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The walnut orchard

 

The Wellnuts walnuts are produced in our model semi-mountainous walnut orchard, located in Amfikleia, Fthiotida, at an altitude of 300 meters, on the northeastern foothills of Mount Parnassos. The natural landscape is so majestic that it inspires the creation of an artificial ecosystem of similar beauty and perfection.

Thus, in this beautiful riverside estate with a view of the mountains of Central Greece and the sound of the crystal-clear waters of the Apostolias River (a tributary of the Boeotian Kifissos), the songs of nightingales, and the rhythmic tapping of the woodpecker's beak, we planted 540 walnut trees of the Chandler variety on 30 cultivable acres, initially in 2015 and later in 2019.

Although our walnut orchard hosts walnut trees, a native endemic species yielding a traditional fruit of the region, it is characterized by modern features and advanced precision agriculture technology:

  • It is irrigated from a well fed by the river's water table, with automated underground drip irrigation.
  • A specialized agrometeorological station has been installed, which belongs to the National Observatory network (meteo.gr).
  • Irrigation is controlled by installed soil moisture (and soil temperature) sensors that wirelessly transmit data at regular intervals to a computer on the estate.
  • Irrigation is remotely scheduled, taking into account evapotranspiration data collected by the agrometeorological station.
  • Leaf wetness sensors have been installed, whose measurements, combined with other meteorological data from the station, are used by specialized disease and pest prediction software developed by the University of California Davis, specifically for walnut cultivation.
  • Spraying is performed using a mist sprayer equipped with an electronic variable rate spray controller for uniform coverage and judicious pesticide use.
  • Fertilization is performed using fertigation, the most efficient fertilization method for tree crops, through the underground drip irrigation system

Our walnut orchard is open for visits and can be accessed by car via a paved road.