{"id":218,"date":"2021-12-19T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dattes-ajwa.com\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:33:01","slug":"ou-poussent-les-dattes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dattes-ajwa.com\/en\/ou-poussent-les-dattes\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do dates grow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where do dates grow?<\/strong> Here is the answer!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are now more than&nbsp;<strong>a hundred varieties<\/strong>&nbsp;of dates. They can be sold&nbsp;<strong>dried<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>fresh<\/strong>. These small fruits are fleshy and sweet. They can be enjoyed in different ways, as an ingredient in recipes or as a snack when you feel a little hungry. But&nbsp;<strong>where<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>do dates actually grow?<\/strong>&nbsp;Dattes Ajwa has the answer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where do dates grow?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Discovering the fruits of the desert<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dates come from a fruit tree, the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dattes-ajwa.com\/en\/arbre-a-dattes\/\">date palm<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;, also known as Phoenix dactylifera L. Although we find dates on supermarket shelves, they do not grow in France. The main producers of this wonderful small fruit are&nbsp;<strong>Egypt<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Tunisia<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Algeria<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, these two Maghreb countries where dates grow account on their own for&nbsp;<strong>90 %<\/strong>&nbsp;of exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a reason for this: dates need&nbsp;<strong>heat<\/strong>. The climate of these African countries is therefore particularly suited to their development. However, the date palm also withstands the&nbsp;<strong>very low nighttime temperatures<\/strong>&nbsp;found especially in the desert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During very cold periods, temperatures can fall to -12 degrees. The date palm still withstands this temperature, which is remarkable! Conversely, it stays healthy in extreme&nbsp;<strong>drought<\/strong>. Likewise, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Phoenix_dactylifera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Phoenix dactylifera L.<\/a><\/strong> needs plenty of&nbsp;<strong>light<\/strong>&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;<strong>air<\/strong>&nbsp;that is extremely&nbsp;<strong>dry<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>hot<\/strong>. That is why deserts and oases are places&nbsp;<strong>where dates grow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This sweet treat can measure&nbsp;<strong>4 to 6 centimeters<\/strong>&nbsp;and has a&nbsp;<strong>pit<\/strong>. The&nbsp;<strong>fronds<\/strong>&nbsp;of the date palm can grow up to&nbsp;<strong>6 meters<\/strong>&nbsp;long.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The tree<\/strong>\u00a0itself can reach<strong>&nbsp;30 meters<\/strong>&nbsp;in height. However, it only becomes productive after 5 years. It can then yield up to&nbsp;<strong>100 kilograms<\/strong>&nbsp;of dates each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How and when do dates grow?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pollination<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date palms have separate sexes. They are either&nbsp;<strong>male<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>female<\/strong>. As a rule,&nbsp;<strong>one<\/strong>&nbsp;palm that is&nbsp;<strong>male<\/strong>&nbsp;is used to pollinate&nbsp;<strong>a hundred<\/strong>&nbsp;palms that are&nbsp;<strong>female<\/strong>. Pollination takes place naturally through the&nbsp;<strong>wind,&nbsp;<\/strong>where possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the tree is cultivated, pollination is carried out&nbsp;<strong>by hand<\/strong>, meaning by people. Another technique is to use a&nbsp;<strong>pollen duster&nbsp;<\/strong>or \u201c\u00a0<strong>pollinator<\/strong>\u201d. In short, a machine used to pollinate date palms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last two cases, artificial pollination is needed because there may be too little wind, for example in oases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Harvesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first fruits of the date palm begin to appear at the end of the&nbsp;<strong>winter period<\/strong>. At first, they grow in&nbsp;<strong>clusters<\/strong>\u00a0and are black or green. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To pick and enjoy them, you will need patience and must wait for summer and the heat to allow them to finish ripening. The dates will be&nbsp;<strong>ready to eat<\/strong>&nbsp;at the<strong>&nbsp;end of the fall<\/strong>&nbsp;that follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If this article has made your mouth water, visit our online store! You can order and enjoy our delicious <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dattes-ajwa.com\/en\/product\/dattes-medjool-darabie-300g\/\">organic Arabian Medjool dates<\/a><\/strong> or the famous Ajwa dates. For something a little different, try our date molasses.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O\u00f9 poussent les dattes ? R\u00e9ponse ! Il existe aujourd&rsquo;hui plus d&rsquo;une&nbsp;centaine de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s&nbsp;de dattes. Elles peuvent se vendre&nbsp;s\u00e8ches&nbsp;ou&nbsp;fra\u00eeches. Ces petits fruits sont charnus, mais aussi sucr\u00e9s. On les d\u00e9guste d&rsquo;ailleurs de diff\u00e9rentes fa\u00e7ons. En effet, nous pouvons les retrouver comme ingr\u00e9dient au sein de pr\u00e9parations culinaires ou encore comme encas en cas de petite [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>O\u00f9 poussent les dattes | Notre \u00e9quipe vous r\u00e9pond ici !<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Le phoenix dactylifera L a un besoin intense de\u00a0luminosit\u00e9. 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