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DEADWOOD
The inherent quality of dead wood in collected wild
olives makes them one of the most desirable species
in Europe. Because of the aforementioned, we have to
place particular attention to properly maintaining the
dead portions and cleaning them.
Cleaning dead wood is a task to be performed, even
before we begin branch formation. In this case and
given the circumstances, we delayed wood work until
after completion of the branch structure. We will not
delay it longer.
There is no need for sophisticated tools. A simple chisel will
allow us to lift the dead bark. Other tools used for clean up are As can be appreciated in the images, the limits be-
pressure water and brushes. tween the dead wood and live portions are not well
defined.
Some parts of the dead wood remain underneath dead
bark. It is her where we will begin, carefully delimiting
each zone.
Careful observation reveals that there are some zones
that are rotting and that, in general terms, the wood
is covered by a great deal of dirt. This does not allow
us to appreciate the dead wood in its entire splendor.
Before cleaning.
After cleaning.
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After applying lime sulphur.
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