Pruning olive trees and reusing cuttings (The Journey Blog 3.31.10)

Vineyard Manager Dana Grande discusses the olive tree pruning process at Jordan and how we reuse our wood cuttings. After the vineyard team finishes pruning grapevines in each March, we move onto pruning 18 acres of olive trees planted on hillsides near Jordan's two lakes. To view the full vlog post, visit http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/03/pruning-olive-trees-and-reusing-cuttings-2.

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[MegaJim79]

Your trees need more nitrogen, boron, some potassium won't hurt also. The leaves a re pale green, they should be deeper green.

[jordanvineyard]

@MegaJim79 Thanks for your comment. Our winery is located in Sonoma County, California. Jordan is the family name of the owner. I will send your comment to our vineyard manager. We do plant legumes between our vineyard rows to contribute nitrogen to the soils.

[frozengates]

Very well said. Great video

[jordanvineyard]

@frozengates Glad you enjoyed the video. Our olive harvest will begin in about three weeks. Stay tuned.

[Loghomeguy1212]

Thank you for producing this video! It is one thing to have a written missive about pruning, but actually seeing it for a "visual" like me is the best and easiest way to learn.

[jordanvineyard]

@Loghomeguy1212 You're welcome. We're glad you enjoyed it.

[MegaJim79]

@jordanvineyard

I have numerous olive orchards in Southern Greece and had similar looking pale foliage in one of the orchards. I took it to agronomists and he recommended higher nitrogen levels, 300 grams of borax per tree, 2-3 kilos of potassium Sulphate per tree or Kmag. He basically said your trees have been abandoned from proper nutrition. In my opinion the best orchard managers are the owners themselves.The outside people(even your relatives) could not care. Trust me I know!

Good Luck!

[MegaJim79]

This video is in the country of Jordan...right?