Olive tree disease: Olive leaf spot - Repilo (Fusicladium oleagineum)

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The Repilo (Fusicladium oleagineum) or olive leaf spot is the main fungal disease found in the olive grove. The annual costs for controlling it are quite high, at least in areas of medium to high relative...

Weeds and wood in the olive tree

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The consequences of weeds and wood in the production of the olive tree can be explained in the following way: in spring, our parcel of land is able to produce a certain quantity of plant biomass.

Tools for regulating olive tree harvest quantity and quality

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Wen pruning and olive tree, we reduce the quantity of wood in the crown, improve ventilation and sun exposure to the shoots, and when a large harvest is expected, it regulates production and thus minimizes...

Main limiting factors in olive production

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. It is common knowledge that quality in virgin olive oil starts in the field. The theories that say a good oil is created in the mill, or that the most important thing is the yield are long gone. Focusing on...

Olive tree, a perennial Mediterranean woody plant

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. For almost their entire life cycle, annual plants take in nutrients from the soil through their roots. These nutrients are needed in the above-ground area for plant growth. Then, during the last moments of...

The olive tree as domesticated plant

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Already in the Paleolithic era in the Mediterranean basin, the fruit of wild olive trees was collected and the oil was extracted using rudimentary means. The olives were very small and had little oil content.

3 Keys to improve sales and the price of your olive oil

Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. One of the main mistakes that olive oil companies make is to think that to increase sales it is necessary to lower prices. This strategy of lowering prices would only be useful when our brand of olive oil or...

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