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I have been given an olive tree
The website I looked at suggested that they olives are hardy at least down
to -12C, It is a year or two old from the pictures on the site (2 ft tall). I am in Tyneside a couple of miles from the sea and it gets below freezing, but only to -10C in a very extreme year. Do I plant it in the ground or keep it in a tub? Other helpful tips would be appreciated. -- Jim S Tyneside UK www.jimscott.co.uk |
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I have been given an olive tree
"Jim S" wrote in message ... The website I looked at suggested that they olives are hardy at least down to -12C, It is a year or two old from the pictures on the site (2 ft tall). I am in Tyneside a couple of miles from the sea and it gets below freezing, but only to -10C in a very extreme year. Do I plant it in the ground or keep it in a tub? Other helpful tips would be appreciated. Tub should be fine - olives are quite hardy. Probably quite a big tub so there is less chance of a quick freeze getting to the roots. Warmer here (coastal Suffolk) but our olive is out all year and seems fine. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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I have been given an olive tree
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David WE Roberts wrote: Tub should be fine - olives are quite hardy. Probably quite a big tub so there is less chance of a quick freeze getting to the roots. Warmer here (coastal Suffolk) but our olive is out all year and seems fine. Like all of those plants, they hate waterlogging, which kills more than frost. I don't know exactly how hardy they are, but my guess is that you will need to stop the tub from freezing - in Cambridge, that would mean moving it into a building, at least. I lost my pomegranate last winter, but my feijoa survived without trouble. Both were outside in pots, and had survived the pots freezing before. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Dec 22, 4:20*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-12-21 22:39:26 +0000, Jim S said: The website I looked at suggested that they olives are hardy at least down to -12C, It is a year or two old from the pictures on the site (2 ft tall). I am in Tyneside a couple of miles from the sea and it gets below freezing, but only to -10C in a very extreme year. Do I plant it in the ground or keep it in a tub? Other helpful tips would be appreciated. If you decide to keep it in a tub, make sure the tub has holes drilled in it and that it is raised up off the ground. *If it's a very young tree and you are worried about it, put some horticultural fleece around it. *But it's in much more danger from waterlogging with trapped rain or snow melt. -- Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com South Devon I'd say if yoiu can give it ptrotection this first winter, you don't know if it's been outside, or has been inside or even shiped up from Italy in the last few weeks. Won't need heat but just protection from heavy frosts, then put it out full time in the spring. If you can find out if it's been outside all autumn in the UK it would be easier. |
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I have been given an olive tree
Where I live (Adelaide, Australia) they are declared a noxious weed.
They grow everywhere. Even alongside my railway track where they produce olives. Collected by Italians. Minge "Jim S" wrote in message ... The website I looked at suggested that they olives are hardy at least down to -12C, It is a year or two old from the pictures on the site (2 ft tall). I am in Tyneside a couple of miles from the sea and it gets below freezing, but only to -10C in a very extreme year. Do I plant it in the ground or keep it in a tub? Other helpful tips would be appreciated. -- Jim S Tyneside UK www.jimscott.co.uk |
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[QUOTEI have been given an olive tree[/quote]
It must have been one hell of a row if it needed a whole tree instead of just a branch. :-))) |
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I have been given an olive tree
Janet wrote:
My olive is how about a metre high and across; would be twice that but prune it quite hard; it grows about a foot every year. The trunk is getting thick and gnarly, looks great. It flowered last years but no fruit When do you prune? I've got an olive in a pot that is about 2 or 3 years old, it gets as far as tiny little fruit every year, but doesn't go any further. It's getting a bit one-sided and thought I ought to prune it back, but haven't got to finding out how and when to do it yet. Advice from someone who's managed to not kill one always appreciated. ;-) |
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I have been given an olive tree
wrote in message ... Janet wrote: My olive is how about a metre high and across; would be twice that but prune it quite hard; it grows about a foot every year. The trunk is getting thick and gnarly, looks great. It flowered last years but no fruit When do you prune? I've got an olive in a pot that is about 2 or 3 years old, it gets as far as tiny little fruit every year, but doesn't go any further. It's getting a bit one-sided and thought I ought to prune it back, but haven't got to finding out how and when to do it yet. Advice from someone who's managed to not kill one always appreciated. ;-) I haven't really pruned ours much - it seems to be doing fine at the moment but no doubt will need pruning eventually. About 6-8' tall including pot. The tiny little fruit may be as designed. Our tree produces loads of small fruit - nothing like the commercial olives - which overwinter then go black in the spring. Then something eats them. From http://www.bigplantnursery.co.uk/GrowingGuideOlives.htm "Olive trees can be easily pruned to maintain the size and habit required. We recommend that light, formative pruning is undertaken in mid-spring with heavier trimming in early to mid-summer. Never prune during the winter and be cautious in the autumn: like many Mediterranean trees, olives need some heat and recovery time to heal wounds before the dormant winter period." This sounds sensible advice. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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I have been given an olive tree
David WE Roberts wrote:
Advice from someone who's managed to not kill one always appreciated. ;-) I haven't really pruned ours much - it seems to be doing fine at the moment but no doubt will need pruning eventually. About 6-8' tall including pot. How big's the pot, out of interest? The tiny little fruit may be as designed. Our tree produces loads of small fruit - nothing like the commercial olives - which overwinter then go black in the spring. Then something eats them. Presumably not you. :-) From http://www.bigplantnursery.co.uk/GrowingGuideOlives.htm "Olive trees can be easily pruned to maintain the size and habit required. We recommend that light, formative pruning is undertaken in mid-spring with heavier trimming in early to mid-summer. Never prune during the winter and be cautious in the autumn: like many Mediterranean trees, olives need some heat and recovery time to heal wounds before the dormant winter period." This sounds sensible advice. It does. Much appreciated, thank you. |
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I have been given an olive tree
wrote in message ... David WE Roberts wrote: Advice from someone who's managed to not kill one always appreciated. ;-) I haven't really pruned ours much - it seems to be doing fine at the moment but no doubt will need pruning eventually. About 6-8' tall including pot. How big's the pot, out of interest? Picture and dimensions tomorrow. Dark now. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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I have been given an olive tree
wrote in message ... David WE Roberts wrote: Advice from someone who's managed to not kill one always appreciated. ;-) I haven't really pruned ours much - it seems to be doing fine at the moment but no doubt will need pruning eventually. About 6-8' tall including pot. How big's the pot, out of interest? snip 16" high, 22" diameter. Picture http://s817.photobucket.com/albums/z...t=DSC_0710.jpg Not the best of pictures but you can see the green olives and the pot. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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I have been given an olive tree
David WE Roberts wrote:
How big's the pot, out of interest? snip 16" high, 22" diameter. Picture http://s817.photobucket.com/albums/z...t=DSC_0710.jpg Not the best of pictures but you can see the green olives and the pot. Useful. The pot looks about the same size as mine, but my tree wouldn't reach the bottom of the window! :-) |
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