Content
- Small garden? Which fruit tree fits in anyway
- For small gardens suitable growth forms
- The best fruits and varieties for small gardens
- Apple
- pear
- Tips
For small gardens there are small fruit tree varieties
Small garden? Which fruit tree fits in anyway
Of course you can not plant a normally sized apple tree in a small garden - this would suffer from lack of space after a few years. Even so, as the owner of a mini-garden, you do not have to do without fresh, self-harvested fruit: Of all the common types and varieties of fruit, there are weak-growth varieties that can be planted in a small space and bring rich harvest.
For small gardens suitable growth forms
Small fruit trees are obtained, for example, by the refinement of a common variety on a weak growth pad. Suitable records were mainly bred in the English city of East Malling and are still distinguished today by digits preceded by an "EM" or "M". For smaller gardens, the documents M9 and M26 and M27 - the latter is particularly weak - are often used. In addition, special dwarf fruit trees were bred, which develop over the years a very thick trunk, but only a small amount and a small crown. This form is especially in peaches. Also very suitable growth forms for small gardens are:
The best fruits and varieties for small gardens
Even if they are planted on a weak-growing surface, not all fruits are suitable for planting in a small garden. The following is a list of popular apple and pear varieties, which - appropriately refined and educated - do not take up too much space. Incidentally, berry bushes, grapes and the Indian banana, which is still hardly known in this country, are also very suitable for the small garden.
Apple
Especially many apple varieties are very strong. The following proven and popular apple varieties, on the other hand, can be cultivated smaller for small gardens, many are also suitable for a pot culture:
pear
Pears can also be wonderfully trained as trellis trees. The following proven varieties can also be kept as small trees in the home garden:
Tips
Even with a suitable cut, many trees can be kept small. However, if the growth power of the tree is too strong, cutting will no longer be of use: the tree will resist the formation of water shoots.