Manzanillo
The Manzanillo Olive is a classic and widely cultivated olive variety, known for its rich, fruity flavour and versatility. This medium to large-sized olive has a smooth, firm green skin that turns deep purple-black when fully ripe, making it ideal for both table olives and oil production. Manzanillo olives are perfect for pickling, pressing into high-quality olive oil, or using in Mediterranean dishes, salads, and appetisers. The Manzanillo Olive tree is a vigorous and reliable grower, offering a generous harvest in late autumn to early winter, providing a steady supply of delicious, homegrown olives. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, making it an excellent choice for home gardeners seeking a productive and easy-to-grow olive tree. While the tree is self-fertile, it benefits from cross-pollination with other olive varieties, such as Sevillano or Arbequina, for improved yields. Its compact growth habit makes it suitable for small gardens, patios, and even large containers, ensuring you can enjoy fresh, homegrown olives straight from your garden.
MANZANILLO OLIVE TREE FEATURES
- Fruit: Medium to large-sized with smooth green skin that turns deep purple-black when ripe, rich and fruity flavour
- Height: 3-5 metres when mature
- Growing Habits: Upright and spreading, self-fertile but benefits from cross-pollination, thrives in full sun, prefers well-drained soil, suitable for garden planting or large pots.
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As recommended by the Swiss Rose Garden Nursery.
- Dig a hole 60cm wide and 60cm deep. If the topsoil is usable, separate it from the sand as it can be re-used in the hole. When planting roses in an existing rose bed or where roses have been previously grown during the last 5 years, the soil must be replaced.
- Mix together a mixture that contains 2 parts topsoil, 2 parts compost, 1 part manure or buy a Soil Improver, Landscaping or Rose Soil mix from a Landscape supply place. About 100 litres per planting hole is recommended.
- A layer of manure can be placed at the bottom of the hole and then the hole filled with the above soil mix.
- Place one handful of slow-release fertilizer at 20cm depth from the top where the roots of the newly planted rose will be situated.
- Soak the soil thoroughly and lightly compact.
- Now plant the rose in this mix with the surface of the plant even with the surface of the prepared area, e.g., the graft union should be about 5 to 10 cm above soil level.
- Water every day for the first six months from October onwards, up to 10 litres per day during warm weather is recommended for strong deep root development.
- Plant roses 1m to 1.2m apart.
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