The Grove : what's happening?
Grafting: The Kalamata grafting has been a succes so far. We've had really good take with the new wood. The picture on the left is October and on the right shows the growth at the end of January. More pictures are posted on the olive blog.
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 2011 Harvest
I have just been around the groves in Hawke's Bay to do an end of summer check. The trees are in the final phase of fruiting, and will mature over the next two months. I was looking out for fruit quantity, size of fruit, signs of disease, and estimating total grove yield. The colour of the fruit is not so important at present, currently all fruit is very green, I would expect it to begin to turn colour at the end of March.
Harvest usually begins in May. A small luxury is afforded to olive growers, as this is the last summer fruit to be harvested we get a window into whether any other crops are running early or late due to seasonality factors. Current indications are that we will be harvesting two weeks ahead of last year, so plans have begun!
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