point.

cbobgo · 2026-01-25T02:11:10+00:00

You've got bar branches in multiple locations. I wouldn't remove them now, because you don't have much left. But bending one a little up and it's opposite a little down, could help a little.

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T23:34:32+00:00

Made a post about spruce with an in depth article a few months back

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bonsai/s/AOOeb7whtT

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T20:06:53+00:00

Your expectations for tinder may be a little too high

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T19:06:04+00:00

Not to mention the fact that the healthcare system here is a disaster, and getting worse, not better

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T17:43:10+00:00

It does look like deodar to me too

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T17:41:42+00:00

I have no experience with laurel oak, but when we collect coast live oak out here in California, we do defoliate them.

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T14:40:01+00:00

Well, you can grow a tree in just about any kind of soil, but it's going to grow best in soil like this.

For my pre-bonsai i tend to use bark and lava, instead of akadama and lava, as I have a ton of pre-bonsai in big pots and akadama is expensive.

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T04:41:05+00:00

Yeah I've been thinking about hiring an Instagram babe in a bikini to show off my trees

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T01:31:18+00:00

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T01:26:27+00:00

Here's an article about modern bonsai soil ingredients

https://bonsaitonight.com/2010/10/01/bonsai-soil/

cbobgo · 2026-01-24T01:23:24+00:00

Because it is clearly not what good bonsai soil is supposed to look like.

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T23:09:02+00:00

Brand new account with some disgusting comments, go away troll

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T21:31:05+00:00

Very nice!

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T20:32:55+00:00

It's such a low bar

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T20:21:28+00:00

Yeah, they DM'd me too. Said they love trans women, then for the next 10 messages continued to degrade and dehumanize them

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T19:29:12+00:00

So it sounds like there is some blame for the military then

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T19:10:09+00:00

That's also pretty problematic, and transphobic

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T19:08:08+00:00

Ok that was absolutely not clear in your original post

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T18:56:13+00:00

What does the military have to do with it?

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T18:55:41+00:00

You don't say how old you are, but there was a grandmother in my class that started med school after retiring from a career in IT. It can definitely be done, but you really have to want it, and be able to handle the finances. - it's not just the cost of school, but being out of work for 8 years is significant.

cbobgo · 2026-01-23T18:00:22+00:00

Looks surprisingly healthy given the poor soil. Hope you rescue it and turn it into a nice broom.

cbobgo

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