Harvest at the right time

Keep the round

• Harvest each block every 10–15 days. Late rounds mean over-ripe bunches and fruit lost on the ground.
• Cut only ripe bunches: reddish-orange fruits, with a few loose fruits dropped.

Cutting

• Use a chisel for young, short palms and a sickle on an aluminium pole for tall palms.
• Leave only a short stalk on the bunch; mills pay less for long stalks.
• Collect every loose fruit from the basin: they carry the most oil.

After cutting

• Get bunches to the mill within 24 hours. Oil quality drops fast after cutting.

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