Olive (Jaitun) Trees plantation

[rajeevpal]

Dear All,

Pls somebody tell me about Olive trees plantation.Is it economically viable in India?What is the propagation techniques of Olive?

[kirti s]

Dear Sir

olive is not commonly cultivated in India.and where is ur location Sir. Olive can be cultivated in subtropical climate.

Kirti

[elangoraja]

dear Kirti sir,
can it be grown in Northern Tamil nadu?

[raju_mms]

Presently not at all viable in india.

Originally Posted by rajeevpal

dear all,

pls somebody tell me about olive trees plantation.is it economically viable in india?what is the propagation techniques of olive?

[vny2kor]

Dear Raju,

Thanks for your information, but can you tell why it is not viable in India ?

Rgds,
Vinay

[joaojcorreia]

Dear vny2kor,

To my knowledge all the experiments all the experiments with olive cultivation in India have turn out to be failures. I still haven't understood why maybe it was a poor choice of cultivars, or maybe it is just that olive tree doesn't adapt to the indian climate (which i would find strange since where talking about a sub-continent, more likely is that in still hasn't been found a place where it can grow).

Olive tree comes from the Mediterranean region, it a domesticated version of Oleastro, a tree that is very important in the Mediterranean flora. In the mediterranean we have relatively cold winter and hot dry summers. The rain is mainly concentrated in the cold season. In india, where you have a tropical climate (that can be defined by rain during the hot season), it might struggle to adapt.
One crucial success factor for the olive tree in a new climate is:
*does it get enough cold hours (i.e. hours with a temperature bellow 7ºc) during its vegetative growth stop? If i had to plant olive trees in india i would chose a place a few hundred meters above sea level in order to assure that i would get these cold temperatures.

I do not believe it is not viable in india, but one must give careful consideration to climate of the region where you're going to plant and to the mix of cultivars you're going to use.
There has been several successful experiments with olive tree in places where you clearly have a tropical climate, places like Brazil, Angola, Uruguay and Argentina.

Answering Mr rajeevpal question on propagation, olive trees must be propagated by cuttings. This is a very important issue.

Cheers,

João Granja Correia