The maintenance of the olive trees seems somewhat complicated if you only observe this impressive ancient tree; however, its characteristics allow anyone to take care of him in any garden without many complications.
The olive trees are trees belonging to the family of alliaceous reach a height of about four meters in their adulthood and can live hundreds of years, known as millennial olive trees. They have the peculiarity of being able to adapt to all type of soil and climate from the softest to the strongest. The maintenance of the olive trees is a task that does not require greater knowledge and with a few tips you can have an ancient olive tree in any garden and take advantage of all its properties and fruits.
Maintenance of olive trees
The soil: millennial olive trees can live on any type of soil; however, the more fertile it will be the more advantageous. The ground must be well drained and a meter radius of the trunk the soil must be well oxygenated and free of weeds.
Environment: must have abundant exposure to the sun and avoid the shadows of other trees or nearby buildings.
Irrigation: Its qualities allow them to grow in Mediterranean climate with their normal rainfall; however, to achieve better olives and brighter leaves you can be given moderate drip irrigation.
Pruning: every year must be pruned millenary olive trees, is usually performed a pruning training with which the olive is molded to how it will grow during the first 10 years, a thinning pruning in which the branches which prevent the passage of light into the olive cup and an annual pruning that is more aesthetic to maintain its usual shape.
Olive as it is known in some countries are a fruit that offers great benefits to the consumers and from it is extracted the oil that has traveled all over the world for its many health benefits.
