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COVID-19 Observational Research Collaboratory.Then it's wrapped, packed in an insulated box, and sent on its way.Īfter the harvest, Wailea AG takes all of the leftover from the cuttings and mulches it to put it back in the fields to nourish the young fruit trees. Using a machete, the shoots are skimmed off the palm then cut down to size and wiped with a clean cloth. The trees that are harvested are anywhere from 1 to 20 years old. Peach palms are a clumping palm which means that they are able to harvest the shoots off of the main tree, rather than cutting the entire tree down.įrom a seedling, the peach palm takes about a year before harvesting can begin.

While very good tasting, it means the death of the entire tree.Īt Wailea Agricultural Group (AG) in Hawaii, they practice a sustainable harvest using peach palms. The first way, which is typically practice with coconut palms, is to cut the entire tree down, peel away the layers of bark on the trunk, and find the white heart of palm at the center. There are two ways to harvest fresh heart of palm.
