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<pre>>From: "Phil Bramley" <bramleyp@one.net.au>
>
>Thanks very much Mike. Alan Watt and myself compared notes yesterday and
his
>Kalamata olives are in exactly the same condition.
>
>We sourced the trees from Olives Australia and our properties are only
>minutes away from each other, so it is probably fair to assume that our
>climate and soil is similar.
>
>Peter Caird in Victoria has suggested a Boron deficiency and I think he is
>right. Another grower not far from us spoke to us yesterday about problems
>with his Kalamata's and he rectified it by adding Borax to his trees. They
>are now powering along and appear healthy.
>
>Regards,
>
>Phil Bramley


Phil,

There was an article in one of the Olive Growers magazines (sorry, I forget
which one, probably Olives Australia's) about Boron deficiency on the North
Coast of NSW. The deficiency showed up as a yellowing, and tissue death,
starting from the tip of the leaf and working back toward the base. This is
completely different to my symptoms.

I will let you know the results of the tissue tests.

Mike.
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