On Feb 19, 11:00*pm, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:
Tonyfrost wrote:
As a newbie to gardening group and to gardening in general,
*Talking as a total ignorant, * * * * * * something just came up to
my mind.

Without any of you getting cross and mad at me by asking you this
question,

* * * * Has anyone of you got a clue on HOW and IF it is possible for
An Olive Tree
* * * * to produce olives all year long? *I have arround 400 olive
trees in my property
* * * * and during autumn I usually pick the olives ant take them to
the Mill, and with
* * * *all the oil produced I earned a good pocketfull of money..
Does anyone know
* * * * if there is a way of doing this??

Many fruiting plants work on an internal timetable related to the seasons..
This is a complex topic and I am skipping over much. This is an evolutionary
outcome of making the best uses of available resources, for temperate plants
typically when there is enough sunlight and warmth to support the vigorous
metabolism required to grow the fruit *To do what you want you have two huge
problems to overcome. *The first is the genetics of the plant which is
"programed" to only work in the summer the second is the availability of
those resources, which in temperate regions is mainly in summer.

There are apparent exceptions. *I have a cumquat whose fruit are often not
ready until spring but this is a case of delayed ripening, the majority of
the growing still happens during summer and autumn.

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Thanks David, I know it would be rather hard to achieve my topic, but
I'm wondering if
it could work with a small tree kept in a very special
room..........but you would need a scientist uh?
But think for a moment if it were possible.........who knows.....