Growing Season
As for our previous winter resting period, we experienced a slightly dry winter rainfall season, with about 110mm of rain short of the long-term average, with accompanying moderate temperatures. We had a surprising 155mm of rain during the October flowering period however. This meant good soil moisture levels during fruit set and the active vegetative growing period, with temperatures about 2 °C warmer than normal. All good for healthy growth and development. January also provided good rains to support the fruit growth stage, which was important for a yield that turned out to be our second largest crop over the past ten years. Lower rainfall and cooler temperatures during March and April resulted in some trees ripening their fruit later than normal. We seized this opportunity to patiently wait, identifying and harvesting the olives from individual trees at optimum ripeness. 2020 was a truly excellent Olive Oil harvest.
