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Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Thu May 23, 13 5:52 pm Post subject: Olive tree.
Went a bit further than an olive branch last year: bought the daughters' mother an olive tree... It spent winter in a small pot on the doorstep, but it is not quite dead yet... Anyone know any Lazarus tricks?

Leo

Joined: 25 Feb 2011
Posts: 227

Posted: Thu May 23, 13 7:26 pm Post subject:
Mine stays in the greenhouse for the winter, but still got frosted year before last. Some feed & a bit of tlc usually prompts fresh growth, just keep pinching the tips out at 2 or 3 pairs of leaves & it will grow nice & bushy.

vegplot

Joined: 19 Apr 2007
Posts: 21301
Location: Bethesda, Gwynedd

Posted: Thu May 23, 13 7:46 pm Post subject:
Move to a warmer climate.

mousjoos

Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 1986
Location: VERY Sunny SW France

Posted: Thu May 23, 13 9:04 pm Post subject:
Ran mine over with the mower, several years back....now 8 feet tall they can normally withstand -12°, but need wrapping in winter & are better in soil than in a pot.... that's all I know, for what it's worth

OtleyLad

Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 2737
Location: Otley, West Yorkshire

Posted: Thu May 23, 13 9:14 pm Post subject:
I've got little 2 olives this year on my smaller (8 ins high) bush that lives in a pot in the conservatory. Its bigger brother (sister?) is 3 ft high and as yet to offer up anything (size isn't everything). I'll plant it in the polytunnel next to the fig - so they can bitch about the crap weather and keep each other company. Global warming is not going to help here.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Thu May 23, 13 9:15 pm Post subject:

vegplot wrote:

Move to a warmer climate.

Nah, warmer climes are moving here.

mousjoos wrote:

they can normally withstand -12°, but need wrapping in winter & are better in soil than in a pot....

Or if it has to be in a pot, then at least make it a big one... like, for example the one it was stood on.

Leo wrote:

Some feed & a bit of tlc usually prompts fresh growth...

What do they eat? Comfrey soup perhaps?
And what sort of tlc? Bed rest and gentle music?

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15575

Posted: Fri May 24, 13 6:44 am Post subject:
One of the funniest things was seeing sons FIL trying to put a fleece jacket on their potted olive. Think on the whole the fleece won. It got frosted for all that, but think it sprouted from the base. They have it in a nice warm sheltered place by the house now. Havn't heard they have got any olives from it though.

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