The Objectives of Pruning By Marcelo Berlanda, Agronomist & Consultant for The Olive Centre “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…
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Improved Pruning efficiency with New Generation Electric Powered Secateurs
The Ultimate Pruning Companion for Horticulture The world of pruning has changed since the innovation of ‘the world’s first electric pruning shear”… the ELECTROCOUP was pioneered in 1984 by INFACO in France. INFACO stands for ‘IN’novation, ‘FA’brication & ‘CO’mmercialisation. Since this time INFACO have released their 8th GENERATION ELECTROCOUP to the Australian market for commercial…
Pruning & Plant Growth Regulators To Increasing Fruit Yield
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…
Infaco Wireless System Wins International Award at SIVAL 2019 As A Revolutionary Breakthrough In Pruning Safety Technology
Infaco has released the DSES Wireless Safety Pruning System which is a new innovation released after a 3-year field trial. The DSES System has now won a Gold award at SIVAL Innovation 2019 in France. The DSES WIRELESS* system is a new safety device to protect users of electric shears from cuts. The device instantly…
How to remove sap build-up residue from Saw Blades and Secateurs?
The teeth on Silky Saws are like super sharp little chisels that are dragged across the surface of a branch with each chisel taking a bite out of the wood it is cutting. Using Japanese ingenuity, saws cut on the pull stroke and to stop the saws binding they developed a process that is called…
How to Prune for Mechanical Olive Shaker Harvesting?
Information has been provided by Barilla Contract Orchard Harvesting to provide insightful tips to achieving a successful and efficient olive harvest through pruning techniques to ensure an efficient olive harvest. Why prune olive trees? There are many reasons why you would want to incorporate a plan for pruning, here are a few reasons why; To…
When pruning with a saw why use a Straight or Curved Blade?
I’ve been working in the horticultural equipment industry and it is amazing a number of times you see the wrong tools being used for the job. It ends up that a grower may not be comfortable using the equipment and not get the efficiency from the tool. Today we are going to look at Pruning…
Secateurs why choose an anvil, bypass/parrot-beak or double blade type?
There are varying qualities of secateurs from budget to professional quality. But why are there different types of blades fitted to secateurs? Usually, the range extends from bypass (or parrot-beak type), anvil and double blade. Bypass or Parrot-beak secateurs: as the name suggests the blade bypasses the counter blade to make a cut. (i.e. the…
From a fallen olive tree!
Dear Amanda, I would like some advice on saving some olive trees recently blown over a strong wind. The trees are mature i.e. ranging from 10-15 years and approx 5 to 7 meters tall. They were very shallow rooted in the rocky ground with porous gravely topsoil of approx 200mm above the clay layer, however,…