Olive Tree Care - Tips and Tricks

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Olive tree care is not very complicated, it is in fact, all about knowing-

• How to handle different weather conditions
• How to handle the soil
• Taking preventive steps to protect your trees from diseases and insects
• Providing your trees with the required nutrition

So, here are a few tips that will help you do the same-

Olive trees are quite sturdy, but they need special care in harsh winter conditions. Prolonged exposure to excessively cold weather can lead to problems like leaf drop, splitting bark and in the worst case scenario even death of your olive trees. Olive tree care in winters, therefore, involves protecting them by either using horticultural blankets, covering their barks and exposed root area with polybags and/ or planting potted olive trees so that you can take them to a covered shed when winters come knocking.

An important point to remember when it comes to olive tree care indoors is that they should be kept away from all furnaces and AC vents. They should also be exposed to a few hours of sunlight everyday.

Young olive trees must be protected from strong harsh winds, as well. Constructing wind breaks is therefore olive tree care is important, especially if you live in an area that faces severe windy conditions.

Olive trees need some degree of protection from water logging as well. So, if your region faces heavy rains, it is a good idea to plant olive trees on elevated slope and get your soil treated if has poor water draining capacity.

In fact before planting an olive tree you must get the soil checked to ensure that it isn't excessively acidic, claylike and/or isn't infected with fungal diseases. These factors are very important for successful olive tree care

Another thing to keep in mind when it comes to olive tree care is that you should avoid using too many chemicals to fertilize and/or protect them. Olive is a fruit that absorbs chemicals fairly fast; using strong chemical based products on olive trees can thus spoil the taste of the fruit.

For providing nutrition to olive trees organic fertilizers like kitchen compost, composted manure or rotten animal manure are the best. You should avoid the use of nitrogen heavy lawn fertilizers in the vicinity of your olive trees, as they tend to drawn in nutrition from all around them thanks to their deep root systems.

As far as protecting olive trees from diseases and goes, using organic methods is the best. In cases when fungicides and pesticides have to be used, you should avoid using generic ones and opt only for those that are meant specifically for olive trees.

Pruning is an important element of olive tree care as well. Ideally, you should start pruning early in spring, scan for suckers and dead branches and prune them till you can see sunlight streaming from the top branch to the bottom one.

The long term health and survival of your olive tree is in your hands. With the right steps you can keep it healthy and happy for many years.