Olive pips!

[Jelliebabe]

Hey everybod! I ate some fab olives are zizis last weekend and kept the pips! Can I grow these? Or will the have been cooked/irradiated etc....! If I can, what should I do to start them off? 😀

[bearded bloke]

We have ..... http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...eed_17506.html .. & .... http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...nes_14897.html

More reading can be done here .... How to Grow an Olive Tree from a Pit: 6 Steps (with Pictures)

Or as I do with most things .... bung it in & see what grows

[BertieFox]

Most olives served up for us are from a tin or a jar where they have been heat processed or stored in brine and so will be completely dead. If you want to grow them from a stone, I would try somebody who has a large olive tree which actually fruits, or maybe a botanic garden which has one. Otherwise, take a good summer holiday in a country where they are grown around the time of the olive harvest and you will have no problem picking up masses of fresh, untreated olives.

[ancee]

^^ Agree, the ones you've eaten will have been processed and pickled. I could ask my Father-In-Law to send some from Cyprus?