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Olive Tree Transplant Help
leejmarwick
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Hi,
I bought an Gnarled Olive Tree from Costco last week, potted and transplanted into the ground in my back garden the next day. When I took it home it was looking really healthy, the branches and leaves on top were a dark green, healthy looking and the bottom of the trunk had quite a few shoots with leaves which were really green. Since planting I feel like the leaves are getting yellower by the day from the shoots at the bottom and on the end of the thin branches on the top of the tree. They feel brittle and are curling and or dropping off.
Is this transplant shock? Under/Over watering? I wouldnt say I'd flooded the tree by any means. I installed some perforated pipe around the rootball and filled each with water each of the first few days to try and help with settling in as well as watering the base of the trunk. I suspect shock from going from living in a pot inside a warehouse/store with no natural light to being in a back garden and getting actual sunlight/natural conditions. If it is shock how can I help the tree? I bought some balanced fertilizer and plan on feeding once a week. Whilst continuing to water once every 2/3 days, is that too much?
For what it's worth the existing soil in my garden is sandy / rocky, old farmland so it should be perfect to hosting a tree like this to my limited knowledge.
Pics showing leaves from shoots at bottom of trunk (very healthy and green one week ago)
Pic showing leaves on the end of the branches at the top of the tree, dropping or curling and going brittle.
Most of the leaves on the top of the tree look like this currently, but I fear they will all go the way of the above pic if I dont intervene somehow.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, I've only owned this a week but I love it, I really want it to be a cornerstone of my garden so I need to help it live!
Thanks
I bought an Gnarled Olive Tree from Costco last week, potted and transplanted into the ground in my back garden the next day. When I took it home it was looking really healthy, the branches and leaves on top were a dark green, healthy looking and the bottom of the trunk had quite a few shoots with leaves which were really green. Since planting I feel like the leaves are getting yellower by the day from the shoots at the bottom and on the end of the thin branches on the top of the tree. They feel brittle and are curling and or dropping off.
Is this transplant shock? Under/Over watering? I wouldnt say I'd flooded the tree by any means. I installed some perforated pipe around the rootball and filled each with water each of the first few days to try and help with settling in as well as watering the base of the trunk. I suspect shock from going from living in a pot inside a warehouse/store with no natural light to being in a back garden and getting actual sunlight/natural conditions. If it is shock how can I help the tree? I bought some balanced fertilizer and plan on feeding once a week. Whilst continuing to water once every 2/3 days, is that too much?
For what it's worth the existing soil in my garden is sandy / rocky, old farmland so it should be perfect to hosting a tree like this to my limited knowledge.
Pics showing leaves from shoots at bottom of trunk (very healthy and green one week ago)
Pic showing leaves on the end of the branches at the top of the tree, dropping or curling and going brittle.
Most of the leaves on the top of the tree look like this currently, but I fear they will all go the way of the above pic if I dont intervene somehow.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, I've only owned this a week but I love it, I really want it to be a cornerstone of my garden so I need to help it live!
Thanks
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I would imagine - imagine - that the tree has reacted to being replanted. Water is important - when we bought and replanted ours which came from Spain, the driver said "Aqua, aqua, aqua." (But I am in the South of France where arid is normal!) It will probably take a good year for it to settle in; so I wouldn't overly worry. It looks a fabulous specimen of a tree. @Nollie may be able to advise.