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My mature olive tree

suecompetasuecompeta Posts: 15
in Problem solving
My mature olive tree, 4 years in the ground, shed its leaves in Jan. I think some branches are still alive. Shall I prune it, feed it, cross my fingers? 

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  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    I would do nothing except take off any branches that you are sure are dead if any . As Monty said on GWorld tonight ,just because some parts look like they’ve had it doesn’t mean the whole thing is a gonner .
    Exersise patience and it may come good as the weather warms up a bit .
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    For people we have a mantra:  "feed a cold. starve a fever."

    Feeding may sustain a fit plant, but it does nothing for a sick one.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • suecompetasuecompeta Posts: 15
    Thank you. Olives are tough so I will just wait and hope! 
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Patience @suecompeta    It's spring!!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

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