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Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Olive tree branches need to have maximum light exposure. The more light exposure the leaves and fruit get, the greater the production of photoassimilates, and hence, the greater the growth of sprouts and...
Olive Grove
Olive Grove
Nitrogen in the olive tree
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Apart from CO2, water and sunlight, plants need mineral nutrients for their metabolism. Without these nutrients, the plant cannot complete its life cycle. The root is the organ that absorbs mineral...
Olive Grove
Total, partial and no tilling and bare soil year round
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. This is the oldest technique of all. Tilling is done several times a year, which totally eliminates weeds. Tilling is more or less deep, depending on the time of year, to improve infiltration and diminish...
Olive Grove
Use of the Talcum Powder in Olive Oil Production
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Authorized talcum powder acts as an adjuvant. We understand adjuvants as: different substances which are added to industrial processes in order to improve them, obtaining better work conditions and/or...
Olive Grove Management
Common pests in the olive tree
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Here are the main common pests that can affect olive trees and our recommendations to treat them. Olive tree mite (Aceria oleae) Prays oleae Glyphs (Margaronia unionalis) Olive weevil beetle (Otiorhynchus...
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Olive Tree Nutrition: Phosphorous and Potassium
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Phosphorous Phosphorous is involved in the reactions that need metabolic energy, such as sprouting, growth, fruit setting and maturation. Low leaf levels of phosphorous produces short sprouts and leaves, low...
Commerce and Exports
Ideas to start designing an olive oil sales process
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. In this article we will start by defining what it means to follow an olive oil sales process, the second is to decide if you are going to embark on a business adventure with your eyes open or closed. You can...
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Luminous nutrition and adequate water are all Olive tree leaves need
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. In the leaves (and unripe fruit as well) photosynthesis occurs, which consists of the fixation of carbonic-anhydride that is taken up with water from the roots by the stomas. Light acts as a source of energy...
Olive Grove
The olive tree as xerophytic plant
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. The wild olive tree is found in the entire Mediterranean basin. Broadly speaking, the Mediterranean climate is defined by its hot, dry summers with relatively rainy and mild fall and spring, yet there is...
