Leaves Dropping Off My Olive Tree
But if the tree gets too dry which often happens in the winter when watering is less frequent the leaves will dry out and drop.
Leaves dropping off my olive tree. Your tree could be suffering stress brought on by weather over watering or insufficient watering. Olive trees require plenty of bright light. Keeping your potted olive tree in a sunny window will help provide adequate light. If the soil is too dry many of the falling leaves will be yellow.
If most of the leaves are green especially if you ve had the tree for several months the soil may be too wet. Several fungal diseases commonly attack olive trees. Severe virticillium wilt kills entire trees. Heat and drought stress will cause the tree to lose leaves that it cannot support with the available soil moisture.
Leaves that drop are most often yellow with no discernible disease spots. Verticillium wilt is a fungal disease that lives in the soil. The peacock spot disease thrives in humid cold conditions and causes lesions to form on upper leaf surfaces. Because they are fruit bearing and evergreen olive trees need plenty of water.
Cycloconium oleaginum and pseudomonas savastanoi are about the only disease an olive tree has problems with but those do not seem to be your trees problem. Trees will often set more leaves in the spring than they can support during the summer. Because they are fruit bearing and evergreen olive trees need plenty of water. Of course another reason why a tree would drop leaves is moisture.
But they also are sensitive to. Dropping leaves are often a sign of poor health due to improper care. Olive tree leaves are dry falling off water. Leaves may wilt fade turn yellow and drop off and bark at the soil line may be unnaturally dark.
If the tree gets too dry it should recover when watering resumes. Virticillium wilt causes wilted branches thin canopies and leaf dieback.