The house is newly built, the garden is still bare and the children are impatient: Now a fast-growing fruit tree is needed so that the previous desert can gradually become a green oasis. However, with most fruit trees you have to be patient because it can take a few years until the first harvest.
Which fruit trees are fast-growing?
Fast-growing fruit trees include sweet cherries, which bear fruit after just a short time. Other fast-growing fruit trees include currants and mountain ash, which can be harvested within just a few years.
Patience is required for fruit trees
You probably won't be able to harvest apples, pears, plums or even peaches and nectarines in the first year after planting. It can take three years for such a tree to develop enough fruit wood and build up reserves for the strenuous task of producing fruit. However, this is not only due to the supposedly slow growth of the trees, but also to a large extent due to the required training. However, despite all your impatience, you should not forego this pruning because it ensures pleasing growth and a rich harvest in the future. Without pruning, your fruit tree will only bear a small amount of fruit because less fruit wood has been formed.
Fast-growing fruit trees for the impatient
However, by choosing the right trees, the harvest can go faster.
Sweet cherries
Sweet cherries in particular are known to be fast-growing. The old saying “Whoever plants a cherry must quickly learn to climb” already points to this. However, cherries require a lot of space and have special soil requirements. You need around 60 to 80 square meters for a standard trunk, and rapid growth and a high yield can only be expected if the soil is deep, well supplied with humus, nutrient-rich and well ventilated. Furthermore, one sweet cherry tree is not enough because, with a few exceptions such as 'Sunburst', all varieties are self-infertile and require a suitable pollinator tree. If you don't have a lot of space in your garden, choose a columnar cherry or a spindle bush.
Berry bushes
Currants also usually fruit quite quickly, whereas raspberries, blackberries and gooseberries often take a little longer. Nevertheless, a harvest can be expected more quickly from a bush fruit than from a classic fruit tree.
rowan tree
The bright red fruits of the rowan or rowan are not only enjoyed by our feathered friends: you can also make them into liqueur, compote or jam. Rowan trees are considered extremely fast-growing and will soon provide a pleasing garden decoration at any time of the year.
Tip
Instead of buying a small fruit tree, you can also buy a real, large tree - of course it won't need any more years to grow in size. However, finished trees are quite expensive because they have been cared for in the nursery for many years.
