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Dec 28, Sever the cutting 1/4 inch below a pair of leaves using clean, sanitized pruning shears and pot the cutting soon after gathering it to limit the chance of moisture loss.

Rooting Process. The top 3 inches of soil contain many of these feeder roots. You will be limited in working the soil in the area under and in a foot or more radius around a mature olive tree.

Any disturbance to the soil can damage these necessary roots, and enough damage can cause the eventual death of the tree. Dec 10, The most effective propagation method for this small tree is rooting sweet olive cuttings. Sweet olive tree propagation works best with semi-hardwood cuttings.

This means you need to take cuttings from the tree in late autumn. Before you take the cuttings, prepare the pots to plant them in. Mix sharp sand, perlite and milled coir in equal parts. Oct 15, You could remove a section of the root with the shoot and use this to start a new tree.

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They are called suckers or truncheons which have sprouted. Obviously you must be judicious with this or you would sever all the roots and kill the tree. Sep 29, For DIY root cutting, use this step-by-step guide. Find the root posing an issue and trace it back to the base of your tree.

Basically the system is to prune the tree artistically to shape it and reduce its amount of top growth, then trench around the roots preserving as much of the root ball as possible.

If it turns out to be part of a large root, Measure the cutting top roots on olive tree of your tree. Wrap a measuring tape around the tree, four feet from the tree’s base. Then, divide Mark.