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Louis R starts with ... I have 3 beautiful Kalamata olive trees two of them 14 years old and one 8.Come early spring and they are full of flowers but seems there is a polynation problem as very few fruit are produced although excelent quality.I was told to feed some Dolomite or garden lime around the tree. I checked it at PH 5.5 I was born near Kalamata and I am familiar with the cultivation of the tree but I never came across this problem before and people that I know near by have the same problem. However the tree was producing fruit, of another variety before I grafted it to Kalamata. Any solutions ? Also Tomatoe maggots. Is the fruit fly treatment applicable or is there something else. Thanks Louis | About the Author Louis R St. George-Sydney 8th March 2009 8:50pm #UserID: 2056 Posts: 2 View All Louis R's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Louis R St. George-Sydney 11th March 2009 1:58pm #UserID: 2056 Posts: 2 View All Louis R's Edible Fruit Trees |
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stef heinze says... I have exactly the same problem as you Louis, except with much younger trees - 4 years old. The non-fruiters are all grafted Kalamatas with a very strong vertical growth pattern. Not sure what they are grafted onto. Grower says be patient, but I have other trees nearby including a jumbo kalamata producing fruit at 2 years old....do not understand at all and worried that somehow I have bought non-fruiting olives, Stefan | About the Author stefan Heinze melbourne 27th May 2009 11:48pm #UserID: 2394 Posts: 11 View All stefan Heinze's Edible Fruit Trees |
Bernie says... I have an 8 yr old Kallamatta tree in western sydney and have not had any fruit to date. Was initially told to put in well drained area and not to fertilise. Have done so, the tree is 5 metres high and strong, but never a sign of fruit. It is near a large gum tree, but this has not effected it's growth Any ideas. I have citrus, mulberry, and stonefruit trees in the immediate vicinity, and all are going great Cheers Bernie | About the Author Bernie4 Sydney 23rd December 2010 4:03pm #UserID: 4341 Posts: 2 View All Bernie4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MJ says... I have three olives, which I think are all the same kind. They all produce a large black fruit, which my SIL says is delicious. :) I don't like olives, so I'll take her word for it. They didn't fruit at all for the first 8 years or so. Or, at least, they produced one or two here or there, but not enough to be bothered with. Last year, and this year, they've produced enough for us to pick and process. We got a bucketfull last year and slightly less this year as we pruned them in anticipation of a really hard summer (no watering to speak of, as we've been building on that block). They still produced though, but they're looking happier now that it is cooler and the rains have started. I didn't know that olives needed a polinator. Are there any that are self-fertile, or are happy with a same kind polinator? | About the Author 4 Perth 5th May 2012 6:07pm #UserID: 6823 Posts: 132 View All 4's Edible Fruit Trees |
Edward says... Question for Steff Heinze - you mentioned that you had a jumbo Kalamata already producing olives. My jumbo Kalamata had its first crop of olives but they were very small, not at all like the descriptions of this olive which is supposed to be very large. Were your olives large right from the first crop? Or did you have to wait for later years to get large olives? | About the Author Edward3 Carlingford 28th May 2012 5:18pm #UserID: 1655 Posts: 172 View All Edward3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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