Indoor Olive Tree Leaves Curling
My olive tree started to show signs of distress half of the leaves curled inwards a few started to fall off some turned yellow some fell healthy and green some turned brown at the base close to the branch and then fell off.
Indoor olive tree leaves curling. Wilted or curling leaves that may turn brown at the tips or edge a sparse canopy of off color and undersized leaves leaf scorch or yellowing leaves untimely fall color and early leaf drop even if you run a sprinkler in your yard your trees likely need additional water said rick castro of davey s northwest seattle office. Olive trees need full sun and a fertile well draining soil. Leaf tips curling could indicate too much food. It needs a drop in daytime and nighttime temperatures as well as about two months of temperatures below 50 degree f to stimulate flowering.
Also the undersides of the leaves become covered in a fungus that resembles black dust covering the surface of the leaf. If needed treat the tree by spraying with insecticidal soap. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11 blooming in the summer with the white blossoms followed. Leaf spot causes the leaves of the olive tree to turn chlorotic yellow or whitish in color.
They grow in u s. Indoor olive trees are susceptible to scale so watch for signs of these sap sucking insects. Yes it s me again with my olive tree again. May have splotches that look brown or bronze.
Lower leaves look dark green or bluish and appear shiny. Affected leaves curl downward. Your tree probably won t set fruit indoors. I moved my olive tree inside because i live in cetran europe and freezing winters are not good to plants like that.
If you live in an area that has sandy soil the water may simply be draining away too fast and this may be causing brown edges on leaves. The soil does not hold onto the water. Too much nitrogen can actually cause reverse osmosis in the root zone causing the plant to lose water even when wet. Either increase watering or replant the plant so that the roots have more room to grow.
Phosphorus deficiency usually shows up first at the bottom of the plant on the oldest leaves and progressively climbs up the plant if untreated. One side of the tree is completely flat because it was up against the west side windows of the greenhouse. On a tree with leaf spot the leaves fall and the fruits develop brown lesions and often fall to the ground prematurely. Did you over feed it.
I repotted the tree the next day thinking that it would be root bound because there were branches everywhere with the top drooping.