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  • From: bassem samaan <bassgarden@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Olives
  • Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 06:12:53 -0500

I got a fruit set on one tree, but only a few matured. It doesn't produce
well in a container.


On Dec 28, 2012, at 3:28 PM, mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com> wrote:

> Bass, have your container trees set olives?
>
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 8:51 PM, bassem samaan <bassgarden@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mature olive trees will tolerate freezing temperatures into the 20's with
>> minimal damage if fully dormant, however 10ยบ F seems too extreme. I grow
>> olives in pots and they tolerated frost, but I wouldn't plant in the
>> ground in my area.
>>
>>
>> Bass
>> Zone 6, Pa
>>
>>
>> On Dec 13, 2012, at 7:31 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I see that One Green World nursery is selling Italian Olive trees they
>>> represent as hardy to 10 degrees F.
>>>
>>> Has anyone trialed these plants in the mid Atlantic or humid/hot
>>> southern areas?
>>>
>>> Betsy Hilborn
>>> 7a central NC





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