In our world it would be unthinkable for many men, but in the plant world it looks completely different. A male representative of the sea buckthorn can easily compete with up to 8 female specimens
What characteristics does a male sea buckthorn have?
A male sea buckthorn, like the Pollmix variety, has a long flowering period, provides a lot of pollen and can fertilize up to 8 female plants. It bears no fruit and has fewer spines than female varieties. It is also undemanding, easy to care for and location-tolerant.
Sea buckthorn is dioecious
Sea buckthorn berries are extremely tasty and he althy. Anyone who wants to own this shrub and plant it in the garden should keep in mind that sea buckthorn is dioecious. A male specimen is essential in order to be able to harvest fruit from female plants
When and how do the male varieties bloom?
The male sea buckthorn flowers appear between March and April and usually before the foliage and female flowers. They are located at the base of the previous year's shoots. For this reason, care should be taken when cutting (preferably cut in autumn and not in spring). Otherwise the flowering will not occur that year.
You can easily distinguish male specimens from female specimens based on the flowers. The male flowers hang on short stalks on the branches. The inflorescence is spherical and the individual green-brown colored flowers are an average of 3 mm in size. The male flowers have no petals. On the other hand, they have a two-petalled calyx tube and four stamens.
The well-known male sea buckthorn: the Pollmix variety
The sea buckthorn pollmix is considered THE male sea buckthorn. It is able to reliably fertilize the varieties Leikora, Askola, Hergo and Frugana, which are female. It is ideal to plant it in a ratio of 1:4 to female sea buckthorns.
Its essential features include the following:
- long flowering period
- donates plenty of pollen
- can fertilize up to 8 female plants
- does not bear fruit
- has fewer spines than female varieties
- undemanding, easy to care for and location tolerant
Tips & Tricks
For a male candidate among the sea buckthorns to have a chance of fertilizing female specimens, he should not be more than 10 m away from them. It is best to place it in the immediate vicinity. It is also important to pay attention to the main wind direction so that the pollen can fly easily to the female flowers (wind pollination).