The method of growing olives the legend of olives

Olive is what we usually call the olive tree, about it, as early as in Greek mythology appeared this kind of plant symbolizing peace, and its breeding, is also relatively simple.

1. Olive growth habits

They can be divided into five categories: oil, fruit, oil and fruit, pollination, rootstock and so on. Under normal circumstances, the young trees of two-year-old seedlings are planted for three years after planting, and six years begin to enter the full-fruiting stage. Some varieties of olive trees have strong cold resistance, such as the short-term low temperature of 10 ℃ will not cause harm to the tree, but can not last. Once frozen, its thawing speed is very slow, can not quickly enter the growing period, the formation of frost damage. It lasts at least dozens of hours at a temperature close to zero, which is conducive to its flower bud differentiation, thus laying the foundation for a bumper harvest.

Olive has no special requirements for the soil in which it grows, as long as the PH value is between 6.58.0, the soil is loose and aerated, and it can grow in both siliceous soil and calcareous soil. But research shows that the best olive oil comes from the fruits of olive trees that are rich in calcium and rich in soil. Strong winds and torrential rains during flowering and fruit setting will cause damage to olive trees and directly affect the yield of the year. The diseases and insect pests of olives are not difficult to control. As long as we insist on giving priority to prevention and early treatment, it will not cause great harm.

Second, the pruning method of olive

Thinning: cutting from the base of a branch is called thinning, or thinning. This is the most commonly used pruning method for oil olive trees. Dense branches and clumps are a major feature of olives. In order to concentrate nutrients on some branches or buds and retain the flower bud differentiation on the branches to promote fruit, it is necessary to remove some of the numerous clumps of branches. If it is a dense arrangement of opposite branches, one can be cut every other. If you find that the branches are still dense, you can cut another branch at the next pruning.

Cut short: this is also a common method of olive pruning. The so-called truncation is to select the longer branches and leave their robust buds, cut the outward growing branches short, promote them to grow new branches, enhance the growth of branches, and make them differentiate into fruiting branches. It should be noted that the vegetative branches should not be cut short and overweight to avoid too many shoots, which will only consume nutrition and affect the formation of flower buds. To treat the pruning of big branches, if you need to prune and cut short at the same time, you should first remove and then cut short, so that it is easy to grasp the whole picture of the thinning and density of branches.

Third, the legends of olives

Olive is a kind of oil tree species, known as the "queen of vegetable oil". Legend has it that it originated in Greece.

Once, God wanted to give Athena a special gift. after careful selection, he finally chose the olive branch and gave it to Athena. At that time, Poseidon Bo Han Dong always wanted to take the city of Athens as his own, and stole the ownership of Athens through a plot. As a result, the first olive sprouted from the earth, and Athena got the city of Athens and wore a crown woven with olive branches as a goddess of wisdom.

From then on, the olive branch became an important and respected tree species in the life of the people of Athens. People use it as a celebration of the birth of the baby, olive oil and olive branch wreath as prizes for the victory of the youth competition, the elderly and the elderly should wear olive branches when they participate in the competition, and the function of the olive tree seeps into Athens.

Olive trees can be raised in their own courtyard. If you are interested in raising olives, you can try it. Not only its fruit is edible, but also its oil has many functions, and it also has a very high ornamental value.