Hi Sir, great video. My wife and I are looking to relocate in Puglia. Is the spread of the Xyllela bacteria something we should be concerned about? Can you control the risks? Thank you!
Hi Patrick, thanks for watching. We’ve never seen any of this in our area and therefore can’t really give you any knowledgeable advice. Good luck in your relocation!
Yes, change olive species, in fact they are replacing them with species such as Leccino, Frantoio Moraiolo, in fact in the Italian Regions where these species are long in use, Xilella has not spread, but the most important thing is to cure by constantly cleaning up weeds. under the trees, and pruning the plant. You can also self produce productive plants, from adult mother plants, and in no time, a perfect clone, video con sottotitoli in Inglese: ruclips.net/video/VJNnHI3ZiT0/видео.html
With the leaves on the suckers being a different shape to those on the fruiting body of the tree, doesn’t this suggest that the tree has been grafted e.g. similar to roses, apples etc where a different variety is grafted onto a rootstock?
It's entirely possible, but ungrafted trees will also grow suckers generally as a response to stress or injury to try to propagate themselves. The question of how or why the leaf shape differs on them is one that I can only answer with speculation.
@@fionagrows1848 Up here I Provence we have the Calletier olive tree which produces the Picholine olive. Nearly all the trees over 250 years have been grafted on to the Olea sativa which is the wild olive. We still have the suckers which like yours have a different shape. This was done to create a vigorous shoot with a strong rootstock and apparently its was the Romans that started grafting olives. What else did they do for us. Your olives seem to be really vigorous and give plenty of fruit. I hope that the Xyellia stays away form your trees. Great video and olive trees are really special esp when they are old.Jonathan (Arbrecare)
Woah so good to see another Brit struggling with enormous olive trees. Would love a blether but can see no details of a website or pm ability. Yours a couple with overgrown olives in Liguria.
@@egeegee7146 We did all our own pruning right from the start and made lots of mistakes at the beginning, but with practice and lots of observation of how the locals did it we got there in the end. We were never around at harvest time and had our neighbour collect our olives and take them to the press for us. It's unlikely that you'll ever kill an olive tree by pruning it - unless you completely chop it down of course and even then it might still come back - they're tough old things. You can see how we do it from start to finish if you look at the other two pruning videos we made. This video is the third in the series and was made 15 months after the tree was initially pruned.
How much can you prune an olive tree prior to transplant, transport, and replanting I bought some 100 year old olive trees for our home but need to move them
Hi, not sure I can be of much help. Moving mature olive trees isn’t something I’ve done. In general terms a tree or plant will have a better chance of re establishing itself if it’s given a hard prune before replanting. But perhaps you could ask whoever you bought them from. Thanks for watching!
@@conradtona1882 apply wax on cuted branches to prevent from bacteria and disease. U shuld use your cutimg(pruning) tools just for olives,and if u wana be extra safe u can clean(disinfect) them after every cuted(pruned) olive.
Hay ken great video..
How long before the first harvest took place? That was a serious back prune.
Is this tree rainfed and where is it
What tools were used to cut?
Hi Sir, great video. My wife and I are looking to relocate in Puglia. Is the spread of the Xyllela bacteria something we should be concerned about? Can you control the risks? Thank you!
Hi Patrick, thanks for watching. We’ve never seen any of this in our area and therefore can’t really give you any knowledgeable advice. Good luck in your relocation!
Yes, change olive species, in fact they are replacing them with species such as Leccino, Frantoio Moraiolo, in fact in the Italian Regions where these species are long in use, Xilella has not spread, but the most important thing is to cure by constantly cleaning up weeds. under the trees, and pruning the plant. You can also self produce productive plants, from adult mother plants, and in no time, a perfect clone, video con sottotitoli in Inglese: ruclips.net/video/VJNnHI3ZiT0/видео.html
With the leaves on the suckers being a different shape to those on the fruiting body of the tree, doesn’t this suggest that the tree has been grafted e.g. similar to roses, apples etc where a different variety is grafted onto a rootstock?
It's entirely possible, but ungrafted trees will also grow suckers generally as a response to stress or injury to try to propagate themselves. The question of how or why the leaf shape differs on them is one that I can only answer with speculation.
@@fionagrows1848 Up here I Provence we have the Calletier olive tree which produces the Picholine olive. Nearly all the trees over 250 years have been grafted on to the Olea sativa which is the wild olive. We still have the suckers which like yours have a different shape. This was done to create a vigorous shoot with a strong rootstock and apparently its was the Romans that started grafting olives. What else did they do for us. Your olives seem to be really vigorous and give plenty of fruit. I hope that the Xyellia stays away form your trees. Great video and olive trees are really special esp when they are old.Jonathan (Arbrecare)
Yes often its the wild olive ( acebuche) starting to grow
Woah so good to see another Brit struggling with enormous olive trees. Would love a blether but can see no details of a website or pm ability. Yours a couple with overgrown olives in Liguria.
In what way are you struggling ?
@@fionagrows1848 we’ve got a hundred well over grown trees and about to lopthem. Would be great to discuss plus how you’ve dealt with the oil etc
@@egeegee7146 We did all our own pruning right from the start and made lots of mistakes at the beginning, but with practice and lots of observation of how the locals did it we got there in the end. We were never around at harvest time and had our neighbour collect our olives and take them to the press for us. It's unlikely that you'll ever kill an olive tree by pruning it - unless you completely chop it down of course and even then it might still come back - they're tough old things. You can see how we do it from start to finish if you look at the other two pruning videos we made. This video is the third in the series and was made 15 months after the tree was initially pruned.
How much can you prune an olive tree prior to transplant, transport, and replanting
I bought some 100 year old olive trees for our home but need to move them
Hi, not sure I can be of much help. Moving mature olive trees isn’t something I’ve done. In general terms a tree or plant will have a better chance of re establishing itself if it’s given a hard prune before replanting. But perhaps you could ask whoever you bought them from. Thanks for watching!
Whith the escavator u have to dig as much roots as u can.
Roots= branches,leafs.
Thank you both, I have moved two trees so far and they look pretty good
@@conradtona1882 apply wax on cuted branches to prevent from bacteria and disease. U shuld use your cutimg(pruning) tools just for olives,and if u wana be extra safe u can clean(disinfect) them after every cuted(pruned) olive.