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- The medlar tree cut is less
- Select the right variety
- The planting
- The spindle education
- Increased need for cutting in old age
The medlar tree cut is less
Rarely became the Medlar-age very well-known and attractive Mispelbaum (Mespilus germanica), although it produces lots of tasty fruits. He is not only an ideal bee pasture and a real gem in the garden, but also presents itself as particularly easy to care for.
Select the right variety
Unlike European fruit trees, which like the medlar tree belong to the rose family (Rosaceae), it can only be trained badly by regular cuts. While the wild form shows bushy appearance, the medlar tree not only loses the unloved thorns and improves the taste and size of its fruits, but also changes its habit.
As a base serve rowan, pear, hawthorn or quince. The latter growth form most closely approximates the medlar. It reaches a height of 3 - 4 meters with a characteristic width of 3 - 5 meters. The branches are rich, especially when loaded with fruit, even down to the ground. Only in full size, with as little care as possible, the bizarre, unique habit of the medlar shows.
The planting
In order to ensure the supply of the young tree in the new environment, you must not forego a planting. For this purpose, the young medlar tree is trimmed both in height and reduced in its branches.
The spindle education
You can, as usual in orchards, regulate the growth height of the medlar through a spindle education compatible. For this purpose, the trunk extension is cut off every year in summer about 30 cm above the last ramification until the desired tree size is reached. From now on, cut the stem extension directly over the last branch shoot. By this derivation, as it calls the expert, the tree no longer grows in height, but only in the width. A shortening of the side shoots, as usual in spindle education, however, tolerates the medlar tree bad.
Increased need for cutting in old age
The medlar tree is about 50 years old and carries, after 3 years, plenty of fruit. To keep yields from decreasing as you age, remove fragile, withered, old, and down-hanging branches. While summer is an option for an optional upbringing, you should do the lightening cut in the fall. Sharp working material is essential so that the wound heals quickly and no pathogens can enter. So maintained thanks to the medlar tree to old age with sufficient fruit yield and a fascinating look.