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<pre>> Can anyone throw some more light on this pollination issue by listing the
> 'compatible' varieties that should be planted together or the timing of
> flowering of major varieties?
> Bye the way, has anyone had some thoughts about my earlier posting on the
> suitability of Manzanilla as a rootstock for grafting? There's been
nothing
> to date and as I'm about to undertake a major exercise of changing this
> variety to a more suitable oil producer I'm hoping someone will be able to
> tell me if I'm wasting my time.
>
> Regards, Alan Watt
> Tanja Olives


Alan,

Based on my limited experience in the Hunter Valley the Manzanillo have just
been through their flowering stage, just as the preferred pollinator
Sevillano start to flower. Time will tell.

Kalamata are flowering at the moment too, Hardys Mammoth haven't really
flowered at all (again) and Azapa and Corrigiolla are also just starting to
flower now, so its only the Manzanillo that are out of step.

Regards,

Mike Wilson.
Hunter Valley.
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