Growing Olive Trees In Planters
The best time to start growing olive trees in containers is spring after all threat of frost has passed.
Growing olive trees in planters. As long as you have a sufficiently large pot the tree can live up to eight or nine years in it. Their fruit is either pickled and made into the olives we enjoy on pizza or with cheese or it is pressed to make olive oil. Plant your tree in a mix of potting soil and perlite or small rocks. Place your container grown olive trees in a spot that receives at least 6 hours of full sunlight each day.
An olive tree needs the sunniest spot available in your garden. Positioning is everything when it comes to growing olive trees in containers. It can cope with a bit of shade but too much and your tree will eventually degrade. Plastic containers retain more water which can be deadly for an olive tree.
The best way to grow olive trees in pots is to buy a small dwarf olive tree plant and re pot at home. Olives are natives of the mediterranean and are widely grown in that region. Olive trees like extremely well draining rocky soil. Planting olive trees in a pot olive trees can survive a number of years in a pot although they will ultimately need to be planted in the ground to survive.
To contain growth prune back in spring once new growth begins. You can let the soil dry out in between waterings. From there you only need to water it sparingly and give it a few hours of sun each day. Olive trees grow well in pots.
Depending on the initial age of your olive tree cutting it may take a couple seasons of growing before your tree produces any olives.