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Moveing fruit trees

Started by Bruce w, September 11, 2009, 12:16:09

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Bruce w

Hi I am new to this forum.  please could anybody help.  I am thinking of moving some fruit trees from my garden to the allotment, 3 apple 1 cherry and 2 greengage, the trees are young I have had them 2 years, my main question is, am I too late to train the trees along wires rather than letting them grow tall.

Bruce w


jennym

You could have a go at training the apples along wires, you may have to do a bit of drastic pruning and wait until new branches grow where you want them. It's really only worth having a go with spur bearing apples on dwarfing rootstocks though - tip bearers and vigorous varieties like Bramley are not suitable. It is easier to start from scratch with new trees.
I wouldn't attempt to grow greengage or cherry along wires either, they really seem to do better here grown as a bush form tree.

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