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If you don't have enough space for a full tree, or if your climate is too cold, you can still have olive trees, as long as you grow them in containers. Place them inside by a sunny window or under lights.Once temperatures warm back up in the spring, you...

Growing a potted olive tree indoors has become popular. You can, and many people are doing just that. Read on for more information about growingindoors including tips on caring for olive trees inside.have been cultivated for thousands of years for their...

After the olives are picked and washed, they are crushed. Long ago, the olives were painstakingly crushed between two stones, but today, they are crushed automatically between steel blades.Once crushed, the resulting paste is macerated or stirred to release...

It is best for the young olive tree to acclimate to its soil.Once your new olive tree is planted, it is a good idea to provide drip irrigation as the tree will need water every day, especially during the summer months throughout its first year.Once you...

During these early years, you should encourage foliage to form and leave it alone. A tree's leaves produce its food, so having many leaves when the tree is young provides good energy for growth.When it is time to shape the tree, remember that it is better...

This pathogen is known as an epiphyte. The galls girdle and kill off afflicted twigs which, in turn, reduces yield and affects fruit size and quality.For the home olive grower, while the disease isn't fiscally damaging, the resulting galls are unsightly...

If you are picking for oil, harvest all the olives in this manner and gather up any strays on the ground. Using a rake, gently dislodge the olives. All olives start out green and then gradually become rosy and finally black.

New Mexico olive usually grows many spiny branches. If you'd like more New Mexico olive tree facts or want to learn something about desert olive cultivation, read on.) is also known as desert olive tree because it thrives in hot, sunny regions.

As with climate, however, the ability of olives to tolerate lean soil conditions does not mean they are entirely invincible. This helps the droplets of oil combine to form bigger drops.

The cooperative that runs this frantoio has 1,700 members who bring their harvested olives here to be processed into olive oil. To take some photographs, my wife and I took a trip to a local olive press.

It will not harm any creatures that feed on the Neem-infected bugs.It is expensive. The oil is produced from the seeds. That's right folks, a Japanese beetle might munch a Neem-covered lily leaf, but her eggs will not hatch, if she is even capable of...

Read more about this research in the May/June 2013 issue of Agricultural Research magazine. The DNA sequence of specific regions of these two genes provides a reliable basis of comparison, Kahlon notes, and can be used to detect the presence of the non-olive...

Other sources, such as the University of Hawaii at Manoa Cooperative Extension Service, categorize them as medium growers, putting on 2 to 5 feet of growth per year.The disparity between the two categorizations is likely due to the different lengths of...

We haven't injured ourselves running madly with flailing arms away from the hordes of biting, stinging things. Unlike the sun loving Black fly, these guys like it cool and damp. They sting, and the result is an itching welt.

The enhanced fruits photo is by Brisbane City Council and the cropped and enhanced stones photo by Forest and Kim Starr, both courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons and this So it may be too much of a good thing for most landscapes anyway.

Mulch established plants with 2 to 3 inches of organic compost to support healthy growth.Sweet viburnum performs admirably in difficult urban settings, including median strips and concrete islands, but urban challenges can affect its growth rate.

The plant expands nicely when grown in water, but it's rate of growth may be limited by the chemicals present in some municipal tap waters.When transplanting a lucky bamboo, the growth rate is largely dependent on the type of cutting implemented.

The names for rabe, rapeseed or broccoli raab all come from the Roman or Latin word for turnip. And read even some of this information and make up your own mind about canola oil.photo of butterfly on rapeseed plant is provided by Dave's Garden subscriber

Slower growing rhododendrons tend to be smaller cultivars while the fastest growers take up more space. Rhododendrons grow from 1 to more than 20 feet tall, depending on the species, according to a National Gardening Association website article.

The eastern red cedar has a moderate growth rate, according to the University of Connecticut. The U.S. Forest service reports that on average, trees aged 26 to 30 are 18 to 26 feet tall, expressing a growth rate of approximately 7 inches to 1 foot per...

The Farm Bill, which Congress recently gave a 9-month extension as part of its fiscal cliff negotiations at the end of 2012, also has the potential to affect farmland rental rates, depending on the creation and passage of a new bill in 2013.

Some people spread the nets and then just let the olives fall naturally, skimming off the collected olives two or three times during the long harvest. This is, in part, because the olive harvest can last five months, from October to February.

The cones sport bright red seeds that draw an abundance of birds. Promptly rake up all infected foliage from beneath the tree and dispose of it. The tree exhibits no fall colors but does hold its bright green leaf colors throughout the winter.The Little...

At 10 to 12 years of age, the tree is around 10 feet tall.Adequate sunlight is necessary for the Sylvester Palm to grow at its maximum rate; shaded trees will grow more slowly. Although drought-resistant, Sylvester Palms will also grow better if they...

“But one sign I have seen comes from the businesses that aid victims of food-borne illness—the food-illness lawyers. “Campylobacter has traditionally not been an easy organism to culture, so as methodologies have improved, one would guess that labs...

I had planted the ones my friend sent last summer, and my supply had grown greatly. Eventually he will learn the difference and will know why some plants are off limits and others are not harmful.But let's venture back to the topic of the castor oil plant.

Read more of Rick's Favorite Crops » The higher price for homemade reflects the general impression that the homemade stuff is preferable. It's great fun going to the olive pressing facilities to have the olives mashed and the oil extracted.