Olive plantations of table and oilseed varieties can be traditional, intensive and extra intensive. In traditional olive growing, olives are grown without fertigation, on open ground, using manual labor. Most olive plantations are in Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece and Tunisia.
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Olive trees are warm and light-loving, but also cold and drought-resistant, less susceptible to garden weediness than other stone fruits.
In intensive farming, where the priority of the highest yield and profitability outweighs any traditional methods, there is a drip irrigation system, often there are sensors to take the main agrophysical indicators (humidity, solar radiation, wind, daily temperature range, etc.), and the olives are harvested by machine.
Olives are generally an undemanding crop. The olive tree begins to fruit from 8-10 years of age and bears fruit for hundreds of years. Saplings for laying a plantation are purchased in special nurseries already grown up to 6-7 years.
With extra intensive olive growing, planting density reaches 2.000 trees per hectare versus 600 in an intensive plantation, which requires more accurate monitoring of tree welfare and quick response in drip irrigation, disease prevention, correction of nutritional deficiencies.
Critical phenodates are the transplanting of saplings and their rooting, which takes several months. For successful rooting in the planting pit, we recommend not only placing drainage material and fertilized soil, but also nourishing the soil with soil improvers SatoSoil®, which absorb excess salts and prevent their penetration into the root system of trees, activate metabolic processes and promote healthy soil microflora.
Liquid humates SatoHum® with macro, meso and micronutrients are suitable for targeted feeding of trees by sprinkling or fertigation. Both growth regulators SatoHum® and organo-mineral fertilizers Sato® Turbo containing humic and fulvic acids assure optimal transportation of nutrients to plant cells, correct deficiencies, and strengthen the resilience of a tree in a high-density plantations.
In intensive plantations, it’s recommended to apply Sato® Turbo NPK organo-mineral liquid formulations rich in organic non-pathogenic matter, which gradually release nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
The proper activation of SatoSoil® conditioners with liquid compositions SatoHum® or Sato® Turbo allows for fertilizing the soil around the trunk evenly and for many months.
Olive trees are sensitive to attacks by a specific parasite, the olive psyllid (Eufhyllura olivina), and SatoHum® K copes with this pest and increases the immunity of foliage and shoots to this insect.
4 Sato® Steps – recommendations for fertilization and top dressing for olive trees
| SOILS | VEGETATION BEGINNING | GROWTH | HARVEST | ||
SatoSoil® Biome Preservation of fertile layer Raising of cold resistance Deep incorporation SatoSoil® pHoenix Plantation revitalization Correction of acidic and saline soils Deep incorporation SatoHum® K or Watering the soil improver | Sato® Turbo NPK Top dressing of planting material in greenhouses and nursery gardens SatoHum® K Thickening of fruitful branches Increasing plant immunity
| SatoHum® Complex Abundant budding and flowering Flowering No more than 3 applications/cycle: 0,1 – 0,3 l/ha Sato® Turbo NPK Ovary development SatoHum® K Pest control
| Sato® Turbo micronutrients Fruit ripening Correction of nutritional deficiencies | SatoHum® K Olive splitting prevention | |
WARNING AND GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS: 4 Sato® Steps is a comprehensive crop care system that provides the basic crop needs for the main 12 macro, meso and micronutrients for an optimal growing cycle and unlocking the potential of each crop.
SOILS: In pre-sowing application of SatoSoil® improvers, the minimum rate is introduced; when autumn applying, the maximum rate is recommended. When applying Sato® Turbo organo-mineral fertilizers after SatoSoil® improvers, the minimum rate is applied; if the soil hasn’t been treated, the maximum rate is applied. For irrigation, it’s recommended to activate granulates (soil improvers) with SatoHum® K liquid formulation or Sato® Turbo NPK liquid organo-mineral product.
SEEDS/SEEDLINGS/VEGETATION BEGINNING: Treatment of seeds and seedlings with SatoHum® K formulation is compatible with treatment by classical protectants without reducing the rates of their application, and helps to increase the viability of seedlings, the development of the plant and its fruitfulness.
GROWTH: Our SatoHum® solutions have a guaranteed composition with high content of humic and fulvic acids with amino acids of plant origin. It is not recommended to exceed the total applying dose of SatoHum® liquid formulations over 6 l/ha/season, starting from the germination/seedlings phase. If SatoHum® K is used for prophylactic purposes, it is recommended to apply the minimum dose.
HARVEST: Simultaneous fertilization with several SatoHum® products is not expected, excepting the soil improver’s activation. It’s not recommended to exceed the specified application rates. For single, not systemic application of SatoHum® products, the maximum dosage of the product is recommended.
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