Olive Trees is a practical growing guide for beginners and home gardeners who want to grow healthy, productive olive trees without guesswork.
This book explains how to choose the right variety, prepare soil, plant at the correct depth, manage water and fertilizer, prune young and mature trees, and understand flowering, fruit set, and harvest timing. It also covers container-grown olive trees for patios, balconies, and colder climates, with clear guidance on drainage, overwintering, pot size, and common mistakes.
Inside, you will find practical chapters on:
• choosing olive varieties and planting stock
• site, sun, soil, drainage, and microclimate
• watering, fertilizing, and first-year care
• pruning and training olive trees
• container growing and winter protection
• flowering, pollination, and fruit set
• harvesting olives and basic table-olive preparation
• pests, diseases, and problem diagnosis
This is not a decorative overview. It is a working guide for readers who want to understand what an olive tree needs, what each care step is meant to achieve, and how to make better decisions season by season.
Use it for home gardens, patios, small orchards, and practical olive tree care in warm, dry, Mediterranean-type conditions or protected container culture.
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Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Are you trying to work out how to grow olive trees, how often to water an olive tree, when to prune, what fertilizer to use, or why a potted olive is dropping leaves?Growing Olive Trees is a practical olive tree care guide built around the decisions that actually affect tree health and fruiting. It explains how to choose cultivars and compatible pollinizers, select a sunny well-drained site, plant at the correct depth, establish young trees, manage olive tree watering, and use olive tree fertilizer without pushing weak, overly soft growth.Detailed chapters cover how to prune olive trees for fruit and canopy health, flowering and fruit set, growing olive trees in pots, repotting and root-ball problems, winter care and overwintering, yellow leaves and leaf drop, olive tree diseases and pests, root stress and drainage problems, restoration of old or neglected trees, and diagnosis of common problems. The harvest section explains maturity, picking, sorting, rapid handling for oil, and safe home preparation of table olives.Seasonal calendars, diagnostic tables, practical checklists, and step-by-step decision guides help you decide what to do before reaching for water, fertilizer, or pruning tools.The paperback edition includes 18 black-and-white illustrations that support the practical instructions.Whether you are planting your first olive, caring for a terrace container, restoring an older tree, or trying to improve flowering and harvest, this book gives you a practical system for healthier trees, better fruiting, and fewer avoidable mistakes. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798183939590
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Are you trying to work out how to grow olive trees, how often to water an olive tree, when and how to prune olive trees, what fertilizer to use, or why an olive tree has yellow leaves or is dropping them Olive Trees is a practical olive tree care guide built around the decisions that actually affect tree health and fruiting. It explains how to choose cultivars and compatible pollinizers, select a sunny, well-drained site, plant at the correct depth, establish young trees, manage olive tree watering, and choose and apply olive tree fertilizer without pushing weak, overly soft growth.Detailed chapters cover olive tree pruning for fruit and canopy health, flowering, pollination and fruit set, growing olive trees in pots, repotting and root-ball problems, winter care and overwintering, yellow leaves and leaf drop, root rot, olive tree diseases and pests, root stress and drainage problems, restoration of old or neglected trees, and diagnosis of common problems. The harvest section explains maturity, picking, sorting, rapid handling for oil, and safe home curing and brining of table olives.Seasonal calendars, diagnostic tables, practical checklists, and step-by-step decision guides help you diagnose problems and choose the right action before reaching for water, fertilizer, or pruning tools.The paperback edition includes 18 black-and-white illustrations that support the practical instructions.Whether you are planting your first olive tree, caring for a potted olive, restoring an older tree, or trying to improve flowering and harvest, this book gives you a practical system for healthier trees, better fruiting, and fewer avoidable mistakes. Seller Inventory # 9798183939590
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Are you trying to work out how to grow olive trees, how often to water an olive tree, when to prune, what fertilizer to use, or why a potted olive is dropping leaves?Growing Olive Trees is a practical olive tree care guide built around the decisions that actually affect tree health and fruiting. It explains how to choose cultivars and compatible pollinizers, select a sunny well-drained site, plant at the correct depth, establish young trees, manage olive tree watering, and use olive tree fertilizer without pushing weak, overly soft growth.Detailed chapters cover how to prune olive trees for fruit and canopy health, flowering and fruit set, growing olive trees in pots, repotting and root-ball problems, winter care and overwintering, yellow leaves and leaf drop, olive tree diseases and pests, root stress and drainage problems, restoration of old or neglected trees, and diagnosis of common problems. The harvest section explains maturity, picking, sorting, rapid handling for oil, and safe home preparation of table olives.Seasonal calendars, diagnostic tables, practical checklists, and step-by-step decision guides help you decide what to do before reaching for water, fertilizer, or pruning tools.The paperback edition includes 18 black-and-white illustrations that support the practical instructions.Whether you are planting your first olive, caring for a terrace container, restoring an older tree, or trying to improve flowering and harvest, this book gives you a practical system for healthier trees, better fruiting, and fewer avoidable mistakes. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798183939590
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