My Edible Fruit Trees: Olive Trees

Olive - Manzanillo

Height 3 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted)

Comments: -

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 - Frantoio (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: -

Planted this tree to cross-pollinate Kalamata olive on advice from olive plantation owner. Reasonably good crop in 2016. Small olives.

Got a large crop in 2019 and made up 6 large jars of olives. They were fantastic. Can't wait for the next crop.

Since this is an established tree, decided to graft a few other varieties onto it as an experiment - Spanich Queen, Kolossus Kalamata, and Manzanillo - using bark grafting which seems to work very well.

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 6 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 20% in Summer

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Occasional leaf damage by small lacebugs. 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 - Frantoio

Olive - Kalamata

Olive - Kalamata (Seedling) ^10/10

Planted: 2013

Olive - Spanish queen (Cutting)

Planted: 2012

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Two pests.

One is lacebug - tiny insects which seriously damage leaves. Can be wiped off by hand when tree is small, but will need spraying when tree is larger.

The second problem is a small borer grub which ringbarks the young tree typical

Olive - Kolossus kalamata (Cutting)

Planted: 2013

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

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

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Frantoio

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Occasional leaf damage by lacebugs. 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 - Frantoio (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: - Fruit can give a lovely herbaceous, peppery oil.  They also have a nice, nutty flavour when brines

Fruiting Months May and June

Planted: 1998

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 400

Fruit Harvest: 40 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1999 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: NPK

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control: White Oil, Copper a couple of times a year if required

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Frantoio

Olive - Manzanillo (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Love the silver foliage and i hope to have my own olives one day :)

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2018

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Pest Control: pest oil

Comments

It's starting to flower! so young too

Olive - Picual ^10/10

Comments: - Olive trees are beautiful seen them around where i grew up in island bay new zealand

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Question: will it grow more fuller it's a bit of a strange cut to the plant when i recieved it

Olive (Seedling) ^7/10

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Barouni (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - The olives are all doing great on the sany alkaline soil.  They are the only trees doing really well without tree guards

Planted: 2016

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Olive - Arbequina (Grafted)

Comments: - Arbequina Olive planted March 2016 as polinator for the other olives.  It had fruit on it in the second year.  Growing well.  The olives will do well here on the sandy soil.  Don't seem to mind the wind too much either

Fruiting Months January and February

Planted: 2016

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Olive - Coratina (Seedling) ^7/10

Planted: 2015

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Question: WIll this fruit in Central QLD?

Olive - Frantoio (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Very sturdy plant. No transplant shock. Only needs watering weekly - twice weekly. Has more than doubled in size since purchase. Very happy with purchase. I purchased the Manzillo as a cross pollinator (which has also thrived).

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: 100% organic compost, rock dust, blood and bone, Powerfeed, volcanic dust

Pest Control: Not needed

Olive - Manzanillo (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Very sturdy plant. No transplant shock. Only needs watering weekly - twice weekly. Has more than doubled in size since purchase. Very happy with purchase. I purchased the Frantoio as a cross pollinator (which has also thrived).

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: 100% organic compost, rock dust, blood and bone, Powerfeed, volcanic dust

Pest Control: Not needed

Olive - Arbequina

Olive - Helena (Cutting)

Comments: - Produced first fruit in 2014 but only a few. Small olives.

Planted: 2012

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Olive - Kalamata

Planted: 2017

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Manzanillo (Seedling)

Planted: 2016

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Olive - Kalamata

Olive-Correggiola ^9/10

Comments: - In horse yard-growing over trough to shade it in summer-lovely tree

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Kalamata

Comments: - Want to establish some good eating olives

Olive - Arbequina ^6/10

Olive - Manzanillo (Grafted) ^6/10

Planted: 2016

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Olive - Kalamata

Olive - Azapa