AusBonsai

I have a collected Olive here in SA, its been a year since collection and it has begun shooting now.
When is it safe to start fertilising?

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Wow, that took a long time to shoot!
You can start fertilising now to encourage that growth before winter sets in, but keep it simple. Charlie carp or similar would be good. I'd also clean up the leaf litter in the pot at this can encourage pests and diseases.

Matt.

Thanks mate

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Olives are often slow to sprout after collection. that it is actually growing roots, not just a last gasp on stored energy which sometimes also happens.
Fertiliser now will be ok. Olives are evergreen and should probably benefit from fert right through winter. Not as much as summer but monthly should be good for them.

Olives tend to sulk up here in Sydney after being dug up, but a little bottom heat seems to rectify that issue.
Bottom heat is just sitting on cement base in full sun.

Thanks again guys. The olive is powering along now, hoping for some sprouting higher up on the branch now

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