MAURINO OLIVE - 5 SEEDS - Olea europaea `Maurino`

The Maurino Olive Tree is an excellent cultivar prized for its delicate and aromatic oil. Maurino Olive Trees are somewhat compact with medium vigor and a graceful pendulous shape to them. Fruits turn purplish-black when fully ripe and mature early in the season, making it a good cultivar for growers trying to push the limits of where olives can be grown.  . Maurino has proven itself to be a tough and cold hardy variety  and should do well in most areas.

Latin Name: Olea europaea

Site and Soil: Olives like full sun and lots of warmth.

GROWING GUIDE

Carefully, nick the pointed end of the olive pits with a pair of bolt cutters. Dont break all the way through the hull or the seed will be ruined. Soak them for 24 hours in room temperature water. Now its time to sow the olive pits. Use a well-draining soil mix of half sand and half seed compost in individual 6-inch containers. Sow the olive seed to a depth equal to two times their diameter. Put the pots into a shaded area where the temperature is on average 15 C  for about a month. Keep the top 2 inches of each pot moist while the seed germinates but allow the top ¼ to dry out between waterings to deter fungal and bacterial disease. Move pots to an sunny are after the first month  and continue to water as before. Seedlings should emerge in this second month. Acclimate the seedling to outdoor conditions gradually over the course of a couple of weeks. Keep them in a lightly shaded area during the hot summer months and then transplant them in mid-autumn when the weather is again cool and moist.