{"id":31058,"date":"2023-06-29T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T10:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olivami.com\/blog\/\/this-is-how-olives-are-born\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:07:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:07:38","slug":"this-is-how-olives-are-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivami.com\/en\/blog\/curiosities-about-olive-trees\/this-is-how-olives-are-born\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how Olives are born!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After the birth of the mignules and the blooming of the flowers during the mignoling and flowering phases of<\/a> the tree, the most important and crucial phase of the olive tree life cycle begins: fruit set<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Usually, between the end of May and the first half of June(barring special weather situations and temperature changes<\/em>) the first small olives<\/strong> begin to appear<\/strong> on the branches of olive trees.<\/p>\n

But how are they born?[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”margin-top-30″][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text woodmart_inline=”no” text_larger=”no”]<\/p>\n

Allegagion<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Setting<\/strong> is the key stage in the life cycle of the olive tree because it is at this time that the first fruits<\/strong> begin to emerge<\/strong> from which we can produce the much-loved and precious EVO oil.<\/p>\n

During this stage of the olive tree’s life cycle, the amount of fruit that the olive tree will be able to sustain and develop until the olive ripening stage is determined.<\/p>\n

Excellent fruit yield<\/strong> and overall health of the olive<\/strong> tree will be ensured precisely during this vital stage of the tree.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px” woodmart_hide_large=”0″ woodmart_hide_medium=”0″ woodmart_hide_small=”0″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”29890″ img_size=”full” parallax_scroll=”no” woodmart_inline=”no”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”margin-top-30″][vc_column][vc_column_text woodmart_inline=”no” text_larger=”no”]<\/p>\n

The process of the Allegation of the Olive Tree<\/strong><\/h2>\n

But when does this phase begin? Setting usually occurs in June, toward the end of spring<\/strong> and after the tree has flowered.<\/span><\/p>\n

The olive tree, during this stage, produces a large number of flowers, only a portion of which it is able to sustain and develop (or rather transform into fruit). Employing all the resources and nutrition it has at its disposal, it only manages to turn 3-5% of the flowers<\/strong> that have bloomed during the flowering stage into olives<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is therefore a mechanism that the olive tree develops in order to eliminate excess flowers<\/strong> and allow optimal distribution of resources to the remaining fruits.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px” woodmart_hide_large=”0″ woodmart_hide_medium=”0″ woodmart_hide_small=”0″]\t\t\t

As we had already mentioned in the article “Pinking or Flowering? Two life stages of the olive tree<\/a>“, only a small part of the flowers<\/strong> that bloomed in May will turn into fruit<\/strong>, namely olives.<\/p>\n