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Olive tree maintenance
Seeking Guidance on starting an olive oil business
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OscarG5
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July 20, 2024 - 1:27 am

On the property I live in there is around 30 olive trees that I noticed last season were full of olives. Black olives. I had already been trying think of a business I can do that will pay for the property when I saw all the olives one tree had. I started researching olive growing and read that the business is good. So my first question is where do I start? I would greatly appreciate any advice anyone can share.

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jafar
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July 20, 2024 - 9:57 am

Where do you live?

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OscarG5
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July 21, 2024 - 4:14 pm

Hemet Ca.

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jafar
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July 21, 2024 - 6:52 pm

Welcome to the forum.  I don't have any good advice for you.  I planted my Arbequina tree in the open because I'd read that they are deer resistant.  Alas, they didn't tell the deer 🙁

 

Most of what I've paid attention to is growing them in our cooler climate in or near the Willamette Valley. 

 

The idea of trying to make a profitable orchard is daunting to me.  Hopefully some other forum members have more to contribute.

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Larry_G
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July 22, 2024 - 11:22 am

You already have a good start with many olive trees on your property located in a known commercial olive growing

area (Macala Orchards and others). A primer on the profitable business of olive growing is beyond the scope of this forum

that normally advises on home gardening for a variety of individual fruiting plants. If you have a specific question about

aspect(s) of growing olive trees, perhaps someone will respond. It would seem that pruning of existing trees would

be a starting point for you.

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Chris M
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July 22, 2024 - 8:48 pm

https://www.oliveoilsource.com/  Is a good site for some background and equipment for growing olives as a business particularly for olive oil. They in California in the central coast in Santa Ynez. I did some research on Olive oil when I lived in California. I would also check the California Rare Fruit growers, I used to be a member.  They have a chapter in Riverside. https://crfg.org/ The UC has a production manual for Olives https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/D.....temNo=3353 and there is also the Fruit and Nut research center at Davis

https://fruitsandnuts.ucdavis......ps/olive 

 

I worked at the University of California for decades and there publications are very good. Hope this helps

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