Olive Trees in Tampa Bay Fl?

[Steen Sigmund]

I am looking to find an olive tree for my garden. Anyone grow/grown
olives for pressing oil? What kind of olive is best for this?

Any lead for a good size tree would be great.

Thanks,

Steen Sigmund

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[Jonathan Byron]

I've seen olives grown in the Mediteranean and in California, but
olives are scarce in Florida. The high humidity here in FL encourages
fungal and bacterial diseases. Any one else out there tried to grow
olives in the Southeast US ?

Jonathan Byron

On Tue, 06 May 1997 20:03:04 GMT, tar...@marrak.com (Steen Sigmund)
wrote:

[Magdalena Cano Plewinska]

barn...@ix.netcom.com (Jonathan Byron) wrote:

> Any one else out there tried to grow olives in the Southeast US ?

I read they they will grow here but will not bear.

- Magda Plewinska
Miami, FL / USDA zone 10, Sunset zone 25
Email: mplew...@earthlink.net

[John]

Also, you will need more than one tree to bear enough fruit for oil. One
tree will produce enough for pickling and eating though.
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[DGholston]

>I've seen olives grown in the Mediteranean and in >California, but
olives are scarce in Florida. The high >humidity here in FL encourages

fungal and bacterial >diseases. Any one else out there tried to grow

>olives in the Southeast US ?

Olives are naturally adapted to dry, hot summers, but also need winter
chill to bear fruit. Temperatures much below 15 F, however will kill young
olive trees, which means that olives are confined to Zone 9 or higher. In
the eastern U.S., Zone 9 is limited to northern Florida, the Gulf Coast
and southern Texas. Even these areas occasionally get a winter freeze
below 15 F. But the problem in the Southeast is while the olive can only
be reliably grown in the milder areas, these areas may not provide enough
winter chill to produce fruit. Such is the dilemma.

If anybody is interested, I can send him or her a free e-mail copy of the
forthcoming CRFG Fruit Fact on Olive.

Don Gholston
California Rare Fruit Growers
http://www.crfg.org/