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This first stage in the life cycle of the olive tree is called Mignolatura, followed after several weeks by Fioritura. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;margin-top-30&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text woodmart_inline=&#8221;no&#8221; text_larger=&#8221;no&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pinking\"><\/span><strong>Pinking<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shoots of the olive tree are born in clusters on the branches of the tree and are called &#8220;<\/span><b>pinkies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;, from which the name &#8220;pinky&#8221; is derived. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each pinky generally has between 10 and 30 shoots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>pinking <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of the stages in the life cycle of the olive tree when the first shoots form and develop into small flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a <\/span><b>fundamental stage for the olive tree<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: mignolas are the inflorescences that will later turn into olives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout this period the shoots will grow to their final size and turn into flowers, which will remain closed until May, the month in which a new phase of the olive tree&#8217;s life cycle is inaugurated: <b>flowering<\/b>. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221; 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