My Edibles: Olive Trees

Olive - old, existing

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This poor old thing had obviously been cut down by the previous owner(s), and is now just suckers. Many of the olive trees in this area aparently bear quite well

Planted: 1900

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Is it going to be viable to keep this tree? Will the suckers be worth pruning back to just 1 or 2, or will it be worth trying to graft onto the old manky trunk somewhere down low?

Olive - Jumbo Kalamata (Seedling) ^10/10

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Love Olives and pretty tree in front lawn

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting, Autumn, Winter

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Olive - Manzanillo

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Summer 2010:I bought him at a closing down sale. He wasn't a happy chappy but I could see his potential.He came very wonky but with staking/training and careful pruning he should be strong enough to stand up on his own in about 6 months.

Spring 2011:he is strong enough to stand on his own now so I am using the stakes and a good pruning to train him into the shape I want. Flowers everywhere this yearbut I don't think that I will let him fruit.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Charlie Carp, Seasol, worm juice, Blood and Bone, Dynamic Lifter (in rotation)

Pest Control: He got some sort of sap-sucking gross black thing on his leaves but I just sprayed with Dragon's Blood (habanero chilli, garlic and detergent concoction) and he is right as rain.

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted) (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Fast growing, very hardy tree.  

Fruiting Months January and February

Planted: 2007

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting, Autumn, Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Horse manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

my olives keep dropping their fruits too :(

Need alkaline soil, maybe a 7ph, mine has never fruited in over 7 years, soil too acid.

olive - St Helena

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Humid climate olive. Fast-growing, but no sign of flowers or fruit yet. One at Rocks Riverside park fruits profusely.

Planted: 2009

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Olive Tree ^7/10

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I forgot what type of olive tree this is, but I do remember I bought it from a nursery and the  main reason I bought it was because it produced very large fleshy olives.  I've had in a pot for 2 years.  It's not doing as well as I'd like it to.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Olive - Manzanillo (Seedling) ^10/10

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My kids love olives.  I bought this olive tree from a nursery in a pot as a seedlyg for it's larger fruit.  It is doing extremely well.  I will be transplanting it to ground soon.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted) (Grafted) ^5/10

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Looking forward to this variety. Must water at fruiting time to ensure fruit does not drop.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Frantoio

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

Occasional leaf damage by black flies (aphids?). Need to check regularly and wipe off by hand or spray. If unchecked can damage large number of leaves. Also need to check for caterpillars which occasionally can wipe out a lot of leaves.

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted)

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted)

Helena\'s Olive ^7/10

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Not bought from Daleys but bought it for olive loving husband so will see how we go. Planning to keep it in a pot. I was told bynursery it's a great variety foor both eating, and making into oil which won me over.
Update: Have since realised I can't find info on this tree anywhere so hoping it will be a good tree and not a dud?

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Olive Herb (Cutting) ^6/10

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Santolina rosmarinifolia:  Native to Mediterranean Europe, a dought hardy flowering perannial that grows to half a metre high. If you  brush your hands through the foliage, it emits this intense strong smell of pure olive oil.

Planted: 2011

Height 150 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Comments

Oh John I was SO going to get one of these the other day and Bunnings didn't have any more! GRRR! Can I beg for a cutting when yours is big enough? Pretty pretty please?? With sugar on top? :O)

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and Bone Dynamic Lifer

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Kalamata (Cutting)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Olive - Coratina (Cutting)

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Olive - Picual (Cutting)

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Olive - Barnea (Cutting)

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Olive - Frantoio (Cutting) ^5/10

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Planted this tree to cross-pollinate Kalamata olive on advice from olive plantation owner.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Occasional leaf damage by black flies (aphids?). Need to check regularly and wipe off by hand or spray. If unchecked can damage large number of leaves. Also need to check for caterpillars which occasionally can wipe out a lot of leaves.

Olive - Jumbo Kalamata (Cutting) ^5/10

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Produces large olives which tasted very good at olive show. Has started to flower but not yet fruited.

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Occasional leaf damage by black flies (aphids?). Need to check regularly and wipe off by hand or spray. If unchecked can damage large number of leaves. Also need to check for caterpillars which occasionally can wipe out a lot of leaves.

Olive - Manzanillo ^5/10

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I suspect this is the variety which produces a good crop of olives in Sydney.

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Olive - Manzanillo (Grafted) ^4/10

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I have been growing olives in large pots for around 6 years I guess, they flower but don't carry the fruit

Still not fruiting ...

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted)

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted)

Cassine australis - Red olive berry ^5/10

Comments: - Beauty, usage, reminds me of the mediterranee

Olive - Del Morocco ^7/10

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Olive - Arbequina (Seedling)

Comments: -

This plant is said to set fruits early and is more suitable in warmer areas. Why did it buy it then? Well it was my husband who bought it. He knew I wanted an olive tree, so when he saw the trees at Bunnings he picked this tree out of the lot.  ( *.* )

We planted this tree on the nature strip facing north/east. It has rather survived it's first Winter quite well, I guess olive trees in general are quite tough. There's hardly any growth in height but I see a lot of flower buds forming on the tree.

Planted: 2010

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Olive St Helena

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted) (Grafted)

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Sept/Oct 2009 Ist time flowering. Planted 2002. Maybe due to the plentiful amounts of fertilizer & Dolomite.  Cut off 3m growth rootstock (Manzanillo Cuttting) Oct 2009, it too was flowering but in small amounts. 

Photo taken 2009

Sept 2010 - min flowers

Planted: 2002

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Manzanillo

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted)

Comments: - Recently transplanted to a better position

Planted: 2009

Pollination: Self Pollination