Grow Better
Improve Olive Yield with Precision Irrigation
Olives are an ancient yet evolving crop, now grown intensively with higher planting densities and irrigation needs.
Metzer provides precision drip and subsurface systems that enhance yield, oil quality, and nutrient control – especially in super-intensive orchards.
With technologies like RootGuard® and CleanLine®, Metzer’s solutions minimize clogging, reduce labor, and boost long-term efficiency.
Tailored layouts deliver consistent moisture to the active root zone, while fertigation enables targeted feeding by season and tree age.
Metzer turns traditional olive farming into a modern, high-performance operation.
Olives Usable
Metzer Solutions
RootGuard® Roots clogging prevention :
Reliable Solution Against Root Intrusion
Metzer’s RootGuard Band® is a patented, field-proven solution for preventing roots intrusion in subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) systems
Sub Surface Drip Irrigation :
Experience precision-engineered irrigation that cuts water use, maximizes nutrient delivery, and drives smarter growth. Subsurface systems create cleaner, weed-free surfaces and optimize root zone conditions with minimal salinity. Advanced design reduces disease pressure, system wear, and routine maintenance. With fully buried infrastructure, SDI offers unmatched reliability—secure, efficient, and built for the future.
Fully Automated subsurface drip Irrigation
A 398-hectare subsurface drip irrigation project, commissioned in 2022, brought cutting-edge automation and engineering to open-field farming in Ukraine. Designed across eight irregular fields, the system integrates advanced pumping, filtration, fertigation, and control technologies—delivering efficient, long-term irrigation performance once reserved for greenhouses, now applied to corn and soy.
Location
Ukraine
Project Size
398 ha
Crop
Soy beans
Irrigation Type
Drip Irrigation
Know Your Crop
Olive FAQ’s
RootGuard® is Metzer’s patented anti-root intrusion technology, embedded in the dripper line. It prevents clogging without chemicals and is guaranteed for multiple years.
Most setups begin with one lateral per tree row, expanding to two as the orchard matures. Spacing depends on soil type—30 cm in light soil, up to 100 cm in heavy.
Metzer systems allow accurate fertigation adjusted to yearly yield forecasts. Nitrogen should be limited to 150kg/ha for oil-focused cultivation.
Metzer recommends PC drippers like Assif RootGuard®, Adi, and Vered for sloped terrain and long laterals. These provide uniform output and resist clogging and intrusion.
Metzer’s SDI offers long-term reliability, minimizes evaporation and weed growth, and enables easy field access by keeping the surface dry.
It involves up to 2,000 trees/ha with 1.5–1.75m tree spacing. It boosts yield and mechanization efficiency but requires precise irrigation and fertigation design.
Modern olive orchards are planted at high density (300–2000 trees/ha), making rain-fed cultivation insufficient. Precision irrigation ensures consistent yield and oil quality.