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| About the Author Joe 3rd June 2009 11:12pm #UserID: 2423 |
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| About the Author Jimmy 4th June 2009 10:22am #UserID: 0 |
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Speedy says... Olea europea 'Frantoio'( also known as 'Paragon' I believe) is a popular oil variety. Doesn't mean to say it cant be used as eating olive, but 'Kalamata' is known as a good table olive if you're after them for eating. Olive trees can be cutting grown or grafted. I prefer small cutting grown trees in large tubes/small pots. Better price and establish better root system than from large plant, also no need to worry about removing rootstock shoots. My suggestion to you would be to do web search for cultivar(s) best suited to your climate, intended use (oil, table or dual purpose) and go from there. There are lots available. | About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 4th June 2009 12:30pm #UserID: 0 |
| About the Author Jimmy 4th June 2009 5:51pm #UserID: 0 |
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Speedy says... Hmm, I might have to look into that. maybe it's a backwards way of saying they dont grow true from seed. ...Or that they've always been grafted over seedlings (or wild trees) since ancient times. These days most olives are struck as cuttings under intermitent mist with bottom heat and hormone (IBA 2000-3000ppm) dip. one 'traditional' method for olive cuttings is to use quite large cuttings 2-3yr old wood 2-3cm dia x 30cm long. Leaves removed , and stored in moist sawdust for a month or so before spring planting into nursery. Some cultivars of olives are known to be harder to grow from cuttings than other more reliable ones. maybe 'Kalamata' resisted all traditional attempts at cuttings and so became known to be only produced by grafting. I'll still check it out though. | About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 6th June 2009 9:38pm #UserID: 2305 |
| About the Author stef heinze melbourne 6th June 2009 10:35pm #UserID: 2394 |
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Speedy says... Dont know for sure, but as both are grown from mature growth, ie. as opposed to Juvenile growth, I cant imagine there'd be much diference. Although, if you grafted onto a large or mature rootstock, the tree would bear bigger crops than a cutting grown at the same time because of the bigger root system pushing the growth. So, cutting vs. grafted of same size from a pot or bag ... probably no diference in time to fruit. | About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 8th June 2009 11:45pm #UserID: 2305 |
Speedy says... Jimmy, I did find in a book today that, as you said, "Kalamata' are hard to propagate and have to be grafted." I have a tree labelled 'Kalamata' and I'm sure it's a cutting grown plant. It must actually be another variety. I have seedlings 2yr old now so i'll have to find a confirmed 'Kalamata' tree and get some scion wood to graft. | About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 10th June 2009 11:55pm #UserID: 2305 |
| About the Author mike albany WA. 16th June 2009 10:45pm #UserID: 1772 |
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| About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 20th June 2009 1:46pm #UserID: 2305 |
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| About the Author mandy melbourne 6th November 2009 9:54pm #UserID: 2791 |
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