Indoor olive tree was doing great until fall/winter here in Midwest. Found a scale infestations and removed them. The leaves are very dry and are falling off (the branches also fell off when hit). I bought an indoor plant light to help combat our dreary winters. I just replaced the soil and water once a week. Not sure if i need to cut off branches or not? The tree when i first bought it was never a thick/full tree. Any advice is appreciated!
by aschuutz
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OK, interesting, I had an olive tree with a scale infestation that I successfully won, although my tree got beat up and lost all its leaves. I thought it was dead for sure.
I kind of forgot about it and then after a few weeks, I saw a brand new bud start on the lower part of the stalk and from there he grew a brand new stalk and now it’s a beautiful healthy tree.
What I have learned is that these trees really need a ton of sun, there’s a reason olive trees don’t grow in your region.
But they are pretty hearty and can take really extreme temperature changes. I think they’re good up until just above freezing.
I would put it in the brightest spot Where I can get the most direct sunlight all day, and right now being in the winter stop watering every week.
I would extend it to 10 days and maybe even more. These guys do like to be on the drier side.
I tried to have one indoors with no infestation. The leaves kept falling off no matter what I tried (grow light, weekly watering). I put it outside in a sunny spot and the leaves stopped falling off. It’s doing well even with some colder days. I gave up and it helped haha Good luck!