olive tree propagation

StevenJohn Rocklin, CA(Zone 9b) Nov 10, 2006

has anyone had any luck propagating an olive tree / i have great olive recipes and it would be very cool if i had my own olive tree

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maineroses Milo, ME(Zone 4a) Dec 06, 2006

if you want a olive tree I have the olive tree shrub

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StevenJohn Rocklin, CA(Zone 9b) Dec 11, 2006

does the olive tree shrub have good olives for eating? / how easily does it propagate from cuttings or from root sections / stevenjohn

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Dec 11, 2006

Hi StevenJohn, I have tried several times to do cuttings without success. I believe I wasn't using enough sand in the mix but this link might be helpful: http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/olive.html

I also don't think I had enough strong light. It looked like my cuttings got damping off so using a rooting hormone with fungicide might help.

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StevenJohn Rocklin, CA(Zone 9b) Dec 15, 2006

thanx growin / will try to get some cuttings from trees in my area / great site / thanx for the link / stevenjohn

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ecrane3 Dublin, CA(Zone 9a) Dec 15, 2006

I don't think the shrubby "olive" is really an olive, there are other genera such as Eleagnus and Osmanthus which go by the common name olive, but even if they produce something edible I don't think it's the same thing you're looking for. I've read that they (the real olives) can be grown from cuttings, so that's probably the best way to go. And they grow really well here in CA so if you can get it to root successfully you should be home free!

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