Columnar Apple Tree. Care, Cultivation, Reproduction. Fruit Trees. Garden. Harvest

Columnar apple trees were first discovered in America about 30 years ago. This is a natural mutation. But since then, breeders in many countries have been working with them, because columnar apple trees - that is, without side branches - are very convenient.

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Here are their benefits in our cold climate:

1. Every gardener wants to have more different varieties with a limited area of ​​the site. And if ordinary apple trees need to be planted at a distance of 4-6 meters from each other, then columnar - at a distance of 40 cm to 1.2 m. That is, several times more varieties will enter the same area.
2. In a frosty winter, they have a chance to survive, since there are more apple trees. In addition, they can simply be wrapped with insulation, or covered with a warm cap for the winter - therefore, you can have larger southerly varieties on your site.
3. It is much more convenient to process, monitor their health and harvest. On large farms, mechanized harvesting and garden maintenance is possible.
4. Columnar apple trees give a harvest in the second year, and ordinary ones - in the fifth.
5. Such a garden pays off much faster.

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There are varieties with side branches. But if you want only one barrel - they need to be removed. Otherwise, they will look like a pyramidal poplar. Their lateral branches grow at an acute angle upward. And if you buy a seedling with a well-developed root system and a height of 70-80cm, it can give a harvest in the first year. Columnar apple trees need feeding and fertilization. And in watering - much less than ordinary apple trees. Only in drought.

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