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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 18:30:47 GMT
This year I bought two standard olives (in pots) from "Morrisons" (twenty quid the pair...bargain or what?  ) They've done well, put on lots of growth and produced some tiny olives. My problem is...how to look after them over winter. I only have a small un-heated greenhouse, which will be stuffed to overflowing by the end of October, so would it be OK to risk leaving them outdoors, maybe with a fleece cover? Does anyone have any experience in "over wintering" them outdoors? Don't really want to lose them.... P.S. I'm in the North West, and our winters can get pretty chilly  |
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Post by daitheplant on Aug 31, 2014 19:29:23 GMT
Di, I have had an Olive in my garden for about 15 years. Unlike popular opinion they really are frost hardy. However, if yours are true half standards, that is a "head" growing on a single stem, then they must be protected over winter. I would say fleece wrapped AND in the greenhouse. Obviously, if the head dies you no longer have a standard, you just haqve an
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Post by daitheplant on Aug 31, 2014 19:30:35 GMT
Di, I have had an Olive in my garden for about 15 years. Unlike popular opinion they really are frost hardy. However, if yours are true half standards, that is a "head" growing on a single stem, then they must be protected over winter. I would say fleece wrapped AND in the greenhouse. Obviously, if the head dies you no longer have a standard, you just have an Olive shrub.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 20:30:29 GMT
Thanks Dai  And yes, mine are growing on a single stem...so I guess it's just a matter of squeezing them into an over full greenhouse, wrapping their stems in bubble wrap, covering their heads in fleece and keeping everything crossed? Bit like over wintering standard fuchsias? |
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Post by daitheplant on Sept 4, 2014 18:34:08 GMT
Thanks Dai And yes, mine are growing on a single stem...so I guess it's just a matter of squeezing them into an over full greenhouse, wrapping their stems in bubble wrap, covering their heads in fleece and keeping everything crossed? Bit like over wintering standard fuchsias? Very much like standard Fuchsias Di. Just don`t strip all the leaves off. |
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Post by SueA on Sept 5, 2014 11:05:53 GMT
@di , I've got a small standard/half standard olive tree in a pot & it's got through the last couple of winters outside, I put a fleece bag over the top & wrapped the outside of the pot with bubble wrap & kept it on the decking close to the house so you may get away with that if you can't fit it in your greenhouse unless we have a really bad winter. I've no idea if it will be the same in our new house here as although we're in the same town it's more open & exposed but I'm keeping it on the patio again. I seem to remember reading that they need exposure to low temperature in winter if you want to get fruits on them, I've only ever got the tiny fruits though, nothing you would want to eat & I believe you have to brine them & faff about preparing them before they're properly edible so I just keep mine as ornamental.
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Post by sweetpea on Sept 5, 2014 17:15:42 GMT
Di, I have had an Olive in my garden for about 15 years. Unlike popular opinion they really are frost hardy. However, if yours are true half standards, that is a "head" growing on a single stem, then they must be protected over winter. I would say fleece wrapped AND in the greenhouse. Obviously, if the head dies you no longer have a standard, you just have an Olive shrub.I agree with dai. My neighbour who is half Italian has had a few olive trees over the years and lost one in that severe winter a few years back. i told her to wrap them up and the one with fleece survived. back in surrey a customer of mine had a large olive tree growing outin the front garden and had been there for at least 15 years to my knowledge. in pots however they are more susceptible to frost so stick your old mink coat over it Di |
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Post by daitheplant on Sept 5, 2014 18:47:12 GMT
Sweetpea, in that winter I lost my Calla lillies, Canna lillies and Brugmansias even though they were all in an insulated greenhouse. The Olive and banana palm survived though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 21:57:00 GMT
Thanks for all your advice...Sue, Dai and Sweetpea I think the olives will be taking their chance outdoors, well wrapped up of course There really isn't that much spare room in the GH, so I will wrap the stems and put fleece over their heads....and hope for the best! And I'll not be stripping (the leaves) for anybody Dai |
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Post by sweetpea on Sept 6, 2014 14:08:06 GMT
Sweetpea, in that winter I lost my Calla lillies, Canna lillies and Brugmansias even though they were all in an insulated greenhouse. The Olive and banana palm survived though. Yes it was a cold one. I lost a banana plant which I just put in the shed. Also two well established cordylines although they have since sprouted from the base and seem to be thriving. Such is the tribulations of gardening in the UK |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2014 18:09:35 GMT
We don't want another one like "THAT WINTER" do we....? I lost so much stuff, made me re-think how I garden |
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Post by daitheplant on Sept 6, 2014 19:13:34 GMT
We don't want another one like "THAT WINTER" do we....? I lost so much stuff, made me re-think how I garden Di, it`s all part of the challenge which is gardening.  |
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) They've done well, put on lots of growth and produced some tiny olives. My problem is...how to look after them over winter. I only have a small un-heated greenhouse, which will be stuffed to overflowing by the end of October, so would it be OK to risk leaving them outdoors, maybe with a fleece cover? Does anyone have any experience in "over wintering" them outdoors? Don't really want to lose them....
And yes, mine are growing on a single stem...so I guess it's just a matter of squeezing them into an over full greenhouse, wrapping their stems in bubble wrap, covering their heads in fleece and keeping everything crossed? Bit like over wintering standard fuchsias? 
