Mein lokaler Costco verkauft diese Olivenbäume für 90 Pfund. Konnte nicht widerstehen, einen zu bekommen, da sie in den Gartenzentren immer ein absolutes Vermögen kosten.
Ich wundere mich jetzt irgendwie, was ich damit anfangen soll. Soll ich es im Topf lassen oder es in den Boden legen? Ich habe darüber nachgedacht, es in unserem Wintergarten zu haben, bin mir aber nicht sicher, was am besten ist.
Von: valax
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And for reference, I’m based in the South East. Soilscape 18 according to LandIS, “Slowly permeable seasonally wet slightly acid but base-rich loamy and clayey soils”. Garden is West facing.
Put mine in pots so I can drag them into a porch during winter feeling pretty smug now
Also I can control how water logged they get.
Much larger terracotta pot (frostproof rated), an inch or two of gravel in the base and fill the remaining space with a 4:1 mixture of John Innes No.3 and multi-purpose compost. Apply a few handfuls of chicken manure pellets in spring and summer.
Lift from the knees
Did they not take out the bins even though you’ve asked them countless times?
We planted ours out from a potted plant we were given as a present. They’re fully hardy and don’t need bringing indoors in winter.
To be honest, if you see how and where they grow in the Greek Islands, for instance, the soil isn’t that important.
If you plant it out, it’ll turn into a lovely tree.
I desperately want one but put off by the problems they’re getting in Europe. Quite the investment and I’d hate to lose one
For olive trees that price is a steal. Gotta be 10+ years old
Do uk based olive trees ever produce olives ?
I’ve got mine covered in fleece at present, last year the got battered by wind, northwest. Hopefully they will be a bit healthier.
Olives do best in the ground. We’ve inherited a rather large one and have to hack it back to stop it growing completely out of control. See lots of them looking quite sorry for themselves in pots in front gardens.
“Nab” perhaps?
Drainage drainage drainage.
Oh and also SUN.
Put them in the sunniest part of your garden with loads of stones at the bottom and theyl be happy
Ahhhh lovely. I’ll be heading to Lakeside Costco on Friday then. I’m just not sure how to get it home — what type of car do you have?
They’re very hardy, considering they’re from the Mediterranean they tolerate British weather no problem. You don’t need to do much, they look after themselves.
And also daily watering in growing season and if very dry at other times (as the pot gets cooked) so dry and or sunny conditions. Most issues I see from olives in pots is lack of regular watering. They are frost hardy to a point and can cope with winds etc if they are allowed to have good hydrated roots and relying on anything other than heavy rain does not work as their healthy crown acts as an umbrella. They are drought tolerant but these is interpreted by many as not needing water which is not the case. Low watering means they shed root mass and crown branches and leaves and start to look scraggly and sorry for themselves. Specimens planted in the ground in The med have large root systems fed by winter rains and frosts and therefore can cope.