Olive Tree

Olive Tree Knowledge

Olive tree is one of the most charming trees in the world. Know how to plant and care for your olive tree and it will grow healthy and harvest yearly.

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Shaping Olive Trees: How To Make Olive Tree Bushier, Wider, Taller, and More

Olive trees can be grown in many different styles and shapes. They can be kept small, making them ideal candidates for bonsai olive trees. Or they can grow bushy and wide, filling up the whole corner of your living room.  Shaping olive trees to grow bushier, wider, fuller, or even taller all require formative pruning.

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Self-pollinating & Cross-pollinating Olive Trees

Depending on the olive variety you choose, some olive trees are self-pollinating and some require a pollinator. Self-pollinating olive trees include Arbequina, Koroneiki, Fantoio, Coratina, Picual;  whereas olive trees that require pollinators include Manzallino, Mission, Sevillano. Olive trees requiring a pollinator may seem like additional work, however, cross-pollination generally improves the fruit set especially when

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What Does Olive Tree Look Like? Description with Pictures & Video

Olive trees have a scientific name as Olea europaea because of the fact they are native to Europe, in particular the Mediterranean coast. Also, the olive tree has a long history and according to archaeological evidence, these hardy trees have been cultivated by humans for more than 6000 years, producing amazing olive fruits, nutritious oil,

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Olive Tree Not Fruiting – Why My Olive Tree Doesn’t Produce Fruits?

Your olive tree not fruiting and doesn’t produce olives? There may be several reasons why your olive tree is not producing olive fruits such as an age of the olive tree, lack of sun or insufficient irrigation, lack of nutrients, too acid soil, lack of pollination, pruning, olive cycle, and others. So your task is

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