Medjool Date Farming

Female date palm flowers—ready for pollination It’s one of the most fascinating, and least known, facts about Medjool dates. Date palms are dioecious, meaning there are distinct male and female trees. And unlike many crops that rely on wind or insects, Medjool date production depends almost entirely on human-led pollination. As spring begins, something remarkable (often unnoticed) is happening across date palm farms. This is the pollination season for Medjool dates (which is