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<pre>> Hello everybody,
>
> I am a moroccan new grower and I heard recently about problems with
> humidity. I began planting two years ago. My olive trees are 30 km far
> from the Atlantic Ocean, near Rabat - the capital, and we sometime have
> a deep foggy weather. The growing seems to be normal, but since I made
> no crop I can't say if humidity has an effect on it. Did someone
> experiment such a climate ? Is there some olive varieties resistent to
> humidity and to the parasites that come with it ?
>
> Thanks for your advices. Best regards.
>
> Saâd

Saâd,

Welcome to the group. I am a fairly new grower some 40km from the Pacific
Ocean in Australia with trees up to 5 years old. We don't get much fog, but
we do get high humidity.

The problems related to humidity have been most closely related to some
fungal problems, most notably Peacock Spot and Softnose (which might
actually be Anthracnose).

Regards,

Mike Wilson.
Hunter Valley
Australia.
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