Pruning task is essential for the development of the olive grove and therefore
for a profitable production. The olive grove must be pruned once the cold
weather conditions are saved, and no frost days are expected, then, this task
is normally carried out in March, although this task can also vary according
to the weather and therefore the area. In our case, we are finishing the task,
which is undoubtedly one of the hardest we have throughout the year in our
olive grove.
We are carrying out different types of pruning as the olive trees require it.
The 4 years old olive trees still need to be pruned to create the definitive
tree. In this case, the pruning is not very aggressive and consists of shaping
the olive tree. For older olive trees, the aim of pruning is to remove wood so
that the olive tree can have more air and sunlight, which in the end is
something fundamental in the development of the olive tree throughout its
life.
The use of tools in this pruning task is based on shears and saws, although
the power system is very wide-ranging, from hand tools without any power
system, petrol chainsaws (increasingly smaller and therefore more manageable),
pneumatic tools and finally and most modern we take into account electric
tools. Over the last few years in our pruning work we have gone all the way
and worked with all types of tools, this year being the first year that we
have used electric tools... we can conclude that this is the best option
in our experience because they are the most comfortable to use.
In December we used the
Agritec Flora PC32 electric shears for vineyard pruning
and this time we have increased the blade size using the
Agritec Flora PC38. The great feature of this model is the size of the bite, which goes up to
40mm, this feature is very important for pruning olive groves because they
have generally large diameter branches. In addition to the scissors, we have
also worked with the
Agritec Flora PCP100 electric saw, which has surprised us a lot because with the 10cm rapier it allows the
user to cut really thick branches with amazing ease... you can see it at the
end of our video.
What tools do you use and do you do something different?
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