"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 2012-03-10 18:14:41 +0000, "David WE Roberts"
said:

Just to note that after all the heavy rain our olive tree in the pot is
waterlogged.

We left it too long in one spot on the ground and it has grown a root
through the drainage hole which is now blocked.

Some leaning over and probing now required.

Drill - very, very carefully indeed, into the sides of the pot. Let water
out in all directions because, as you know, olives grow in sparse, dry,
well drained, stony soil. I will never understand why we think we can
grow them in well nourished pots of water hugging compost...


Because we can :-)

Conventional wisdom does not always apply, especially to pot grown plants.
I have a number of pots of cacti (all grown from one original) which live
outside all the time.
They have been waterlogged and frozen over several winters and some parts
have rotted and died but in general they are soldiering on and flowering
regularly.

The olive has been growing and cropping for a few years now and has been
fine until I left it for too long on soil instead of on hard standing.
The pot is on its side and should have drained by now.
I will clear out the root and see how it goes.

Cheers

Dave R
--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

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