ADOPT A MONUMENTAL CENTURIES-OLD OLIVE TREE
A metal plate with your name will be placed on the olive tree you saved. Apulian secular olive trees are in danger because of the Xylella. Millennial trees are now endangered. Adopt an olive tree and help us to save this unique, wonderful, and irreplaceable heritage.
Adopt means to save
how the adoption of a monumental olive tree works
Graft
We will choose a monumental olive tree that will be grafted with a variety of olive trees resistant to the bacterium of Xylella. Today grafting is the only solution to save the olive trees and is a long and expensive process.
Imprinting
You can choose a name for the olive tree that you will save, recognizable through the special label. In addition, you will receive photos and GPS location of your trees. Each olive tree is unique, recognizable, irreplaceable.
Care
We will cure and follow the grafts over time to make sure they take root. Every year we will send you a picture of your olive tree, for the next three years. At the end of the three years your olive tree will be back lush, healthy and above all unassailable by Xylella.
IT TAKES THREE YEARS
TO SAVE A MONUMENTAL OLIVE TREE
1. Preparation
during autumn and winter, we will fertilize the soil, providing everything you need to prepare your olive trees for grafting
2. Graft
between February and April, we will proceed with the pruning of the tree and the grafting.
3. Periodic check
every 30 days the grafting will be checked by our team of agronomists to ensure its effectiveness.
4. Support
for the next two years we will continue to take care of the olive tree, nourishing it by fertilizing it and following the stages of regrowth of the branches.