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<pre>Steve,

Thanks, but no, we don't use herbicides and no one near us does either...

Cheers

Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Sibbett <sibbett@lightspeed.net>
To: <OliveOil@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 7 January 2001 1:26
Subject: RE: [OliveOil] Bark splitting syndrome


> Alan:
>
> Thanks for the comments on the olive fruit set. It appears there are some
> consistencies with what we find causes poor fruit set here.
>
> I would also suggest that during bloom development and flowering next year
> that you again observe weather and tree condition (as you did this past
> year). Also, during bloom, look at the flowers (files attached of perfect
> and staminate flowers) and see if there is a preponderance of staminate
vs.
> perfect flowers - this can suggest some types of tree stress during the
> flower development period. Of course, it doesn't take many perfect flowers
> to make a crop if they are adequately pollinized and ultimately get
> fertilized. However, we have seen groves where almost all flowers are
> staminate. Also some years are worse than others.
>
> One other question regarding the blistering bark - are there any
herbicides
> used in this grove? We've seen symptoms like this when growers have used
> 2,4-D (I doubt you have used this but still a question)
>
> Steve Sibbett
> U.C. Farm Advisor
> Phone - office 559.733.6486
> Mobil 559.280.0666
> FAX 559.734.2708
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Watt [mailto:wattmeyer@one.net.au]
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 11:59 PM
> To: OliveOil@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [OliveOil] Bark splitting syndrome
>
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