Oriental Beech Care
Fagus orientalis
A large tree native to the cool, humid and rainy mountain forests of Northern Anatolia. Growing it in Manisa's Mediterranean climate with hot, dry and long summers is absolutely impossible and should not be attempted.
Monthly care calendar
Timings are for a temperate Northern Hemisphere climate. In warmer areas tasks start earlier, in colder areas later; in the Southern Hemisphere shift them by six months.
- Frost risk: It is cold hardy, but other aspects of the climate are deadly.
- Frost risk: It is cold hardy.
- General care: As the weather warms, the plant begins to become stressed and dies.
- Pests & diseases: Heat and drought stress.
- Watering: If there is no rainfall, water every 15 days.
- General care: Survival is not expected this month.
- Pests & diseases: Heat stress.
- Watering: If there is no rainfall, water once a week.
- General care: Spread a 5-7 cm layer of mulch over the root zone; it retains soil moisture and suppresses weeds. Do not pile mulch against the trunk.
- Watering: Water deeply twice a week; prefer infrequent and generous watering over small and frequent. The root zone should be wetted to a depth of 30-40 cm.
- Pruning: Do shaping and hedge pruning.
- Watering: Water deeply twice a week; prefer infrequent and generous watering over small and frequent. The root zone should be wetted to a depth of 30-40 cm.
- General care: Keep it in a position sheltered from midday sun; scorching at the leaf edges is a sign of burn.
- Watering: Water deeply twice a week; prefer infrequent and generous watering over small and frequent. The root zone should be wetted to a depth of 30-40 cm.
- Watering: If there is no rainfall, water once a week.
- Pruning: Do the last formative pruning of the season; do not let it put out new shoots before frost.
- Watering: If there is no rainfall, water every 15 days.
- General care: Collect fallen leaves; many disease agents and pests overwinter under leaves.
The care advice on this page is general and for information only; it is not professional advice. Plant age, soil and your garden’s microclimate can change the outcome. Plant protection products are mentioned only as general information; they are regulated, and the choice, dose and timing must be decided by a qualified professional under local rules. Consult a landscape architect or agronomist before applying.
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