Olive
Olea europaea 'Kalamata'
- Description
- Small to Medium fruit. Ripens mid season (May). A great table olive
- Uses
- Eat fresh
- Purchased From
- Churches Garden Centre, Bathurst
- Date Planted
- Two trees on the 17 June 2019
- Harvest dates
- 1,070kg green olives, 16 May 2022
- Pruning
- Prune after harvesting or if fruit yield has been poor in previous seasons prune in spring when the tree is flowering. Cut back suckers and low growth, keep the centre open to maximize sunlight and air movement. Olives fruit on one-year-old wood.
- Fertilise
- ?
- Resources
- ABC Organic Gardener Magazine May/June 2008, Grow your own olives article by Penny Woodward. Pages 36 to 41
Australis Plants PDF
Fruit Tree Lane
The Olive Book by Gareth Renowden
