Olive Plant Protection Calendar

Olive trees only. Pick your region and month to see what is due in the grove — with the official intervention thresholds.

Aegean · October

Cultural Olive fruit fly

Harvest ripe varieties without delay

Prevents the heavy autumn damage.
Treatment Peacock spot

1st spray: just before autumn shoots appear

⚠ In the Aegean every spray should fall just before or just after rainfall.
Treatment Olive knot

4th spray: before the autumn rains (2%)

Against the moment the bacterium would spread.
Monitoring Jasmine moth

Check tender shoots for eggs and larvae

THRESHOLD: 10% live larvae or infested shoots. Spray AT DUSK.
Cultural Verticillium wilt

Prune wilted branches back to healthy wood and remove them

⚠ Finish pruning BEFORE leaf fall. Disinfect tools with 10% bleach.

⚠ No product names or doses are given. Plant protection products and their doses appear in Annex 4 of the Ministry's instruction, and registrations change over time. Consult the current licensed product list and your Provincial or District Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry before treating, and follow the label exactly.

Timings are approximate: they shift by two to three weeks with altitude, locality and the season. The month mapping is ours; the dates and thresholds come from the source below.

Source: T.C. Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığı, TAGEM, Bitki Sağlığı Araştırmaları Daire Başkanlığı — Zeytin Entegre Mücadele Teknik Talimatı, Ankara 2022.