Olive Knowledge & Blog
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Virgin fruit on the olive tree: What to do if small berries get stuck?
Do you have an olive tree in your garden and notice small, round fruits that just won't grow any bigger? These are called virgin fruits , a fascinating natural phenomenon!...
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Why olive trees need water after flowering – and what that has to do with solar power plants
Immediately after flowering, the olive tree decides how many fruits it will actually bear. If water is scarce during this sensitive phase, it simply sheds most of the young olives....
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Fruit vs. olive cutting
When it comes to olive trees, completely different pruning principles apply compared to native fruit trees such as apples, pears, or cherries. While with these traditional fruit trees, care is...
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Damage analysis after winter and cutting
Spring is in full swing and it is slowly becoming clear which branches need to be pruned in order to be shaped into fruit wood. The olive tree produces flowers...
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How should you overwinter an olive tree?
Spoiler alert: The olive tree does NOT belong in the garage or basement.
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The olive moth (Palpita unionalis)
The olive moth, a pest originally native to the Mediterranean region, was first sighted in Lower Austria in 2002. This butterfly can travel several hundred kilometers thanks to favorable wind...
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Yellow leaves on my olive tree in summer! What's going on?
Your olive tree was just in full bloom, now it is producing its first fruits, you are so happy and suddenly yellow leaves appear. Panic quickly spreads, especially among young...
