Learn everything about harvesting olives.
In today’s article, I’ll try to give you a thorough answer on how many olives are harvested on an average olive tree. I know that you would want to know the exact number, but it’s literally impossible to answer that, so I’ll stick with some averages. Key Takeaways: It’s Hard To Tell The Exact Number…
Picking olives by hand is still prevalent in some areas, especially the ones with ancient olive trees that require a meticulous harvest. Today, I’ll show you how to pick olives by hand correctly, what equipment you’ll need, and other exciting details. Steps To Pick Olives By Hand: 1. Start By Placing a Harvesting Net Under…
Knowing the best time to harvest olives is probably the most important step in olive oil production, especially if you’re making extra virgin olive oil. There are many methods to determine the ripeness of olives, but one method stands out a lot – Olive Maturity Index. In today’s article, I’ll show you the olive maturity…
In today’s article, I’ll talk about olive tree shakers and if you need them or not for your olive grove. Key Takeaway: What Are Olive Tree Shaking Machines? Olive tree shaking machines are specific machines olive growers use when harvesting olive trees. These machines can speed up the harvesting process up a lot. Also, olive…
Each year, it’s getting harder and harder to predict the weather. The climate changes are doing their thing. For olive growers, that isn’t good because they want to know when it will rain, especially during the harvesting period. In this post I’ll talk about whether it’s a good or bad idea to harvest olives during…
As a guy that worked dozens of easy and challenging jobs, I think that I’m a competent person to talk about this topic and show you whether picking olives is considered hard work or not. Key Takeaways: The Difficulty of Picking Olives Depends on Several Things Several things can affect the difficulty of olive picking…
Olive harvesting nets are one of the most important pieces of equipment when you’re picking olives. To increase their effectiveness, you should install them properly. In today’s article, I’ll show you two ways how you can set up olive harvesting nets under the trees. Key Takeaways: Laying The Nets Directly On The Ground The first…
If you’re still not using harvesting nets when picking olives, you might change your mind after reading this post. I’ll explain why net catchers are essential for picking olives. Key Takeaways: What’s The Purpose of Olive Harvesting Nets The purpose of olive harvesting nets is to create a layer above the ground so all the…
If you’re a new olive grower, and even if you’re an experienced one, I’m sure that you don’t have some of these tool on this list. I’m showing you all seven tools I use to harvest olives, which I think are essential for every farmer. 1. Harvesting Nets Harvesting nets, or as some people call…
There are more ways to pick olives from the tree, and today I’ll show you five ways to pick olives. I’ll also thoroughly describe each method, how it’s done, and which method of harvesting olives is the quickest and the best. Five ways of harvesting olives are: PREPARATION: Harvesting Nets Before I dive into the…
