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<pre>We planted table and oil olives in May this year. We are in the hills of South
Australia. All our trees have lots of flowers on them. Do we let them stay on
or will they drop themselves as the trees are so young. We did not expect any
olives for about 3-4 years.

Trudy Hollinshead


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<pre>> We planted table and oil olives in May this year. We are in the hills of
South Australia. All our trees have lots of flowers on them. Do we let
them stay on or will they drop themselves as the trees are so young. We did
not expect any olives for about 3-4 years.
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> Trudy Hollinshead
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Trudy,

Leave them alone. Almost all will abort anyway, so it'll save you a lot of
un-necessary work.

Mike Wilson.
Hunter Valley.
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<pre>Jeff & Trudi

are your trees locally grown? grafted? I bought & planted some (grafted
"mediterranean") last easter from a nursery near Gawler SA, they came
some with fruit & looks like a 2nd crop coming on despite hares & goats
feeding off them. Or maybe some are fruiting now & the others will wait
for next year. Alternate bearing in the nursery!

Roger Farquhar

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<pre>In my pinion let they stay. Let the nature have your course.

Azienda Agraria Domenico Bettini
via Rignano 8, 06036 Montefalco (Perugia)
Tel: 0742-378127
e-mail: info@aziendabettini.com
web: http://www.aziendabettini.com


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Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 10:12 AM
Subject: [OliveOil] Flowers


> We planted table and oil olives in May this year. We are in the hills of
South Australia. All our trees have lots of flowers on them. Do we let
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not expect any olives for about 3-4 years.
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> Trudy Hollinshead
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<pre>Thanks for the replies.

We planted Kalamata, Jumbo Kalamata, Frantoio, Pendulino and Leccino. They all
have flowers, some more than others. The Kalamatas and Jumbo Kalamatas come
from SA but the others are from Victoria. We have decided to leave the flowers
on the trees and see what happens. We are also lucky enough to not have lost
any plants, so things seem to be going well.

Trudy Hollinshead


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