Sat, 16 Aug 2008

Olive Mystery
We ended up cutting off the top dead part of the olive tree to see how it will re-grow from the sprouts/suckers coming from the trunk. I put this picture on there to show you how there are tiny holes in the trunk which makes me think that borers are the culprit. I think the trunk got some cold damage last winter in a very late cold snap and this made it more susceptible to borers. It seems like the tree will be ok and maybe with some stategic pruning we can make it look beautiful. I read online about preventing borers on fruit trees and most solutions are chemical. I try to do everything organically, so I think I am going to try spraying these olive trees with oil or Bt once a month or so to try to cut them off since this is the second tree we've had with this type of damage. If anybody out there knows about this sort of thing please write to us!


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