Dates are harvested once a year, as date palms only bear fruit once a year. Female date palms are the plants that bear the fruit. In order to produce dates, female date palms must be fertilized with pollen from male date palms.

They thrive best in warm, dry conditions and require good soil quality as well as a small but regular supply of water directly at the roots. Careful care is also crucial for the harvest.

The time of harvest depends heavily on the weather conditions and varies from region to region:

Tunisia: September – October
Palestine: August – September
Saudi Arabia: August – September
South Africa: March – April