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<pre>--- Roger Farquhar <rogfarlandsc@...>
wrote: > Jon

>Our First Creek "Davenport and Finn" EVOO from
Waterfall Gully, SA was the trophy winning oil in the
AOA awards produced from the 'unknown old grove'. In
fact the grove comprises the largest remaining section
(4.5 Hectares at Waterfall Gully plus remaining
Beaumont sections) of Samuel Davenport's circa 1860's
and grove which spanned Beaumont and Waterfall Gully.



You're right, its not an easy subject, so for what
> its worth….
>
> For a variety of reasons I've elected to not
> irrigate my (young) trees
> however as it has not rained for most of this year I
> have hand watered a
> couple of times, 20 litres each tree each time.
> It’s a laborious
> process but its only for the short term. If you are
> going to irrigate
> then infrequent deep watering cycles are the
> preferred option to
> encourage root growth.
>
> If you look at the AOA awards, best oil, 'unknown
> old grove' (sans
> irrigation I'll bet)
>
> Next year the topic will be drainage..
>
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