African Olive at Hackett, ACT
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| Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata | 18 Apr 2016 | waltraud |
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I treated about 20 medium to large African olives in this stretch of a gully two years ago - unfortunately the frilling of several of the very large specimens was not successful so I tried again cutting and spraying the main branches plus frilling the stems. The treatment of each plant took over 1 hour. The first photo shows one treated specimen, the close up of fruits and leaves is not brilliant I must say (it was getting dark).
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Mike
wrote:
19 Apr 2016
You need bigger loppers :-)
Fortunately the olives on Isaacs/Mugga are fairly isolated. Generally I leave them alone because there are other battles to fight.
Fortunately the olives on Isaacs/Mugga are fairly isolated. Generally I leave them alone because there are other battles to fight.
waltraud
wrote:
19 Apr 2016
Mike, I'm afraid there are no loppers big enough to treat these monsters; see also http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3342994.
I find a fair amount of African olives on the upper west slope of Mt Majura east of Mackenzie Street, ie the southern part of Mt Majura; approximately 50% of the woody weeds I encounter there are AO (okay, I must admit that we treated Cootamundra wattles, firethorns etc in the years before I started to take gps records (autumn 2014) of the woody weeds that I treated.
I find a fair amount of African olives on the upper west slope of Mt Majura east of Mackenzie Street, ie the southern part of Mt Majura; approximately 50% of the woody weeds I encounter there are AO (okay, I must admit that we treated Cootamundra wattles, firethorns etc in the years before I started to take gps records (autumn 2014) of the woody weeds that I treated.
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- Coordinates 149.170833-35.254722
- Altitude 671.0m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Hackett, ACT
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- 18 Apr 2016 05:11 PM Recorded on
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- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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- Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata Scientific name
- African Olive Common name
- Not Sensitive
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- Up to 780.43m Recorded at altitude
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