Olive Tree Pruning and Olive Tree Care 

I just inherited a 6 foot olive tree that has lost almost all of its leaves, it just has about 20 left. So I’m watching all your olive tree videos to see how I can bring it back to health 😊

Thank you, I'm really enjoying your channel! I live on the north-east coast of England and am striving to keep my four potted olive trees alive on a walled garden terrace (this sounds much grander than it actually is!). Thus far they have survived, though have suffered much from recent extraordinary extremes of weather, notably drenching rain storms. I'm grateful to you for your knowledgeable advice re drainage, etc. Also your examples of intrepid pruning, as I've been extremely reluctant to inhibit their growth in any way! Thank you again for your gardening wisdom, Kaye

I love the way you present your plant wisdom. Thank you, I now found the courage to start pruning my olive tree.

Thanks Mark, Great video. I am just about to embark on getting my clients Olive trees into shape, and this has really helped me understand the process. Top man.

Brilliant advice as the olive I inherited when my sister died is looking very sad and almost dead. I was going to replace it but instead am now going to follow your advice and try to bring it back to life so a big thank you ❤

Thank you so much for this video! greeting from Mexico!

great information, great voice. thanks for the video

Great video. Thanks for making it!!

Thanks a lot for your videos on olive trees! I watched them all as I was researching how to save my little olive tree (I'm in Northern Germany). It sits on my balcony and has really suffered the last few years. I've repotted it in pumice and given a major prune this March...fingers crossed I can save it!

I was watching you r video from July 21 about tree ferns, in Australia we have grass trees which look magnificent; might do well in your climate.

Hi Mark, are you pruning these in March? If you do another video next time you prune, can you go into a little bit more detail as it was very quick and I couldn’t really see exactly where you were pruning? That would be so helpful as it’ll be my first time at pruning mine … need to get it right! Thanks so much, so glad I’ve found your channel and I’ll be catching up with your other videos now 🥰

Hi Mark, I recently discovered your channel and enjoy learning more about caring for olive trees. I purchased a small "twig" at my grocery store about three years ago. I was so, so excited to see flowers blooming on it in March. If you could mention in a future video how to correct a lopsided tree, that would be great. I keep mine in a southwest corner window(s) all winter and bring it out on the patio all summer. Cheers from northern Colorado.

Just bought a beautiful 5ft ish olive tree. I'm going to message the garden centre to see if it's been pruned already this year. It's quite full so I'm guessing not.

August 2022: I "Rescued" a very small olive tree from my mum (who's Italian!) and it's in a very sorry state; I think it has about 15 leaves in all, and is just two widely-spaced branches, about 8" apart. It's probably a foot high. So, it's 'Y' shaped, with a couple of bare side twigs.... today I lightly scraped the bark on the bare twigs, and it's green underneath, so I live in hope. My mum told me in passing that it had been a bonsai, which explained the somewhat curled root system. It was badly over-run with campanula seedlings which as you know, spread like billy-ho by runners. By the time I had managed to remove all the seedlings and runners, the root ball was much reduced. I scraped all the invasive roots away, then covered the remaining root ball with mycorrhizal fungal powder. I also sprinkled some in the compost... Planted in all-purpose compost GENEROUSLY cut through with a good portion of grit. I also added some granules of slow-release fertiliser. Now? I wait.

They look amazing!

So wish I’d watched these before planting mine! I just bought 2 beautiful trees from a private garden, (they are quite large), and I may have overwatered them. Some of the leaves have gone brown. Shall I repot it in compost with feed mixed in with grit?

Thank you, my two olive trees are through the cold season here in Florida and they look great growing, in West Coast Central Florida, USA!

Hello from Texas! What a great video! I have 3 olive trees. They are doing pretty good and healthy. I would like to round the top so they can get full. After watching’ I’m still a tad bit nervous on where and how to cut back.

Good advice. I have noticed that everyone I put a new olive in my garden I lose all leaves second year. I presume this is distress ?

Hi there. I’ve just bought a huge olive tree that clearly needs pruning & feeding. Can I prune now in July ? Your videos have been helpful. Thanks so much. Lesley

Thanks for advice. I didnt realose I had bought a lolipop olove tree. I have been hoping for an old knarled looking olive tree. Silly me. Now I do know. My tree is straggly and we have had it about 4 years. So I will prune it now and hope it bushes out a little.

This is great 🙌 Last summer I bought my very first tree (about 1,80 tall). I made the mistanke of bringing it inside over winter and by now... It is "dead". It lost all leaves and loads of dead branches. It's beeb back outside for at few weeks, and I just cut it back completely.. I've cut off everything dead and so it's left with only a few bigger branches. How long will it be before I have i green healthy tree again? Any hope for this summer? I've wanted to give up so many to times, but i stick with it. After all, what's the point of getting a new one, until I know how to properly care for it - this is my learning-tree I guess 😂

Brilliant . I just invested in a half dozen olive trees and my son sent me the link to your video from last year as I am just about to repot the trees. Now I know how to do it properly and I am delighted to watch this follow up that proves the method you proposed is a good one. I look forward to tending my olive trees to pass onto future generations with proper care and attention. And one day I hope to be bottling the fruit. That will indeed be a thrill. Thank you.

Interesting. Thank you

Hi Mike, thanks for these videos which are very good. I bought a house 2 years ago with 2 olive trees and i'm owning up to not pruning them. They are both now very tall and leggy and the trunks are sizeable. How far back can I safely prune them without destroying them?

Thank you for this very helpful video. My olive tree looks very sad and bedraggled, and no wonder, as the poor thing is well overdue a haircut! Can I ask what type of compost you used when you repotted them? Thanks 😊

I have an olive tree that’s got a fairly thick trunk,but I need to repot it. How many inches wider at the top should I go of the new pot?

Hi Mark, our olive needs repotting and a prune. It’s now Sept. Is it an absolute no no to do this now? It’s looking like it really needs it. Or should I definitely wait til early Spring? I live in the south of England

This is a great video!! My olive tree is definitely on the straggly side, and your video is the 1st one I have for d that is clear! Is it too late in the season for me to lollipop it now though?

I have 3 olive trees next to each other,the outside ones are OK.The middle one's leaves are curling but the tree haves new leaves on it. Any idea what to do to cure the problem

Thank you for this video. Very interesting. We have two pom pom olive trees we bought last summer. They are about 5’ high and I am just about to follow your instructions and give them a prune. One is very wonky. Any advice on straightening it?

Hi got a new olive tree and just watching all your great tips. Can I ask when should I prune it? Clare

Mark hello from Emmett Idaho USA! I'm so happy to have found your video. We are not in a climate that is i believe conducive to outdoor olive tree survival. I have had a large olive growing and thriving in a southern sunny huge window in my flowershop. I am retiring and want so badly to keep it. It is now about 9 feet tall and I have not pruned it. Can it be taken indoors for the freezing months and moved outside as it warms? Out temperatures can dip to 10° at times in the winter but we have long hot sunny summers. I would welcome your advice because the tree is so beautiful and has been a show piece for the shop and I would love to keep it. Thank you for your brilliant video...in particular the pruning. You have been so helpful. Amy

Thank you.

Very helpful, thank you!

Brilliant thank you

Dear Sir, have you ever tried using the twig of an olive tree to brush teeth? A little birdy told me that it can be used as a chewing gum stick, similar to miswak Thx in advance 🙏🏻

Hi Mark. I recently purchased an Olive tree a few wks ago and noticed it’s been loosing a lot of leaves lately. I usually water it once a week. For instance I watered it this past Monday and the soil is still pretty wet so I’m assuming my issue is due to overwatering. I put the plant outdoors today with hope it would dry it up some. Should I repot it or just keep it outside In the sun for a bit? I don’t want to loose it. Any suggestions would be great. Thank you for your time. You videos are very helpful.

Why no anti weed matting and gravel on the top.....like you had on the originals prior to repotting?

The tip of the leaves of my olive tree are turning brown and shiver... even the new grown😢 any idea why that is and how to remedy?

En que temporada podas el olivo en el otoño o en primavera

Do you think it’s possible to raise olive trees in Florida, US?

Hi Mark! Thank you for this (another) wonderful lesson for Olive tree growing! I just received my first tree for Mother's Day, and it is in a small 8 inch pot, and really just one healthy little "twig" of a plant. After just a couple of weeks, the beautiful leaves have just started dropping off!! That is how I discovered your vlog... I have always taken pride in loving and growing plants and bushes, but I really but have not had a tree before. After watching your vlog on Olive tree care, I am about to repot my tree into a larger pot, and feed it. I live in a zone that should be a great spot for this baby to LIVE!! I am in zone 8B in the coastal area of Charleston, South Carolina, USA. My question is: Should I move to a 10 or 12 inch pot and repot as it grows, or should I move right on into a larger pot like the ones you had prior to your replanting? I plan to make a compote like the one you made on this video... and that is all the food it needs? Or do I still need to add the tomato food to the soil when I water? I will be anxiously waiting to hear your response to these questions... thank you so much in advance... I can't wait to see my olive tree grow... ~ Brenda L

I've never heard of leaving weeds in the pot because they will add nutrients. Don't the weeds have seeds that can germinate if you keep it on the soil?

Which season is the best to prune an Olive tree in the UK?

Do you still have your ensete's?

Hi how old olive tree

Cook a steak over the clippings.

Your breathing is so loud