{"id":2862,"date":"2012-01-14T20:39:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T20:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/blog\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2014-06-09T19:21:13","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T19:21:13","slug":"lavender-field-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/blog\/lavender-field-day","title":{"rendered":"Lavender Field Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.quinessence.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tasmanian-lavender.jpg\" alt=\"Lavender grown in Tasmania\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3487\" \/>Tasmania is poised to take advantage of lavender woes in France. A lavender trial crop in the Central Highlands points to a bold new cash crop for local land-owners. Essential Oils of Tasmania research field agronomist Sam Smee said Tasmania offered the right mix of conditions to produce high-grade lavender oil.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8220;Lavender<em> (Lavandula angustifolia) <\/em>requires a cold winter to set the flowers, followed by a warm, sunny summer to allow for maximum oil accumulation,&#8221; Mr Smee said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tasmania&#8217;s climate is ideal for production of high-quality lavender oil.&#8221; Essential Oils is holding a lavender field day at its trial plot at Montfort at Hamilton on Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lavender can tolerate fairly poor, stony soil, and can often be grown on the under-utilised hill slopes common in Tasmania,&#8221; Mr Smee said. &#8220;Growers can potentially get a good return for what has traditionally been marginal land for agriculture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s ability to produce high-quality lavender oil for a range of perfumes and toiletries has suffered some recent setbacks. &#8220;In part due to climate change in the traditional growing regions of France, but also the recent emergence of a serious disease that has severely reduced production,&#8221; Mr Smee said.<\/p>\n<p>Landowners interested in attending the field day can email sam@essentialoilsoftasmania.com.au<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2011 Roger Hanson, The Mercury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasmania is poised to take advantage of lavender woes in France. 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