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<pre>Hi,

I have been asked by a farmer that supplies us with oil olives for advice on
the following question, can any one comment or pass an opinion

Adjacent to his farm is a farm with several thousand Leccino olive trees
around 15 years old.

The farmer who owns these trees has died and the son who has inherited does
not want to farm olives, he wants to plant wheat

Our farmer wants to know the possibility of transplanting the trees, is it
possible, how should it be done and when.

He thinks that he should cut all the trees of at the base to do it, I don't
think this is necessary.

Please help, unfortunately buying the ground with the trees is not an option

Regards

Mike Meredith

Riebeeck Olive Boutique
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<pre>> Hi,
>
> I have been asked by a farmer that supplies us with oil olives for advice
on
> the following question, can any one comment or pass an opinion
>
> Adjacent to his farm is a farm with several thousand Leccino olive trees
> around 15 years old.
>
> The farmer who owns these trees has died and the son who has inherited
does
> not want to farm olives, he wants to plant wheat
>
> Our farmer wants to know the possibility of transplanting the trees, is it
> possible, how should it be done and when.
>
> He thinks that he should cut all the trees of at the base to do it, I
don't
> think this is necessary.
>
> Please help, unfortunately buying the ground with the trees is not an
option
>
> Regards
>
> Mike Meredith
>
> Riebeeck Olive Boutique

Mike,

For the recent Sydney Olympic Games a fair number of mature trees were grown
in the Hunter and sold to SOCOG by local grower Tony Nicolas. He
successfully transplanted them to Olympic Park, so should be able to advise.
Tony isn't on the net, but his contact phone number is +612 4982 8137. Am I
right to assume you are in South Africa?
I will be seeing Tony on Saturday, so I'll mention your e-mail to him then.

Regards,

Mike Wilson.
Hunter Valley.
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<pre>Olives should be easy to shift, they would require only the same
attention as other trees. I would recommend using a qualified arborist.
Some methods are; 1st season cut 2 sides of the root ball with a
trencher & repack with sand/peatmoss to stimulate new growth & repeat
the other 2 sides next season the 3rd season lift out tree. Or by using
a large machine mounted 'tree spade' you can do it in one hit as they
cut the roots perfectly. Its a matter of time vs money.

Roger Farquhar

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<pre>Mike thanks for the reply

Yes we are in South Africa, in the Western Cape

Currently it is winter and I assume this would be thebest time to move the
trees

The challenge will be the quantity, there are 5,000 of them

Regards

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Wilson [mailto:mike.wilson@hunterlink.net.au]
Sent: 12 July 2001 08:56
To: OliveOil@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [OliveOil] Moving olive trees


> Hi,
>
> I have been asked by a farmer that supplies us with oil olives for advice
on
> the following question, can any one comment or pass an opinion
>
> Adjacent to his farm is a farm with several thousand Leccino olive trees
> around 15 years old.
>
> The farmer who owns these trees has died and the son who has inherited
does
> not want to farm olives, he wants to plant wheat
>
> Our farmer wants to know the possibility of transplanting the trees, is it
> possible, how should it be done and when.
>
> He thinks that he should cut all the trees of at the base to do it, I
don't
> think this is necessary.
>
> Please help, unfortunately buying the ground with the trees is not an
option
>
> Regards
>
> Mike Meredith
>
> Riebeeck Olive Boutique

Mike,

For the recent Sydney Olympic Games a fair number of mature trees were grown
in the Hunter and sold to SOCOG by local grower Tony Nicolas. He
successfully transplanted them to Olympic Park, so should be able to advise.
Tony isn't on the net, but his contact phone number is +612 4982 8137. Am I
right to assume you are in South Africa?
I will be seeing Tony on Saturday, so I'll mention your e-mail to him then.

Regards,

Mike Wilson.
Hunter Valley.


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<pre>> Mike thanks for the reply
>
> Yes we are in South Africa, in the Western Cape
>
> Currently it is winter and I assume this would be thebest time to move the
> trees
>
> The challenge will be the quantity, there are 5,000 of them
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
>

I noticed that amongst the replies was one from Roger Fahrquar, also of the
Hunter Valley. Roger is a good mate of Tony Nicolas and probably knows as
much as Tony about moving trees, and as I won't be seeing Tony until next
Wednesday at the earliest, I that Roger's advise is as good as you will get.

I would suspect this will take a fair bit of time and machinery, so I do
question the economic viability of the whole thing?

Regards,

Mike.
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