Olives blossom and bear fruit after 7 years of maintenance, and the fruit matures about 10 months every year. After that, it can be put on the market, with few initial fruits and increasing gradually after 25 years. Every time it bears fruit, it will generally reduce production in the second year.

Grafted olives blossom and bear fruit.

Proper grafting of olive can promote early fruit and high yield. Generally, grafting should be carried out at the vernal equinox and Qingming Festival, and it takes 3-4 years to bear fruit after grafting.

Potted olive hanging fruit

Olive trees grow faster, knowing that they can provide shade in the wild, and there is no problem when they grow to the sky, so if they are planted as potted plants in flowerpots, it may not be long before the roots will be full of flowerpots, so the pots should be changed every 1-2 years, preferably in spring and autumn when the temperature is relatively stable.

Why don't olives bear fruit?

When the branches and leaves of the olive tree are particularly lush, because it needs to transport all these nutrients from the roots to the branches, especially when it has not yet borne fruit, its branches and leaves may grow particularly lush and consume some nutrients prematurely.

At this time, it is necessary to remove other messy branches, or branches and leaves that can't grow olive fruits, and then let them leave all the nutrients on our olive fruits. In this way, we will ensure that our fruit has enough nutrition.

Olive planting techniques and key points

1, grafting

When grafting olives, 2-3-year-old seedlings are generally used as rootstocks, and branches with leaf scars and bud eyes are selected as scions. Keep the soil moist after grafting and pay attention to pest control. It can be planted after emergence.

Step 2 plant

First of all, we should dig a pit, pick the grafted seedlings with plastic bags and put them in the pit, and cover the roots with fertile fine soil, and water them well to prevent them from contacting fresh animal manure, so as to avoid the new roots from rotting. For dwarfing and high yield, we should prune the main branches to provide olive yield.

3. Fertilizer and water management

During the olive growing period, apply thin fertilizer frequently, once every 60 days. During the growing period of olive, we should pay attention to the cooperation of decomposed organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer, and adopt the method of annular shallow ditch irrigation. Therefore, fruit trees should be fertilized three times a year, that is, fertilization before flowering, fertilization for strong fruit and fertilization for fruit picking, in order to promote flower bud differentiation and fruit ripening, and the amount of fertilization should be determined according to the strength of the tree.

4, plastic dwarfing pruning

During the growth of olives, the trunk should be cut off, which can increase the yield. Pruning time is in summer and winter. Long branches should be cut short, internal branches, overlapping branches and diseases and insect pests should be removed, crown height should be controlled, and fruits around crown should be ensured, so that nutrients can be distributed evenly and fruit yield can be high.