My Olive Tree Experiences Climate Change!
Up until last year my olive tree showed no signs of producing flowers and ultimately olives. Last year, very small and quite insignificant blossom appeared, but the bees seemed to give them the cold shoulder and I didn’t see any action in the pollination dept occurring!
This year though birds, insects and the occasional bee seemed to be expressing an interest in the olive blossom. Later, very small ‘blobs’ grew and I thought that would be it but no………some time later I noticed a few of these ‘blobs’ growing into real olives! I am astounded as I never expected it. I have taken a shot of the leaves, small olive buds and more fully formed olives. I am not going to go into business producing olive oil with the handful of olives produced!
All this shows that the climate is changing remarkably if I can grow olives as far north as the English Midlands!
Taken about a month ago.
My Olive Tree Experiences Climate Change!
Up until last year my olive tree showed no signs of producing flowers and ultimately olives. Last year, very small and quite insignificant blossom appeared, but the bees seemed to give them the cold shoulder and I didn’t see any action in the pollination dept occurring!
This year though birds, insects and the occasional bee seemed to be expressing an interest in the olive blossom. Later, very small ‘blobs’ grew and I thought that would be it but no………some time later I noticed a few of these ‘blobs’ growing into real olives! I am astounded as I never expected it. I have taken a shot of the leaves, small olive buds and more fully formed olives. I am not going to go into business producing olive oil with the handful of olives produced!
All this shows that the climate is changing remarkably if I can grow olives as far north as the English Midlands!
Taken about a month ago.