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jonkers121

Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Posts: 13
Location: Wing, Buckinghamshire

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 07 1:44 pm Post subject: Olive Trees and frost
I have an Olive tree in a pot which has been outside throughout the summer. I brought it into the conservatory last winter but it's getting a bit big now (about 4 feet tall). Does anyone know how it will cope with frost if I leave it out through the winter? Jonkers

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 07 2:02 pm Post subject:
Most olives are fairly frost tolerant, how old is it?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Sep 30, 07 2:23 pm Post subject:
I have a couple of olives in pots and they've coped with frost. I would be more worried about drying winds, water logging and possibly the pot cracking if it's a clay pot. Can you keep your olive somewhere sheltered and pop something under the pot to prevent it sitting in water?

Contadino

Joined: 28 Sep 2007
Posts: 190
Location: Puglia, Italia

Posted: Sun Sep 30, 07 4:38 pm Post subject:
It depends on the provenance of the olive. If it's from Northern Italy, for example, it won't mind a heavy frost or even snow, but if it's from Almeria (?) in Spain, it will really struggle.

Just Jane

Joined: 16 Mar 2006
Posts: 140
Location: France

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 11:30 am Post subject:

I have 2 youngish olive trees, one in a pot & the other in the garden. I cover each of them with a fleece for the winter and pull the one that is in a pot next to the wall of the house for a bit more shelter but i the sun. Last winter was quite mild and both were fine, the winter before was very cold (negative temps consistently for several weeks plus snow and temps as low as -15C at times), the one in the garden suffered a bit where the ends of some of the branches got frozen from too much snow lying on them but it started shooting again the following summer - now if only I can persuade them to have olive sized fruit (so far I get some flowers & a few pinhead sized olives then they shrivel up & fall off)

dougal

Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 11:44 am Post subject: Re: Olive Trees and frost

jonkers121 wrote:

I have an Olive tree in a pot which has been outside throughout the summer. I brought it into the conservatory last winter but it's getting a bit big now (about 4 feet tall).
Does anyone know how it will cope with frost if I leave it out through the winter?

Hi Jonkers, welcome!

Did you spot the old olive thread ?
https://forum.downsizer.net/about8211.html
Amongst other things it touched on the question of different varieties and conditions that they might tolerate...

jonkers121

Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Posts: 13
Location: Wing, Buckinghamshire

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 07 5:14 pm Post subject: Olive tree and frost
Thank you all for your advice. It's about 3 years old and it came from a garden cebtre in Buckinghamshire, so I have no idea it it's Italian or originates from further south in Europe. I think a fleece wrap is the best solution. Thanks again Jonkers

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