How to Plant Russian Olive? Latest Planting Techniques and Methods Tutorial

Russian olive is a fairly well-known fruit tree in northwest China, with very wide uses; it can not only be eaten but also used to feed livestock, and it is widely loved in the northwest region. Because the location it grows in receives year-round sunlight, its fruit has a very high sugar content and tastes very delicious. Like many fruits, Russian olive also has a certain stomach-strengthening and digestion-helping effect, but it should not be eaten in large amounts. Seeing this, you must surely want to know how to plant it.

1. Seed cultivation and seedling raising

There are several sowing methods for Russian olive seedlings. If starting in winter, the seeds are generally cleaned, then buried in sand, and water is poured on top of the sand; after overwintering, they germinate naturally, and the amount of water should wet about the top 20 cm of the covering sand. If sowing in spring or autumn, the seeds can first be soaked in warm water for 1-2 days, then mixed with a certain amount of livestock manure and watered to promote germination. The seedling land should be leveled into strip ridges, which helps with seedling management; just leave a gap one person wide between each ridge.

2. Transplanting seedlings and cuttings

Once the seedlings have grown to more than 60 cm, transplanting can begin. If you have not raised seedlings, you can also choose the cutting method to cultivate Russian olive saplings. The transplanting time should be chosen for relatively cooler weather, so the seedlings are less likely to die. For the cutting method, you can choose an older, vigorous tree and cut branches, controlling the length at about 20 cm, and keeping the cut branches to 4-5 nodes. After planting, both seedlings and cuttings need a certain amount of organic fertilizer applied, then a little water.

3. Planting management

Russian olive trees do not have high water requirements, so when planting them you do not need to water much; instead, when there is more rainfall, pay attention to drainage. Normally, pay attention to clearing away the sand around their roots; if sand piled around the roots of Russian olive trees is too high, it will affect their growth. If conditions allow, appropriate protective measures can be taken around the roots. Pay more attention to cuttings, to avoid rot caused by excessively high temperatures or death caused by excessively low temperatures. In the early stage, cuttings need to be watered 2-3 times a day, just enough to soak about the top 2 cm.

4. Precautions

Russian olive trees have relatively high temperature requirements; below 10°C will cause harm to them. Therefore, measures to guard against low temperatures are needed. Although Russian olive trees like sunlight, the sunshine duration in the northwest region is very long, so in the early planting stage shade protection measures are still needed to avoid seedling death caused by sunlight. In the middle and later stages, Russian olive trees begin to bloom and bear fruit when the temperature is relatively high; at this time, appropriate additional fertilizing is needed.

The Russian olive tree itself is a plant with strong adaptability and vitality, so generally after the best protection in the early stage, the chance of death later is still relatively low; the most labor-intensive part when planting is also the early stage. I hope the above information can be a reference for everyone; many key points still need to be fully reflected during planting. You can pay more attention to the information on our website.