Apple trees grow on most Russian garden plots. This culture takes root well in many regions of the country. Recently, an increasing number of gardeners are making a choice in favor of columnar varieties - they give a guaranteed high and stable yield and require a minimum amount of space on the site. Among the most popular varieties of culture is the apple tree Column-shaped poetry.

general information

The Poetzia variety is a columnar apple tree of winter consumption. This variety was bred by the Scientific Research Institute for Breeding Fruit Crops in the city of Orel, through free pollination 224-18 and SR0523 x Vazhak. In 2015, the variety was entered into the State Register.

The apple tree is suitable for planting in any regions of the country, from the southern ones to areas with a fairly harsh climate. This variety is in many ways similar to such a culture as the Priokskoe columnar apple tree. Less experienced gardeners can easily confuse the two.

Apple tree columnar Poetry

Characteristics of the variety

The columnar apple tree, like the Priokskoye apple tree, is a promising variety. Some experts attribute it to late autumn, while others - to early winter.

Apple-tree columnar Maluha

The tree is of medium height and has a high indicator of resistance to diseases such as scab.

The fruits grow quite large - over 180 grams. The shape that the apple has is slightly flattened. The main color is greenish-yellow, and the integumentary color is dark red, close to brown. The pulp is very juicy with a fine-grained structure, has an average density and sweet and sour taste. In a refrigerator, varietal apple harvest is stored on average until February.

Like the Priokskoe columnar apple tree, Poetry enters the fruiting phase quite early - by about the fourth year, a full harvest can be obtained from the apple tree.

On a note. The variety has a high yield - from 5 to 9 kg per tree.

Full adherence to crop agrotechnology allows you to increase the yield indicator at least twice. Approximately 15 years after planting, the yield is sharply declining, since the fruit formations on which the crop is formed dry up. And although the fruit tree itself continues to live, there is no point in cultivating it further. As a result, as in the case of the columnar apple tree Priokskoe, according to the description of the variety, the garden in which Poetry grows should be completely renewed with a frequency of 10-15 years.

Features of agricultural technology

Given the weak development and superficial location of the root system of any columnar culture, be it the Priokskaya apple tree or the described Poetzia variety, it is recommended to choose loose, airy and permeable soil for planting. If the culture is planned to be planted on heavy clay soil, it will be necessary to organize high-quality drainage. The apple tree does not tolerate drafts, sharp gusts of wind and shady places. All of these factors should be considered when choosing a landing site.

Planting an apple tree in a closed place without drafts

Top dressing

Apple tree Constellation (columnar)

Since the root system of the Poetry apple tree is located on the soil surface, top dressing should be applied in solid form on the soil surface, followed by abundant (non-jet) watering. For the entire growing season, the variety will need to be fed three times.As the first fertilizer, it is enough to add a certain amount of nitroammophoska to the ground a month after you have finished planting seedlings.

The second feeding is done with a solution of urea in a month, then after the same period of time it will remain to fertilize the culture with a similar composition again. All feeding should be done by the end of July.

Important! After each fertilization, the apple tree should be thoroughly watered and mulched.

Top dressing of apple trees in spring

Watering

The quality of irrigation affects the juiciness of the apple pulp, therefore it is especially important that the Poetry apple tree receives moisture in sufficient quantities throughout the growing season. It is highly recommended to arrange bumpers 2 cm high to retain moisture.

Each tree requires at least one bucket of water. As for the need for the procedure, it is determined by the fact that the soil near the tree dries up. If you mulch the apple tree, you will need to water the plant less often.

If the garden has an irrigation system, it is recommended to water along the grooves between the rows. In dry and hot weather, sprinkling has a positive effect on the apple tree Poetry, which is recommended to be carried out in the morning or in the evening, when the sun has already gone beyond the horizon.

Watering the apple tree

Load regulation

The columnar type of apple trees in the process of leaving requires mandatory load regulation. The fact is that too strong and early load on the culture will quickly weaken the tree. Experienced gardeners in the first year of plant life remove all ovaries, leaving one or two. This will allow you to assess the characteristics of future fetuses. The next year, half of the bouquets are to be removed. In all subsequent years, thinning is performed twice: during flowering and during the formation of ovaries. With the first thinning, more bouquets are left than the planned harvest, and with the second thinning, only a couple of ovaries are left on each of the bouquets.

On a note. If done correctly, the apples at the end of the season will grow large, juicy and sweet, and the tree will not suffer from exhaustion. If you do not regulate the load, the fruits will be small and tasteless, and the fruiting itself will be of an unstable periodic nature.

Pruning

Another mandatory procedure when caring for the Poetry apple tree is pruning. It is believed that columnar varieties grow in one trunk, do not form lateral shoots and do not need pruning. In some cases, this is the case. But periodically there are genetic failures, due to which the culture very intensively begins to form unnecessary branches.

Pruning a columnar apple

There are two ways to solve the problem:

  • cut off all side branches into 2 buds;
  • form a crown in 2 or 3 trunks.

Advantages and disadvantages

Apple-tree columnar Garland

Like any other variety of apple trees, Poetry has both undoubted advantages and some disadvantages.

Among the advantages are:

  • compactness;
  • high productivity;
  • early maturity;
  • ease of care;
  • excellent taste of apples;
  • good transportability of fruits.

There are also disadvantages. We are talking about a not too long fruiting period (10-15 years) and a fairly high price of seedlings.

Despite the disadvantages, the Poetry variety is highly valued by gardeners and is actively cultivated.