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- Pillar fruit on the balcony grow
- Great differences in the growth of various column fruit varieties
- The yield may also depend on the pollination
- Secure against storm and cold
- Tips
Citrus fruits can also be grown on the balcony
Pillar fruit on the balcony grow
In the variety descriptions of the plant trade, column fruit is often advertised with the dream of cultivating fruit on its own balcony. However, some things should be considered if the balcony really should become a miniature orchard.
Great differences in the growth of various column fruit varieties
Basically, it is first and foremost that pillared fruit obtains its taut, upright growth habit either through the genetic predisposition of the respective column fruit variety or through targeted shape-cutting measures. The differences can be enormous: while some fruit trees can be easily limited to a height of about one meter, others with appropriate care within a few years can reach heights of 5 meters or more. Please inform yourself in advance very carefully about the offered varieties and their suitability for cultivation in the pot on the balcony.
The yield may also depend on the pollination
On a balcony on a very high floor in an urban setting, difficulties may sometimes arise in pollination. Finally, insects like the bee of a beekeeper are needed to make the fruits of a fruit tree in the first fruits. It may therefore be useful to populate the balcony with various flowering plants, attracted by the insects on the Nektarsuche. Certain types of fruit sometimes require several copies of one variety, as only in this way can an effective pollination take place.
Secure against storm and cold
On a balcony very tall plants are sometimes exposed to extreme gusts of wind. But you can save your pillar fruit on the balcony in several ways:
The slimmer the shape of column fruit is brought up by the cut, the smaller the potential attack surface for squalls.
Tips
Pale fruit needs when growing on the balcony not only enough sun and water, but also a sufficiently large procured plant pot. In exposed locations, the pots should be wrapped in winter with some bubble wrap or fleece as frost protection.