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Endangered Bucket Farmer wrote:
Hi, Everybody,

I have two olive plants in 10-litres (2 and a half gal)
containers.

I put 1-metre (1 yard) long stakes - one in the centre,
and three around the edge, tied at the top, making a
tripod. Plus twine loosely holding the branches
inward.

The plants themselves are a bit taller than 2 feet
right now.

So how big should I let them get before re-potting? I
figure that the next step will be 20-litre (5 gal)
containers. Any idea on their ultimate size and
comfortable container capacity? Having proper ground
space is a few years away, but I would like to keep
them going until then.

BTW, these olives were actually bought on impulse. I
had had a conflict with a person, and thought that it
would be classy to *literally* send them an olive
branch. It worked (at least partially.)



As they get about 12 meters tall, you will need a bit larger container
than 20 liters.


Yeah-but... They aren't anywhere near that big *now*.
These are only maybe 18 months old.

And they will take years to be full-sized. And, by the
time they are too big for containers, I hope to have
some permanent ground-space.

Anyway, as soon as I have time to buy some 20-litre
buckets, I will re-pot. Maybe getting a look at the
roots (density) will help me to understand their rate
of growth.


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