Thanks for posting this video, I appreciate the fact that I can have my spanish speaking workers watch this to help prime them for learning how to prune. You spanish is quite good too.
Not all, but most varieties of olives root quite easily. One of the most simple ways to root cuttings is as follows: Remove vigorous, pencil diameter shoots and cut them into 8 inch pieces. Remove all of the leaves except the top two. Dip the cuttings in rooting hormone powder and place them into a sterile rooting medium with only the top two leaves sticking out. The rooting medium can be sand, perlite, or even peat moss. Since peat moss and perlite are sterile or nearly so when you buy them - they work best. Moisten the medium. For peat moss wet it thoroughly then wring it out by hand so it is not wet, but moist. Olives root best when the air temperature is in the 50-60 degree range and the roots are about 75 degrees - consequently most commercial nurseries use some type of bottom heating method. Commercial nurseries also have automatic spray systems that apply a mist of water when the leaves get dry, but this is complicated. One way to do it is to put the medium in a plastic tub about 12 inches deep, insert the cuttings and then cover the whole thing with a plastic bag. Keep it on the cool side in a greenhouse (winter time) exposed to some light, but not direct hot sunlight and don't open it. The cuttings should root in about 8-10 weeks - then transplant them into small pots with normal potting mix. Paul Vossen
In addition to the Talea, there is a more profitable method, the plant obtained from Talea, it takes a very long time to be able to produce fruit olives, while with the Margotta, clone of the mother plant, if this produces, the plant obtained is much larger than that obtained from the Cutting, manages to produce olives, in fact it is possible to obtain at the time of separation from the mother plant, branches that exceed one and a half meters and even more, which prick, these put in pots begin to be real autonomous plants, this is the technique with English subtitles: ruclips.net/video/VJNnHI3ZiT0/видео.html
I feel confident to go prune my olive tree, thank you. Not just explained what to do really well but knowing why means you can follow the rule when in the future you're not sure.
Regarding single or multiple trunks. Either one works. Larger scale producers train their trees to one single trunk with no branches below 1 meter (39") so that they can grab the trunks with a trunk shaker for harvest. It is also easier to get under the trees close to the trunk for harvest. Multiple trunks are ok too, especially if you like that look and have no plans to ever shake the trunks for harvest.
excellent video on its own right, especially compared to the few out there on pruning olive trees. Appreciate the bilingual presentation and your Spanish is quite good. I planted 5 olive trees last year and they grew well enough to prune soon. I am going to attempt propagation from 6 inch cuttings. Any advice? A video on olive tree propagation would be welcomed. Olive trees do well here in central Texas, with a climate similar to the olive belt of Crete.
Question here, can you Pls make a video how to prune an old large olive tree, most of my trees are old and larg, to the way that it's so difficult to collect the fruits.
Olives can actually be pruned any time of the year. The trees are evergreen so pruning that removes leaves is always stunting. Normally, however, we tell people to prune during bloom - or just prior to bloom - if you have just a few trees that can all be pruned withing about 3 weeks. This is because we recomend only pruning trees that have a lot of flowers (too many flowers). By pruning trees with heavy blooming (lots of flowers), this reduces the amount of fruit set and somewhat alleviates alternate bearing. By not pruning trees with a light bloom (few flowers) it assures the most crop set possible - which still may be very small. Pruning trees with a light bloom - just reduces the amout of fruit to even less than what it could have been. In other words we tend to prune mature olive trees with lots of flowers - every other year - during bloom so you can see how many flowers are there. Paul Vossen
Can you plant a Mission and Manzanilla in the ground and dwarf prune it to 10' and still get olives? Or does it want to put on new growth instead of olives? Someone told me to plant them in the ground in pots which would stunt their growth, and put good drain holes in the pot? Thanks.
Ok, going against the grain here, but any tree has the natural propensity to produce as many seeds as possible, so instead of using the grandfather method, and always do what are forefathers did, how are we going to increase yeild/oil production by hacking off fruit producing limbs? We now have no dig methods, min till etc for growing food which we know is better for the soil and subsequently yields over traditional ploughing. How do we know pruning increases yields, as it seems so counter intuitive. More branches more olives. No? Any scientific research papers mapping yield to pruning ratio, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for very informative video. I have three, 10 year olive trees growing in my yard in central Texas. One has been producing olives in average of 120 Ibs for the past few years but the other two are not doing any. Any idea of what's going on?
kduque068 Hello, I don't know if you saw it, but Paul responded to your question in the comments section. Please let us know if you need additional clarification or information. Thank you.
I like que estaba en both inglés y español, pero wouldn't it have been más facil hablar en spanglish so that todos estuvieron confudidos? Pero supongo que it's true that la repetición is the key to aprendizaje, so thumbs up, good video!
والله والله يا مغير ألأحوال ،أمريكي يشير لنا كيف نقص ونقلم ونعتني بأشجار ألزيتون. سبحانك يا يرب. قصته كمثل أوروبي حين يشرح لي ألوروبي كيف أعتني بشجرة ألليمون ،ألتي لا تنمو شجرة ألليمون إلى في بلاد مصدر ها. وهنا هي نفس ألحال أمريكي لسانيا يشرح عن أشجار ألزيتون ونسي ولم يتعلم في جامعاته أن ألزراعه لها مدى أجيال ترجع لأولوف ألسنين في بلادنا وما نحن قد وصلنا له اليوم من قمة نجاحنا في ألفلاحة وزرع ألأرض.
simplified polyconic vase without ifs and buts!!!! Doctor Giorgio Pannelli is one of the biggest Italian expert and he teaches this teqnique!!!
I have been watching so many videos about prunning olive trees, perhaps the most informative one. Thank you professor, greetings from Greece!
If you understand Italian, this is really great and well explained ruclips.net/video/9564vNmRAy4/видео.html
Thanks for posting this video, I appreciate the fact that I can have my spanish speaking workers watch this to help prime them for learning how to prune. You spanish is quite good too.
Thank you for the feedback Roger. Are there any other pruning videos you would like to see?
a better way would be to make 2 seperate videos OR subtitles.
True... when you know both languages it gets repetitive. But very good information!
Should I prune suckers?
Not all, but most varieties of olives root quite easily. One of the most simple ways to root cuttings is as follows: Remove vigorous, pencil diameter shoots and cut them into 8 inch pieces. Remove all of the leaves except the top two. Dip the cuttings in rooting hormone powder and place them into a sterile rooting medium with only the top two leaves sticking out. The rooting medium can be sand, perlite, or even peat moss. Since peat moss and perlite are sterile or nearly so when you buy them - they work best. Moisten the medium. For peat moss wet it thoroughly then wring it out by hand so it is not wet, but moist. Olives root best when the air temperature is in the 50-60 degree range and the roots are about 75 degrees - consequently most commercial nurseries use some type of bottom heating method. Commercial nurseries also have automatic spray systems that apply a mist of water when the leaves get dry, but this is complicated. One way to do it is to put the medium in a plastic tub about 12 inches deep, insert the cuttings and then cover the whole thing with a plastic bag. Keep it on the cool side in a greenhouse (winter time) exposed to some light, but not direct hot sunlight and don't open it. The cuttings should root in about 8-10 weeks - then transplant them into small pots with normal potting mix. Paul Vossen
In addition to the Talea, there is a more profitable method, the plant obtained from Talea, it takes a very long time to be able to produce fruit olives, while with the Margotta, clone of the mother plant, if this produces, the plant obtained is much larger than that obtained from the Cutting, manages to produce olives, in fact it is possible to obtain at the time of separation from the mother plant, branches that exceed one and a half meters and even more, which prick, these put in pots begin to be real autonomous plants, this is the technique with English subtitles: ruclips.net/video/VJNnHI3ZiT0/видео.html
I feel confident to go prune my olive tree, thank you. Not just explained what to do really well but knowing why means you can follow the rule when in the future you're not sure.
Regarding single or multiple trunks. Either one works. Larger scale producers train their trees to one single trunk with no branches below 1 meter (39") so that they can grab the trunks with a trunk shaker for harvest. It is also easier to get under the trees close to the trunk for harvest. Multiple trunks are ok too, especially if you like that look and have no plans to ever shake the trunks for harvest.
Is it the same pruning method for multiple trunks?
Very informative, Paul. We are trying our hand at olives in Central Florida. This was extremely helpful, thanks!
We hope you experience success with growing olives. You may find additional resources at cesonoma.ucanr.edu/SpecialtyCrops/OLIVES/
excellent video on its own right, especially compared to the few out there on pruning olive trees. Appreciate the bilingual presentation and your Spanish is quite good. I planted 5 olive trees last year and they grew well enough to prune soon. I am going to attempt propagation from 6 inch cuttings. Any advice? A video on olive tree propagation would be welcomed. Olive trees do well here in central Texas, with a climate similar to the olive belt of Crete.
Amazing Video! Thanks! Would you prune 2 year old trees right after planting or will it slow the tree down?
Question here, can you Pls make a video how to prune an old large olive tree, most of my trees are old and larg, to the way that it's so difficult to collect the fruits.
What is the best method of pruning for height control ?
Olives can actually be pruned any time of the year. The trees are evergreen so pruning that removes leaves is always stunting. Normally, however, we tell people to prune during bloom - or just prior to bloom - if you have just a few trees that can all be pruned withing about 3 weeks. This is because we recomend only pruning trees that have a lot of flowers (too many flowers). By pruning trees with heavy blooming (lots of flowers), this reduces the amount of fruit set and somewhat alleviates alternate bearing. By not pruning trees with a light bloom (few flowers) it assures the most crop set possible - which still may be very small. Pruning trees with a light bloom - just reduces the amout of fruit to even less than what it could have been. In other words we tend to prune mature olive trees with lots of flowers - every other year - during bloom so you can see how many flowers are there. Paul Vossen
Thanks for the info. Can we prune olive tree anytime of the year? Or is there a preferred time for it? Thanks a lot
Can you plant a Mission and Manzanilla in the ground and dwarf prune it to 10' and still get olives? Or does it want to put on new growth instead of olives? Someone told me to plant them in the ground in pots which would stunt their growth, and put good drain holes in the pot? Thanks.
Ok, going against the grain here, but any tree has the natural propensity to produce as many seeds as possible, so instead of using the grandfather method, and always do what are forefathers did, how are we going to increase yeild/oil production by hacking off fruit producing limbs?
We now have no dig methods, min till etc for growing food which we know is better for the soil and subsequently yields over traditional ploughing. How do we know pruning increases yields, as it seems so counter intuitive. More branches more olives. No?
Any scientific research papers mapping yield to pruning ratio, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for very informative video. I have three, 10 year olive trees growing in my yard in central Texas. One has been producing olives in average of 120 Ibs for the past few years but the other two are not doing any. Any idea of what's going on?
Depending on the varieties, they might need a different polinator.
I would like to know this too since I have two 7 year old Arbequinas that have never flowered, minimally pruned and are healthy.
@@haljasonfoster2169 is it windy in there? It might be the reason
Very nice,respect from Tunisia.you doing it different than we prune here but i like your methode.
I have multiple trunk olive trees that I don't want to prune in vase shape, what is your method?
Great video!....... question: if a farely young tree has mini braches on the botton stem, should we cut those out or leave them?
kduque068 Hello, I don't know if you saw it, but Paul responded to your question in the comments section. Please let us know if you need additional clarification or information. Thank you.
UCCESonoma only
Excellent video. I live in Novato in Marin County. When would be the best time to prune olive trees in this region?
Do two next time. I do not speak Spanish.
thanks so much for posting this video
Great job professor
I like que estaba en both inglés y español, pero wouldn't it have been más facil hablar en spanglish so that todos estuvieron confudidos? Pero supongo que it's true that la repetición is the key to aprendizaje, so thumbs up, good video!
j stark hahaha .... ó jajajajaja
good stuff.
Seriously... you couldn't have just made two videos instead of a bilingual video?
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والله والله يا مغير ألأحوال ،أمريكي يشير لنا كيف نقص ونقلم ونعتني بأشجار ألزيتون.
سبحانك يا يرب.
قصته كمثل أوروبي حين يشرح لي ألوروبي كيف أعتني بشجرة ألليمون ،ألتي لا تنمو شجرة ألليمون إلى في بلاد مصدر ها.
وهنا هي نفس ألحال أمريكي لسانيا يشرح عن أشجار ألزيتون ونسي ولم يتعلم في جامعاته أن ألزراعه لها مدى أجيال ترجع لأولوف ألسنين في بلادنا وما نحن قد وصلنا له اليوم من قمة نجاحنا في ألفلاحة وزرع ألأرض.