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Newly planted olive tree yellow leaves
Kate McDonald
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Hi There,
I planted this olive tree about 6 weeks ago and recently some of the leaves have been turning yellow. I was a bit neglectful with the watering at first but for the last few weeks have been watering once or twice a week. I'm hoping the yellow is due to underwatering, is it possible to tell from the pics (vs having wet roots)?
The original soil is a stoney rather heavy clay so the only other thing I'm worried about is the tree having poor drainage around the roots. I didn't dig down below the planting hole to improve drainage as I read mixed advice about this. The rest of the raised bed is filled with a new loam soil that I mixed with the original garden soil a little bit.
I'm now wondering whether to lift the tree and re plant, mixing some grit in to improve drainage around and beneath the tree so there is no risk of wet roots as it gets established and in winter. It's on a south facing side of the garden and although it's very clay soil it is usually dry and I've not had known drainage issues there before, but I'm unsure just how sensitive these trees are and if sitting on clay is going to be bad no matter what?
I'm really keen to make sure the tree is well looked after and establishes well so any advice would be appreciated!
Many thanks in advance if you can help.
Cheers,
Kate
I planted this olive tree about 6 weeks ago and recently some of the leaves have been turning yellow. I was a bit neglectful with the watering at first but for the last few weeks have been watering once or twice a week. I'm hoping the yellow is due to underwatering, is it possible to tell from the pics (vs having wet roots)?
The original soil is a stoney rather heavy clay so the only other thing I'm worried about is the tree having poor drainage around the roots. I didn't dig down below the planting hole to improve drainage as I read mixed advice about this. The rest of the raised bed is filled with a new loam soil that I mixed with the original garden soil a little bit.
I'm now wondering whether to lift the tree and re plant, mixing some grit in to improve drainage around and beneath the tree so there is no risk of wet roots as it gets established and in winter. It's on a south facing side of the garden and although it's very clay soil it is usually dry and I've not had known drainage issues there before, but I'm unsure just how sensitive these trees are and if sitting on clay is going to be bad no matter what?
I'm really keen to make sure the tree is well looked after and establishes well so any advice would be appreciated!
Many thanks in advance if you can help.
Cheers,
Kate
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The raised bed is about 8 inches above the ground so the base of the tree is still another 8 or so inches underground, but as you say, hopefully, won't be an issue then!
Thanks!