UC DAVIS Olive Growing For Oil – MARCH 15 and 16, 2019
What’s included
- Two days of expert instruction
- Morning pastries, lunch and beverages
- Booklet with presentation slides in note-taking format
Topics
- Industry: overview from an international and California perspective
- Siting: soil evaluation, climate, water evaluation and climate-change
- Varieties: selection, production and quality characteristics
- Planting: site preparation, tree sources, tree sizes, production systems and planting methods
- Irrigation: design, frequency and duration
- Fertilization: soil and tissue testing, application methods, organic and conventional fertilizers
- Pests, diseases and weeds: addressing through integrated pest management
- Pruning: methods and goals for various planting systems
- Harvest: manual and mechanical method