I think I mistyped that last part. I've been pulling some 18 hour days lately. I think I meant to say you were doing the former (questioning something you don't know in a not rude manner). Let me go fix that.
I try to be "not rude" but often times telling people the truth really offends them.
In this case? 1000+ year old olive trees do exist, and still produce fruit. I didn't know that! They are few and far between. The images shown do not have "1000+ year old trees" in them.
I still know (and it was proven) that most olive plantations have a lifespan between 5 (when they start producing at scale) and 100 years (when the production drops off sharply). So 40-60 years and then they get chopped down, typically. Just like grapes (3-10 years) Raspberries (2-8 years) and apple trees (4 to 40 years) hit a wall of declining production & get replaced. (times are iirc) Of course they still make fruit after those ages, but this is a commercial business decision, not a tree in someone's back yard, eh?
I think I mistyped that last part. I've been pulling some 18 hour days lately. I think I meant to say you were doing the former (questioning something you don't know in a not rude manner). Let me go fix that.
I try to be "not rude" but often times telling people the truth really offends them.
In this case? 1000+ year old olive trees do exist, and still produce fruit. I didn't know that! They are few and far between. The images shown do not have "1000+ year old trees" in them.
I still know (and it was proven) that most olive plantations have a lifespan between 5 (when they start producing at scale) and 100 years (when the production drops off sharply). So 40-60 years and then they get chopped down, typically. Just like grapes (3-10 years) Raspberries (2-8 years) and apple trees (4 to 40 years) hit a wall of declining production & get replaced. (times are iirc) Of course they still make fruit after those ages, but this is a commercial business decision, not a tree in someone's back yard, eh?