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OLIVE - ALEA EUROPAEA. NWHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AFTER THIS BUSH. IS IT BETTER IN THE GARDEN NOR A POT. AND WHAT DO I FEED IT ON.




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Where you live, it might be better in a pot, because they are a little tender. If you want it in the garden, it needs to be a sheltered, sunny spot, out of cold winter winds, and not in a frost pocket. If you want to pot grow one, use John Innes No. 2, feed in spring and then in summer with a general purpose liquid feed.

28 Apr, 2010

 

Yes, a pot is best. Use a nice terracotta one and trim the olive to shape it and keep it bushy. You won't get fruit worth eating though. Just a few small 'berries'.

28 Apr, 2010

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