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The Corona AG 4920SS Short Curved Snips are a versatile and essential tool for precision harvesting. Specifically crafted with a short, curved, and blunt-nosed blade, these snips are optimised for picking apples, pitted fruits, and berries while ensuring the fruit remains undamaged.
Constructed with high-quality stainless steel, the blades are designed to resist corrosion and rusting. This material makes the tool easier to clean and significantly reduces germ build-up, promoting a more hygienic environment for your harvest. These snips are a reliable companion for discerning gardeners and agricultural professionals alike.
Convenient Storage & Quality Assurance: Featuring an unobtrusive leather strap lock, these snips are easy to secure and store when not in use. For peace of mind, this tool is backed by a Lifetime Warranty, guaranteeing it is free of material and workmanship defects.
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Model Number | AG 4920SS |
| Blade Length | 1 inch |
| Blade Material | Corrosion-Resistant Stainless Steel |
| Blade Shape | Short, Curved, Blunt-Nose |
| Lock Type | Unobtrusive Leather Strap |
| Warranty | Lifetime Warranty |
In the Australian Olive Industry
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OBJECTIVES OF PRUNING
Train and Shape Olive trees, Maintain or Increase Production and Improve Harvest Efficiency
Training helps giving the tree the optimal shape to allow for efficient harvest as well as achieving early crops.
Once the trees have reached their optimum canopy volume for the environmental conditions of the area, it is likely that the yields could start declining. This is due to the fact that the inner part of the canopy does not receive sufficient sunlight, which causes defoliation, resulting in a low Leaf to Wood Ratio.
If the tree grows above its optimum size, it creates serious issues for the harvester machines. The tree becomes too high and too wide for the machines, it has thick branches that can cause damage on the picking heads and also reduces the removal efficiency of the machine as well as slows down the harvesting speed.
It is a fact that to produce fruit, Olive trees need to grow and produce new branches each year; therefore the trees need to grow every year. It is here where pruning becomes a very useful management tool.
Pruning helps increasing Fruit Size, Oil Yield, Light Interception and Leaf to Wood Ratio, it promotes new growth, and reduces water and fertiliser requirements.
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1- Tree Training
Objectives: Achieve early start of production with higher yields, increased number of production years, higher fruit quality, prepare the trees for the type of harvester that is going to be used on the grove.
Training takes place during the first 3 years of the tree life.
During the first year minimum pruning is required (provided the trees come with a suitable shape from the nursery), lower and vigorous branches competing with the leader should be removed. The aim is to encourage a straight vertical trunk with horizontal branches coming out. Water shoots must be removed to stop competition for water and nutrients.
On the second and third year the aim is to remove lower branches below 600-700-800-1000mm (must be done gradually).
“Always keep in mind that if we prune too hard is because either we came too late or because we do not know what to do”.
There must be a balance between what is taken out and what is left on. If we remove too much canopy, we have a negative effect on the tree, because we are removing photosynthetic area setting the tree back for a while until it starts growing again.
Light pruning is a process by which we only take a small amount of foliage (a couple of small branches), therefore we are not affecting tree balance. That is why it can be done from August until the end of May.
Heavier pruning in this process we take a large amounts of foliage therefore we are promoting a stronger reaction from the tree, this makes it susceptible to frost damage. That is why we should be delaying it until the end of September unless the weather is warmer. If that is the case we could start at the beginning of September.
Tree training not only involves light and heavy pruning but also tree tying and skirting.
2- Production
This type of pruning is performed on mature trees once they have reached full size. It has the aim of balancing the tree to obtain uniform and constant production every year.
As we all know when trees are young there is a larger number of non productive branches and that is because those branches are actively growing, but once they have reached their potential, they stop growing and start producing fruits, after a while those branches are exhausted and they stop producing, therefore they should be removed, to encourage new growth and renew the tree.
If bloom is light, pruning can be confined to non-productive parts of the tree, preserving as much bloom and potential crop as possible. In years of heavy bloom, pruning can be more severe without excessive crop removal.
Time of pruning: bud break until early December.
3- After Harvest (Cleaning)
The aim is to clean up the large broken branches that are left after the harvesters have gone through the grove. We could avoid it by spraying the trees with copper after harvest and wait until spring to take the damaged wood out.
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John Gallard
, john@gallardservices.com.au
Servicing Hunter Valley and other areas upon request.
Mulching service
Peter Birch - Thunderbolt's Olives
, thunderboltsolives@bigpond.com
Mulches wood up to 300mm diameter
Servicing NSW areas
Kent Hallett
PO Box 114,Riverton SA 5412
PH:
, FAX:
Eberhard Kunze
203 Everton Road, Markwood VIC 3678
PH:
, Email: ekunze@netc.net.au
Service: Contract Bottling & Cask Filling
Fini Olives
Jim Hollingworth
237 Orange Springs Road, Regan's Ford, Gin Gin WA 6503
PH:
, Email: jimh@finiolives.com.au
Email: racquel@pukaraestate.com.au
Servicing NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC & WA
John Daniel resides in Lewiston on the outskirts of Adelaide, SA.
Email: jtdaniel@adam.com.au
Olympus Olive Contractors & Transport
Tige & Joy Boyd, RSD L260 Lockwood Vic 3539
olympusolives@impulse.net.au
PH:
Mob:
Fax:
Servicing QLD, NSW & VIC
Peter Haslett - Haslett Harvesting
PO Box 164 Paringa, SA 5340
mail@haslettharvesting.com.au
(AH)
Servicing SA.
Ashville Contracting Pty Ltd
P.O. Box 828 Merbein Victoria 3505
Contact; Ashley Munro
Ph:
or
Fax
Email ashville@ncable.com.au
Puma Olive Harvesting
Self propelled tractor mounted shaker.Capable of 1T/hr.
Contact: Fran Goryan
Ph:
or
Servicing SA only.
Andrew Bucknell
Ph:
or
bucknell@westnet.com.au
6 years experience, Sicma F3 harvester
Looking to expand into QLD and SA
Click here to download information for Andrew Bucknell
La Barre Olives
An average of 40 - 60 trees / Hour
Sicma Harvester, Operator has 5 years full time experience
Please contact La Barre Olives for more info
Ph:
denanteuil@bigpond.com
Preston Valley Grove
Sicma Speedy Harvester
Contact Mick Ryan for more info
Ph:
, email:info@prestonvalleygrove.com.au
Barilla Olive Harvesting
Lot 286 Stebonheath Rd, Munno Para Downs. S.A. 5015
Shaker Harvesting, grove layout is important, please book early.
Servicing South Australia
Contact: Steve Barilla
Ph:
, email:bariloil@tpg.com.au
National Olive Harvesters Pty. Ltd.
1 Nelson Road Lameroo S.A. 5302
Over-the-row Style Harvesting,Shaker Harvesting
Servicing: ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC & WA
Contact: Ian Mead
Ph:
or
E-mail: iwmead@internode.on.net
EV Olives
Eberhard Kunze
203 Everton Road, Markwood VIC 3678
PH:
or
, Email: ekunze@netc.net.au
Service: Contract harvesting
New generation harvester, small or large jobs, bin hire, fruit transport
& processing
Bypass or Parrot-beak secateurs: as the name suggests the blade bypasses the counter blade to make a cut. (i.e. the action is similar to scissors). ?One blade is convex and the other concave. The main reason you would use the bypass to cut smaller branches and dense foliage as the blades are thinner and allow easier manoeuvrability e.g. with vines or roses.
Anvil secateurs: Have an upper blade which pushes down to an anvil counter blade (i.e. they close to a flat surface). The blade is bigger than the Bypass and the action tends to slice rather than squash the branch. Anvil secateurs will give a clean cut. Anvil is used for softer wooded trees and plants like Cherries, Pear and Olives.
Double-Blade secateurs: Have two identical blades if you compare to the anvil or bypass type? These secateurs make a cut by slicing the branch from two sides of the stem. Since you are cutting equally from both sides you tend to finish the cut in the middle of the stem where a lip is present. The reason for the lip at the end of the stem is to create angles each side and ensure that no water can settle on the cut to help the wound heal without the added risk of infection.
When you use secateurs on a regular basis you need to take into account the clunk/jarring factor to reduce the impact for RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) purposes of each of these models:
The clunk or jar factor is what you feel at the end of a cut. A bypass secateurs gives the biggest clunk and you find these types of secateurs are not the choice of Arborists. Whereas Double-blade type secateurs have some jarring and the Anvil has no jarring at all and is usually the choice for Arborists.
What else to look for when choosing the right secateurs?
Everyone has a different sized-hands and secateurs are made in a facade of different sizes and shapes. Feel the secateurs in your hands open and close them like you are making a cut and feel if your hand can extend the reach of the handles when open. ?Rolling handles may be an option or not. The rolling handle model are usually more expensive and may not be better for the fit of your hand.
Everyone has a different sized-hands and secateurs are made in a facade of different sizes and shapes. ?Feel the secateurs in your hands open and close them like you are making a cut and feel if your hand can extend the reach of the handles when open. ?Rolling handles may be an option or not. The rolling handle model are usually more expensive and may not be better for the fit of your hand.
Here are some other facts about secateurs:
The next time you look for secateurs, take into consideration the application and frequency of use. ?Choose what is comfortable and practical for your application!
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The F3020 Electrocoup Electric Pruner
INFACO is proud to present the latest, most technologically advanced electric shears on the market.
The Electrocoup F3020 offers a technologically advanced secateur packed with a multitude of features.
The F3020 Electrocoup weighs less and is more compact, which offers improved efficiency and faster-cutting speed, making the new generation F3020 a total advancement in features. The separate battery and shear design ensures the handpiece has minimal weight, maximising ergonomics, reducing fatigue, and providing a streamlined, efficient day of pruning.
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The Electrocoup F3020 pruners are now fitted with some of the most hi-tech and powerful microcontrollers in the market that are used in mobile phones and computer technology. This technology results in improved user function and innovation, enabling more data to be compiled and analysed by the pruning shear to improve the F3020 performance.
Progressive Blade Advance at Full Speed (+15% vs F3015)
The Standard mode is for experienced users and for those who are willing to take full advantage of the tool's increased cutting speed capabilities.
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Progressive Blade Advance is at a slightly reduced speed
The Soft Mode is for users who prefer a slower cutting speed or beginners who are new to the trade. Same speed as the previous model F3015. (Refer to the video to see soft mode in operation.
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The new patented shear holder provides the cutting head protection and storage in just two actions.
Available for Standard and Medium heads.
** Fitted with Quick Lock-Unlock
The removable accessory holder is included with your F3020 kit and allows you to store your smartphone within easy reach.
A large zipped central pocket guarantees safe storage of sharpening stone, burnishing tools, etc.
The Electrocoup F3020's new Cobalt L100B Lithium-ion battery weighs just 698 grams compared to 810 grams from the F3015. Its voltage is now 36 Volts as compared to the 48 Volts*** on the old F3015 model. However, the 48V battery from previous units is compatible with the new F3020. We can offer an optional 48V battery if you would like to make your previous units cross-compatible.
Its sleek design and small footprint will give you a day of pruning without recharging. With its versatile carrying system, the F3020 battery can be easily slipped into the user's pocket or clipped to a belt, giving the user an effortless pruning experience.
Battery used with Shoulder Straps and Waist Belt
Battery Used with Waistbelt Only
Battery Clipped on to Trousers
How long does it take to charge the battery?
The new F3020 Chargers are designed to charge the battery in 2 hours. Similar to its predecessor, the new charger enables the battery to be charged up to 90% in 1.5 hours and a full charge is achieved in 2 hours.
Can the battery remain on the vest while charging?
The new connector plug allows for the battery to be charged while on the vest, making it more practical and easier to use.
How does the Battery Sleep Mode work?
The "Sleep Function" on the charger helps the battery fall into an extended storage state, thus optimising its storage life. Recharging the battery is no longer required during the off-season. Just press the sleep button once after the pruning season, and it does its thing for the next few hours. Once the sleep process is complete, the battery can be stored in its case in a cool, dry place until the following season.
Infaco, the manufacturer of the Electrocoups, have always prioritised user safety over the years. A true pioneer in technology, the company has continually invested time and resources to ensure an innovative and safe experience for its users operating the Electrocoups. Today, the all-new Electrocoup F3020 comes fitted with the wireless DSES system and is a standard feature on all units.
The Wireless DSES system comprises a conductive metal trigger enabling a connection between the user's body and the pruner's patented electronic system. While operating, if and when the cutting head touches any part of the opposite hand, the pruning shear blade opens instantly, thereby preventing accidents.
The Wireless DSES system operates in direct contact with the skin. However, each individual has their own level of conductivity. In order to achieve a continuous level of high conductivity and better protection, INFACO recommends the use of its special conductive gloves.
The Wireless DSES system may sometimes trigger unintended opens on damp wood, sappy wood or when close to the ground. To prevent this from happening, users now have the option of turning OFF & ON the DSES feature when required, using the settings button.
Contrary to the wireless system, the wired DSES option requires the user to wear the conductive glove that is physically connected to the handpiece by a power supply cable. The wired DSES system provides the user the same protection while reducing unintentional opening of the blade because of damp or sappy wood.
Similar to its most recent predecessors, Electrocoups remain the only shears in the world with 3 interchangeable heads with adjustable blade opening and DSES safety systems. One of the tool's main assets is its versatility to use multiple cutting heads. With the options of the Standard Kit, Medium Kit or the Maxi Kit, users can easily swap the heads over in under 5 mins to meet the demands of the cutting application. Kits are optional and not part of the standard kit. Please ask for details.
Ideal for pruning grapevines and orchard pruning. This kit achieves the highest results for cutting rate and power.
Designed especially for fruit growers, forestry, and landscaping. This kit offers a higher cutting capacity while maintaining speed for relevant applications.
Perfect for cutting back vines, shaping fruit trees, and tree lopping. This kit with a single-piece blade-rack combo will give unrivaled cutting capacity.
Infaco's design engineers have completely revolutionized the pole system by creating an ergonomic and innovative solution. There are 2 different kinds of pole options available with this new model. First option is the pole can be connected to the battery through a cord and the second option is the battery can be plugged in at the bottom of the pole. Both options have the cord on the sliding handle eliminated and replaced by a more advanced wireless Bluetooth technology making it easy and convenient to use.
Pole size options in the image to right.
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Extension Pole with Wired Battery Connection
Extension Pole with Plug In Battery
Battery not included with Pole
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Regular blade sharpening reduces the cutting force exerted on the motor of the Electrocoup and also helps to reduce motor stress. Infaco recommends the use of the optional electric sharpener to help keep the blade profile sharp. Thanks to its 3-pin connector plug, the A48V3 electric sharpener is now compatible with the Electrocoup F3005, F3010, F3015, and F3020 batteries. It saves significant time on daily sharpening and maintains a good cutting profile on the blade.
See video at 1:02 for the A48V3 Electric Sharpener in action.
The new tungsten carbide burnisher helps maintain a good cutting edge on the blade. A sharp blade guarantees a good, clean cut and reduces the risk of spreading wood diseases. In addition to 2 recommended daily sharpening sessions with the stone, it is also advised to use the new Carbide Burnisher to maintain a sharp edge on the blade for a good, clean cut.
With the latest innovations in wireless connectivity, the Electrocoup F3020 pruning shears can be connected to the newly designed INFACO mobile app (available exclusively on Android and iOS compatible smartphones) through the Bluetooth Control Box.
The app provides a wide array of features that assist Electrocoup users in day-to-day operations:
The app also allows users (without the Bluetooth Control Box)
SMART PRUNING FOR STRONGER, HIGHER-YIELD OLIVE TREES
By Marcelo Berlanda, Agronomist & Consultant for The Olive Centre
“Olive trees must put out fresh growth each year to produce fruit.”
Training shapes the tree to support efficient harvesting and encourage early production
When trees reach the canopy size best suited to their environment, yields may begin to drop. This often happens because the inner canopy receives limited sunlight, leading to leaf loss and a reduced Leaf-to-Wood Ratio. If a tree grows beyond its ideal size, it creates challenges for mechanical harvesters. Excess height and width, along with thick branches, can strain or damage harvesting equipment, reduce fruit removal efficiency, and slow the harvest. Because olive trees need to produce new shoots annually to maintain fruiting, consistent growth is essential—and pruning becomes an important management practice. Pruning improves fruit size, oil content, light penetration, and the Leaf-to-Wood Ratio. It also stimulates fresh growth and lowers water and fertiliser demand.
1- TREE TRAINING
Purpose: Establish early productivity with stronger yields, extend the productive lifespan of the tree, enhance fruit quality, and prepare trees for the harvesting system used in the grove.
Timing: Training occurs within the first three years of the tree’s development.
In the first year, pruning is minimal (assuming nursery trees arrive with a good structure). Remove lower or overly vigorous branches that compete with the central leader. The goal is to maintain an upright main trunk with outward-growing horizontal branches. Water shoots should be removed so they do not compete for nutrients and moisture.
During the second and third years, gradually remove lower branches below approximately 600–1000 mm.
A balance is essential. Removing too much canopy reduces the tree’s photosynthetic area, slowing its progress until new growth resumes.
Light pruning involves removing only small sections of foliage (such as a few short shoots), which keeps the tree stable. This can be done from August through late May.
Heavy pruning removes larger amounts of foliage, prompting a stronger regrowth response but also increasing frost risk. Heavy cuts should generally be delayed until late September unless conditions are warm enough to begin earlier.
Tree training may also include tying and skirting as part of shaping and preparation.
2- PRODUCTION
Young trees contain many non-productive branches because they are still actively growing. Once these branches mature and begin producing fruit, they eventually become exhausted and stop fruiting. At that point, they need to be removed to make room for new productive growth and renewal of the canopy.
LoIf the bloom is light, pruning should focus mainly on non-productive wood to preserve as much fruiting potential as possible. In years with heavy bloom, pruning can be more assertive without significantly reducing the crop.
Timing: From bud break through early December.
3- AFTER HARVEST (CLEANING)
The goal at this stage is to remove large damaged branches left behind after mechanical harvest. This step can be postponed by applying copper after harvest and waiting until spring to remove the affected wood.
Read More: ● Marcelo Berlanda ● Mechanical Pruning ● Mechanical Harvesting
08/11/19:? Pruning techniques and timing are always a misunderstood practice throughout the olive growing community.? This study is interesting because it delves into simulated mechanical pruning and also introduces the potential use of plant growth regulators.
Pruning is a necessary grove management practice to assist in maintaining appropriate canopy size and promote higher levels of flowering in olive groves.? Recent studies assessing the agronomic responses to mechanical pruning have found that moderate to severe winter mechanical hedge pruning can result in a vigorous vegetative growth response the next season which could reduce subsequent flowering for up to three seasons.
The latest research out of Argentina highlights a potential direction in findings that plant growth regulators need to be assessed in its use for increasing fruit yield.
The study looked at the different techniques for the impact of increasing flowering and fruit yield which included:
Researchers noted ?The thinning of the new water sprouts at pit hardening 4 months after the simulated mechanical winter pruning reduced tree size and improved the return flowering and yield but is time-consuming.? Whilst tip heading was not effective in controlling shoot growth nor promoting flowering on new shoots.?
?The encouraging responses to plant growth regulator on unpruned trees indicate the need for further studies combining winter pruning with MC applications in the 2000?3000 ppm range at pit hardening and at other phenological stages and for several consecutive years to confirm whether this practice is a better post pruning management tool."
This research is interesting because the use of plant growth regulators could become an important tool for improving flowering and fruit yields.? With the current drought conditions looking at alternative techniques to improve fruit yield could be a game-changer for the Olive Industry and should be explored.
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Responses of Shoot Growth, Return Flowering, and Fruit Yield to Post-Pruning Practices and Growth Regulator Applications In Olive Trees
Abstract
Winter mechanical hedge pruning of olive trees can result in a strong post-pruning shoot growth response and a low return flowering intensity the following year. However, post-pruning practices including tip heading, water sprout thinning, and the application of the growth inhibitor mepiquat chloride (MC) may positively reduce subsequent vegetative growth and promote flowering. Two experiments were carried out with the aim of addressing the following questions: (1) Do these post-pruning practices applied on trees that received simulated mechanical pruning during the winter reduce growth and increase flowering in the spring of the following year?; and (2) What is the optimal MC dose in unpruned trees needed to increase flowering the following spring? In the first experiment, five-year-old olive trees (cv. Arbequina) growing in a fairly low-density orchard (208 trees ha-1) were hedge pruned at the end of winter using manual clippers on the east and west sides to simulate mechanical disk pruning, and the post-pruning treatments were applied at the pit hardening stage (early summer). In the second experiment, foliar or soil application of MC was performed at pit hardening in unpruned trees. The results show that tip heading of new shoots led to a large number of lateral shoots that flowered little, or not at all, the following spring. In contrast, the water sprout thinning treatment had sufficient flowering to significantly increase fruit number and yield the following year compared to tip heading. Foliar application of MC (1500 ppm) after winter pruning did not inhibit new shoot growth, return flowering was low, and yield was less than the water sprout thinning treatment. The lack of a post-pruning response to foliar MC was likely related to the dose used (1500 ppm). In the second experiment, a foliar application of MC at 3000 ppm was associated with greater return flowering and yield than the untreated control. In conclusion, thinning of vigorous water sprouts at the pit hardening stage three months after simulated winter mechanical hedge pruning can improve fruit number and yield the next year, especially on a per canopy volume basis. Furthermore, the responses to foliar MC application in unpruned trees suggest that more detailed post-pruning studies with MC application doses in the 2000?3000 ppm range and at additional phenological stages should be performed over several consecutive years to assess whether this practice could be a suitable management tool.
Results The effects of water regimes on the plant water status, photosynthetic performance, metabolites fluctuations and fruit quality parameters were evaluated. All DIS treatments enhanced leaf tissue density, RDI and SDI generally did not affect leaf water status and maintained photosynthetic machinery working properly, while SDIAF treatment impaired olive tree physiological indicators. DIS treatments maintained the levels of primary metabolites in leaves, but SDIAF plants showed signs of oxidative stress.
Moreover, DIS treatments led to changes in the secondary metabolism, both in leaves and in fruits, with increased total phenolic compounds, ortho-diphenols, and flavonoids concentrations, and higher total antioxidant capacity, as well higher oil content.
Phenolic profiles showed the relevance of an early harvest in order to obtain higher oleuropein levels with associated higher health benefits.
Conclusion Different treatments (or curing methods) that are necessary to remove the bitterness of the raw olive and to stabilize them to obtain edible table olives, causing a loss in phenolic substances which also results in a loss of anthocyanins and antioxidant activity. However, CdN black table olives were the richest in polyphenols, consequently possessing the best antioxidant activity among the analyzed black table olives and among other black table olives reported in literature.? Moreover, it is plausible that regular consumption of CdN table olives can give real returns in terms of prevention of oxidative stress.
Authors: V aleriaAlbarrac?na1, Antonio J.Hallb, Peter S.Searlesa, M. CeciliaRousseauxa
Read the full study at Scientia Horticulture
?It is a fact that to produce fruit, olive trees need to grow and produce new branches each year?Training helps give the tree the optimal shape to allow for efficient harvest as well as achieving early crops.
Once the trees have reached their optimum canopy volume for the environmental conditions of the area, it is likely that the yields could start declining. This is due to the fact that the inner part of the canopy does not receive sufficient sunlight, which causes defoliation, resulting in a low Leaf to Wood Ratio.
If the tree grows above its optimum size, it creates serious issues for the harvester machines.? The tree becomes too high and too wide for the machines, it has thick branches which can cause damage on the picking heads and also reduces removal efficiency of the machine as well as slows down the overall harvesting speed.
It is a fact that to produce fruit, Olive trees need to grow and produce new branches each year; therefore the trees need to grow every year. It is here where pruning becomes a very useful management tool.
Pruning helps increase Fruit Size, Oil Yield, Light Interception, and Leaf to Wood ratio, it promotes new growth and reduces water and fertiliser requirements.
Timing: training takes place during the first 3 years of tree life.During the first year minimum pruning is required (provided the trees come with a suitable shape from the nursery), lower and vigorous branches competing with the leader should be removed. The aim is to encourage a straight vertical trunk with horizontal branches coming out. Water shoots must be removed to stop competition for water and nutrients.?
On the second and third year the aim is to remove lower branches below 600-700-800-1000mm (must be done gradually)?
There must be a balance between what is taken out and what is left on.? If we remove too much canopy, we have a negative effect on the tree, because we are removing photosynthetic area setting the tree back for a while until it starts growing again.
Light pruning is a process by which we only take a small amount of foliage (a couple of small branches), therefore we are not affecting tree balance. That is why it can be done from August until the end of May.
Heavier pruning in this process we take large amounts of foliage therefore we are promoting a stronger reaction from the tree, this makes it susceptible to frost damage. That is why we should be delaying it until the end of September unless the weather is warmer. If that is the case we could start at the beginning of September.
Tree training not only involves light and heavy pruning but also tree tying and skirting.
This type of pruning is performed on mature trees once they have reached full size. It has the aim of balancing the tree to obtain uniform and constant production every year.
As we know when trees are young there is a larger number of non-productive branches and that is because those branches are actively growing, but once they have reached their potential, they stop growing and start producing fruits, after a while, those branches are exhausted and they stop producing, therefore they should be removed, to encourage new growth and renew the tree.
If bloom is light, pruning can be confined to non-productive parts of the tree, preserving as much bloom and potential crop as possible. In years of heave bloom, pruning can be more severe without excessive crop removal.
Time of pruning: bud break until early December.
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