{"id":7319,"date":"2017-11-21T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T11:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gkazasoliveoil.com\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2023-02-13T13:35:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T13:35:15","slug":"olive-tree-take-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/magazine\/olive-tree-take-care\/","title":{"rendered":"How to properly take care of an olive tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some time ago, we sent a couple of food bloggers a mini olive tree. We hope these trees are still in good health. Fortunately, olive trees<\/a> need relatively little care. However, in order to enjoy this Greek treasure for many more years, we have some tips for people with olive trees.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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What you should do when taking care of an olive tree:<\/h3>\n

– Before you repot your olive tree to a larger pot you should keep the larger pot filled with water for a while. The pot absorbs water that will surely do your olive tree some good.<\/p>\n

-Repot the tree as quickly as possible to this larger pot after purchase and use fertile black soil.<\/p>\n

–Olive trees<\/a> require a lot of sunlight so be sure to place the tree where it gets the most sunlight during the day. Preferably on a windowsill facing the South. Don\u2019t forget to open the curtains!<\/p>\n

-If your location allows it, you can place the tree outside in late spring. However, be sure the temperature does not go below 10 degrees Celsius during the night.<\/p>\n

-Water the tree once a week at the most. That is not too big of a job, right? When you are in doubt if your tree needs water just check if the soil sticks to your fingers. If it doesn\u2019t, it needs water.<\/p>\n

-If you want to speed up the growth of your tree, make sure you use organic fertilizer. The best time to do this is once a week from April untill August. Do not place the fertilizer on the stem of the tree but around it and add water.<\/p>\n

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What you should not do when taking care of an olive tree:<\/h3>\n

– Do not solely fill it up with fertilizer or compost instead of using fertile black soil when repotting. This might harm the young tree.<\/p>\n

– Do not face the tree North (not enough sun) or too close to the window that might harm the leafs.<\/p>\n

– Too much water harms the tree so make sure you only water it once a week and do not overdo it. The bigger the pot, the easier for the tree to regulate its water-absorption.<\/p>\n

Your experiences<\/h3>\n

We are really curious about how your tree is doing! Send us pictures of it on Facebook<\/a>. Don\u2019t have the patience to grow your own olives and make your own olive oil?<\/a> Order some from our webshop<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[]},"categories":[443],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7319"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122228,"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions\/122228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.gkazas.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}