Pistachios require a male and a female plant to cross pollinate. They were placed a metre apart.The pistachio tree can grow high but responds to open centre pruning which will keep it shorter. For open centre pruning select three or four side branches and cut the central stem off above the topmost side branch. The tree will continue upwards and outwards along those side branches. Mine, however have yet to produce side branches big enough to clip the central stem.
The two pistachios were situated at the front of the house, near the neighbour's boundary. Here they will not cast too much shade over areas of the garden or the neighbour's garden.
How wonderful to find nuts on your pistachio tree.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't expecting it from such a young tree
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ReplyDeleteHow were these saplings produced? Were they, by-chance, from air-layering so that all of the vegetal material used was already of fruit bearing age. Also please tell us the variety. Thank you.
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