As a privacy screen or other design element in the garden, columnar fruit not only has visual advantages. Many columnar fruit varieties can also deliver amazing yields with good care.
Well fertilized columnar fruit brings satisfactory yields
Success factors for high yields
The yield of columnar fruit depends on a number of different factors:
- location
- fertilization
- Pot size (when growing as a tub culture)
- Implementation of regular pruning measures
Only with careful care can yields that can compete with sprawling fruit trees be harvested from correspondingly high columnar fruit.
Do not overestimate fluctuations
Columnar apples in particular tend to have strong fluctuations in yield from year to year more than conventional apple trees. This can depend on a variety of factors and not least on climatic conditions and does not necessarily have to be due to incorrect fertilization or a pot that is too small.
tips
When it comes to the yield of fruit trees, not only the quantity but also the quality should be decisive. Columnar fruit often initially produces more fruit than can fully ripen on a compact tree. Therefore, if the fruit set is particularly strong, you should remove some of the fruit in good time in order to be able to harvest really sweet and fully ripe fruit.