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<pre>We have just discovered this site and think its terrific. We are
looking for any information on home pressing of olives. We don't
know
if it is viable but have a steady supply of olives which is too much
for pickling. If anyone has done this at home or knows of any books
that can be recommended we would be very appreciative. We are not
interested in quantity but rather the process as we realise the
amount
of olives required to extract oil. Thanks, Kay
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<pre>FYI

The following publications are available from:
DANR Communication Services
University of California
6701 San Pablo Avenue
Oakland, CA 94608-1239
1-800-994-8849 or (510) 642-2431
FAX (510) 643-5470
E-mail: danrcs@ucdavis.edu
Order Form


ABC's of Home-cured Green-ripe olives/El ABC de Encurtir Aceitunas
Verde-maduras en Casa. 1979 In English & Spanish: (No. 21131 4pp. $1.50)


Home Pickling of Olives. (Includes publication 2789, Homemade Olive Oil)
Rev. 1996 (No. 2758 14pp. $2.50)

Steve Sibbett
U.C. Farm Advisor
Phone - office 559.733.6486
Mobil 559.280.0666
FAX 559.734.2708

-----Original Message-----
From: Kay Ray [mailto:raykay@altavista.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 3:21 PM
To: OliveOil@egroups.com
Subject: [OliveOil] Home Pressing


We have just discovered this site and think its terrific. We are
looking for any information on home pressing of olives. We don't
know
if it is viable but have a steady supply of olives which is too much
for pickling. If anyone has done this at home or knows of any books
that can be recommended we would be very appreciative. We are not
interested in quantity but rather the process as we realise the
amount
of olives required to extract oil. Thanks, Kay



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<pre>We want to grow a very small grove to produce oil just for ourselves
and family. Any suggestions on varieties, quantity of plants and how
to extract the oil without an expensive commercial machine. Or does
anybody know of another discussion group more for the hobbiest.
Thanks for your help.

Michael
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<pre>Mick
are you at Medowie NSW? (medowiemik@ etc)

Talk about cryptic messages!

Roger Farquhar

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<pre>Hi there Roger,
Yes we are in Medowie NSW, just north of Newcastle. I
was more worried about the commercial growers not being interested in
replying to my query rather than finding it cryptic. As I said we
want to grow some Olive plants in our backyard (2 acres) and produce
oil from the fruit for our own consumption. What we need is some info
on the variety of olive we should plant, how many and how to extract
the oil without expensive machinery. Some info on how best to prepare
our clay soil for the planting would also be appreciated.

Thanks



--- In OliveOil@y..., Roger Farquhar <rogfarlandsc@o...> wrote:
> Mick
> are you at Medowie NSW? (medowiemik@ etc)
>
> Talk about cryptic messages!
>
> Roger Farquhar
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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<pre>Yes,
I wondered too!!
Wouldn't it be so much easier if people identified their location in
their signature block??? Hey, hasn't someone already suggested that?

John Attwood
Tamworth
(Northern) NSW Australia

Roger Farquhar wrote:

> Mick
> are you at Medowie NSW? (medowiemik@ etc)
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> Talk about cryptic messages!
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> Roger Farquhar
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> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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<pre>medowiemik

ring 4982 8137 for local knowledge on olives.

Roger Farquhar

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<pre>> Hi there Roger,
> Yes we are in Medowie NSW, just north of Newcastle. I
> was more worried about the commercial growers not being interested in
> replying to my query rather than finding it cryptic. As I said we
> want to grow some Olive plants in our backyard (2 acres) and produce
> oil from the fruit for our own consumption. What we need is some info
> on the variety of olive we should plant, how many and how to extract
> the oil without expensive machinery. Some info on how best to prepare
> our clay soil for the planting would also be appreciated.
>
> Thanks


I must have missed the original posting and have come in half way through
this!

One suggestion would be to ring Tony Nicolas who lives in Medowie (Blueberry
Close?) and knows a lot about growing olives in your local conditions (4982
8137), the other is to give me a ring and I'll have a chat to you. I live
over in Broke, which is probably close to 2 hours from Medowie, but I do
have quite a bit of experience with growing olives in clay soils in the
Hunter.

Regards,

Mike Wilson
6579 1004.
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<pre>Mike,
I am at Adelaide Uni in SA and so don't have much info on clay soil
growing. Would be interested in what comments you are going to make to
Roger at Medowie. I assume that drainage is the most important (depending
on slope) and was wondering what success with mounding in that situation?
Also what is the pH of those soils? Rainfall (maybe 1000mm?)
For that situation my first thoughts (without speaking them !!) would be
to plant wide (a la Italians at home) and use Frantoio, Kalamata, Pendolino
or any other 'premium' quality variety rather than go for yield with
something like Barnea. Depends on person, wife, land, income, objectives,
etc, etc - second prob most important. Aim is for BBQ topic and success for
the oil and forget the yield.
Processing by cheap mills which we can buy here for less than $200
followed by pressing with hydraulic car jack and some welding expertise.
Floatation separation? (Interest on the $500 (maybe) capital per year =
$25-50 and what is the cost of contract processing - about the same?). I
think the local TAFE here does it fairly cheaply for small lots.

Bob Barrett

At 07:42 AM 27/04/01 +1000, you wrote:
>
>
>> Hi there Roger,
>> Yes we are in Medowie NSW, just north of Newcastle. I
>> was more worried about the commercial growers not being interested in
>> replying to my query rather than finding it cryptic. As I said we
>> want to grow some Olive plants in our backyard (2 acres) and produce
>> oil from the fruit for our own consumption. What we need is some info
>> on the variety of olive we should plant, how many and how to extract
>> the oil without expensive machinery. Some info on how best to prepare
>> our clay soil for the planting would also be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>
>
>I must have missed the original posting and have come in half way through
>this!
>
>One suggestion would be to ring Tony Nicolas who lives in Medowie (Blueberry
>Close?) and knows a lot about growing olives in your local conditions (4982
>8137), the other is to give me a ring and I'll have a chat to you. I live
>over in Broke, which is probably close to 2 hours from Medowie, but I do
>have quite a bit of experience with growing olives in clay soils in the
>Hunter.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mike Wilson
>6579 1004.
>
>
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>http://www.sadoun.com/olive.htm
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<pre>> Mike,
> I am at Adelaide Uni in SA and so don't have much info on clay soil
> growing. Would be interested in what comments you are going to make to
> Roger at Medowie. I assume that drainage is the most important (depending
> on slope) and was wondering what success with mounding in that situation?

Based on my experience of growth and problems, the soil preparation makes a
huge difference between healthy, bearing trees and sad, disease ridden
trees. In clay soil the poor drainage leads to poor root growth. I found
that adding gypsum to the soil to help the soil structure (and usually lime
and clay soils are often acidic) and mounding good, prepared soil up means
that in an area like the Hunter where we are inclined to get a month of
drought followed by a torrential downpour, rather than gentle soaking rain,
the excess water drains away from the root area (in the mound) quickly, but
enough moisture is still availabe held in the clay loam for good root
growth.

If the tree and its roots are healthy it does seem more resistant to other
problems such as peacock spot and scale.

> Also what is the pH of those soils? Rainfall (maybe 1000mm?)

Rainfall would be around 1000 mm, but summer dominant. This calls for winter
irrigation. pH is around 4.5 to 5 when we started, up to 6.5 with adding
lime. Although olives are tolerant of alkaline soils, I feel 6.5 to 7 is
about right.

> For that situation my first thoughts (without speaking them !!) would be
> to plant wide (a la Italians at home) and use Frantoio, Kalamata,
Pendolino
> or any other 'premium' quality variety rather than go for yield with
> something like Barnea. Depends on person, wife, land, income, objectives,
> etc, etc - second prob most important. Aim is for BBQ topic and success
for
> the oil and forget the yield.

As for species ... no comment. Sorry, but I just don't know enough about a
number of species to comment. I have never seen a Barnea!
In my limited experience, Frantoio and Correggoila seem to do well for me,
Kalamata have been a problem, Manzanillo & Sevillano have proved to be
excellent table olives, as has Azapa, and Hardy's Mammoth have been a major
disappointment

I'd be interested in getting hold of some Koriniki (sp?) for planting this
winter. About 60 would be good if anybody knows of a supply?

Regards,

Mike Wilson.
Hunter Valley.
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