HOW TO GROW AN OLIVE TREE FROM AN OLIVE PIT (Page 3 ) | December 29, 2023

Then the fruit is collected from the tree and the olives are placed in a bucket, the pulp is broken to remove it from the stone, the olives are left to soak  , stirring the water from time to time  because in this way the pulp is removed. more quickly.

The bones are then recovered and the skin remaining on the surface is removed. After doing this, rinse the stone with hot water for a few minutes, if this fails it is advisable to use sandpaper. At this point, the end of the stone is cut, which  is pointed on one side and blunt on the other.

The blunt part should be cleaned with a knife. The shell must not be broken because otherwise the seed risks becoming unusable. Hazelnuts are soaked for 24 hours in water at room temperature, then a vase is filled with soil. You can use a large vase or a small one depending on what you have.

The seeds are sown delicately into the soil, making sure  that three-quarters are covered  and no more because the sun must have free access, this is important because the rays stimulate germination. At this point the pots are covered with a plastic bag, recreating a kind of greenhouse and placed on the windowsill.

Germination and transplanting of seedlings

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