Vittoria
Oil olive tree of the Carolea variety, one of the most common in Calabria: broad and open canopy, long silvery leaves, large olives that turn from green to black in October.
With your guardianship we keep this grove alive and set aside for the next one. One landscape at a time.
Details of Vittoria: the trunk, the bark, the roots, the canopy seen from below, the olives, the plaque. Every tree has its own.
Carbon: estimate from scientific studies on Mediterranean olive groves, calculated based on tree size (canopy and trunk). This is not a certified measurement.
What we do for her throughout the year, with photographs of every check-up. Scroll to see previous steps.
Measurement of the year
Circumference at 1 m from the ground, when the season permits. Last year 3.81 m.
Harvest
Light, by hand, with nets. Because it is good for the tree.
Check-up · photo
Olives at veraison. Healthy canopy, dry ground.
Late summer check-up
No signs of olive fruit fly. The olives are starting to change colour.
Scirocco check-up
Leaves and ground on the hottest day. No intervention.
Clean ground
Under the canopy and along the northern strip, before the heat.
Fruit set
The flowers have turned into small olives the size of peppercorns. Good year.
Check-up · photo
In bloom. Thousands of white flowers, the bees are here.
Spring check-up
Flower clusters forming across the entire canopy. Tall grass underneath, that is fine.
Pruning
Containment pruning, lower southern branches. Regrows leaves in a month.
Winter check-up
After New Year's frost: no damage. Resting.
Every morning, a few lines about the day that has just passed around Vittoria: the weather, the light, the season, what the tree is doing. Visits and work are part of the care, right here. Anyone who holds its guardianship receives a summary by email.
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