How many years will it take for the yew to bear fruit?

Taxus is a shallow root plant, its main root is not obvious, lateral root is developed, because of the slow growth rate and poor regeneration ability under natural conditions, Taxus chinensis has not formed a large-scale yew raw material forest base in the world for a long time. So, how many years will it take for the yew to bear fruit?

How many years will it take for the yew to bear fruit?

Taxus should be planted for 8 years before it blossoms and bears fruit. It is dioecious. The male plant only blossoms but does not bear fruit, and the female plant only bears beans but does not blossom. Generally speaking, after the male plant blossoms from May to June, the next female plant will produce beans in the axils of the leaves soon and continue to grow, and the seed maturity period is from October to November, when the seed fleshy exosperm will change from green to yellowish brown.

Second, how does the yew distinguish between male and female?

1. Fruit difference

If the yew grows in an environment, if it only blossoms but does not bear fruit, it is the male yew, on the contrary, if it bears fruit after the flowering period, it is the female yew, so it is easiest to tell the difference between the male and the female.

2. Difference between flower buds

The male yew bud usually grows in the lower part of the leaf near the stem, the shape of the bud is more round and the flower is large, the female yew bud grows near the top of the axis, the bud is very small and the top of the bud is very sharp.

3. Gestation time

If the time for breeding males is more than two years, then we can look at the time of bud rearing. If the buds begin to grow in July every year, and the buds blossom in March of the following year and the buds are large, then it must be a male yew. If the opposite is true, it is the female yew.

4. Leaf difference

The leaves of the male yew are thick and dark green, while the leaves of the female yew are shorter and weaker, and the color is relatively light. This method of identification is suitable for the two kinds of plants and can be distinguished better.

Taxus is recognized as a natural rare anticancer plant on the verge of extinction in the world. Its leaves are evergreen, dark green, aril fleshy red, quite beautiful, and can be used as garden trees.