r/Olives

Hi everyone,

I recently bought this young olive tree and noticed it already has clusters of little flower buds. I’m assuming these are flowers that could eventually develop into olives?

Because the tree is new and still quite small, should I leave the flowers alone and let it try to fruit, or remove them so it can put its energy into establishing its roots and growing stronger?

I’d also appreciate any advice about sunlight, watering, feeding and whether it needs another olive tree nearby for successful pollination.

Thanks!

Newbie to pickling here. I moved into a new place last year with a big olive tree and got a bit too excited about curing my own olives. Now I like olives a lot.. but they're getting a bit boring. They've been in a ~10% brine solution for nearly 18 months now. Looking to spice things up a bit and pickle some.
What is the best way to go from brine to pickle? Also looking for recommendations for some fun aromatic additions (chilli is off the table).

Just opened a new jar of olives and this one was sitting at the top. What is this stuff? I would guess it's like maggots or some other kind of bug, but I have no idea.

Our young olive tree is finally producing a substantial number of olives this year but a lot of them look like this. The lessions start out as black blotches in the skin and progress to this. Is this normal or signs of a problem?

Thank you in advance for any wisdom you're able to share!

Bonjour,

Je possède un olivier en pot au balcon exposition Sud Sud West. Le pot est D60cm/H53cm. La plante monte a 2m20 environ d'hauteur.

Je souhaite savoir si le paillage a la pouzzolane apporte une utilité au bien être de l'olivier (ou c'est juste dans ma tête). Je ne retiens pas le critère décoratif.

Aussi entre la Pouzzolane ou les galets de marbre blanc qui est mieux adapté ?, car l'olivier adore la chaleur et le marbre blanc emmagasine et le restitue la nuit (mais je n'ai pas vraiment d'argument).

Il est toutefois touché par l'oeil de paon et je ramasse les feuilles impacté.

Vous remerciant.