[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…pits/pots…?…we have them slightly raised in the lawn, they went meant to be raised but that’s another story……we did research all of the drainage/mix to give them a good foundation so I think that’s all ok but they can get shocked in their new environment for a bit before they settle as well, can’t they…we have a very sunny/south facing garden so it’s perfect really for their Mediterranean upbringing …we bought them from a specialist specimen tree place that we have locally, he doesn’t just have olives but Italy/Sicily is where he travels mostly to find his plants so he does know his olives…

You know what I mean

But yeah, they can take a while to settle in the new environment and our winters. Have yours flowered yet?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

You know what I mean

But yeah, they can take a while to settle in the new environment and our winters. Have yours flowered yet?

…they’re actually just flowering now, I noticed yesterday evening…I stupidly didn’t even realise that olives did flower….they're probably not going to flower as much as they might have because I did trim them not too long ago…they’re cloud olives…?…and Google said to trim them all through the spring/summer/growing season…but strangely …(…and after I’d trimmed them…)…my olive man said no, not until after the growing season so I’m still confused about that one…

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…they’re actually just flowering now, I noticed yesterday evening…I stupidly didn’t even realise that olives did flower….they're probably not going to flower as much as they might have because I did trim them not too long ago…they’re cloud olives…?…and Google said to trim them all through the spring/summer/growing season…but strangely …(…and after I’d trimmed them…)…my olive man said no, not until after the growing season so I’m still confused about that one…

Yeah I’ve been told to either prune very early spring or after growing season but not during growing season.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Yeah I’ve been told to either prune very early spring or after growing season but not during growing season.

…I think they’ll be fine and it’ll just reduce the flowering a bit this season… and I did mainly just take off the new shoots to keep the cloud shapes that had been formed …I’m not going to go off Google anymore, I just didn’t want to keep mithering olive guy…hello, it’s me again…….I'm like Columbo, just one more question, excuse me…!!…

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

It’s all starting to bloom now. Jasmine in full swing and filling the warm air with its heavenly smell. Lily’s about to burst open. Tomatoes growing well. Olive trees flowering.

We have some lovely orange and red lilies that have all popped open, I love those.

Most of the fruit and veg is looking good, the carrots seem slow but we've never planted them before so maybe that's normal