Blossoming and fruit bearing seasons

BLOSSOMING AND FRUIT BEARING SEASONS

The olive tree before the maturity of his fruit passes for ten phases:Phase 1: Winter yolkIn this phase the yolks of the olive tree have a short pendulum, they have sharp form and they are completely closed.

Phase 2: Outbreak During this phase the yolks increase, the pendulum starts to get longer and starts the formation of the floral cluster.

Phase III: It’s created the floral cluster, the bracts discover and they discover the chalice.

Phase IV: The chalice. It is dividing in two subphases:a) Formation and the predominance of the chalice: It begins to see the corolla, the chalice is open and the floral bud is inflated.b) Change of colour of the corolla: It continues growing the size of the floral bud, the corolla pass of the green colour to the clear yellowish.

Phase V: The yarns are estimated. It continues growing the size of the floral bud, the corolla begins to open, for what we can see the yarns.

Phase VI: The blossoming: It’s divided in two subphases:a) The start of the blossoming: It begins to open the first blossoms, even make it completely.b) The completely blossoming: All or almost all the blossoms are opened, for what we can estimate the environment to pollen.

Phase VII: Filling of the fruit: The ovaries are fertilized, for what it is growing. We can estimate the olive. All the petals begin to fade and it is finished to fall down.

Phase VIII: Hardening of the bone: It goes growing the fruit, approximately even the half of its final size. And the bone begins to take a woody appearance, offering resistance to the cut.

Phase IX: The fruit reaches the final size, for someone bands it begins to have another colour even arrived to spread for everything fruit.

Phase X: The maturity of the fruit. The olive arrives to the full maturity, for what it will be able to give of the peduncle. A time that the fruit matures, it begins the winter rest.