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Apple Espalier not fruiting
Katie.partington
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Hello! I planted my espalier, a Christmas pippin, around six years ago. It fruited well for the first couple 
of years I think, but was neglected after that due to the birth of two babies within close proximity. During those years I pruned it in the winter, without realising espaliers are supposed to be pruned late summer, and without really knowing what I was doing. Last summer I finally pruned it ‘correctly’ at the end of August. But this year again there is very little fruit. We have a very small garden, and it spans the whole of one sunny wall, it otherwise looks healthy. I absolutely love it, but can anyone tell me how to get it to fruit?
of years I think, but was neglected after that due to the birth of two babies within close proximity. During those years I pruned it in the winter, without realising espaliers are supposed to be pruned late summer, and without really knowing what I was doing. Last summer I finally pruned it ‘correctly’ at the end of August. But this year again there is very little fruit. We have a very small garden, and it spans the whole of one sunny wall, it otherwise looks healthy. I absolutely love it, but can anyone tell me how to get it to fruit? Many thanks
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Is there a suitable pollination partner in the vicinity? Maybe there used to be and it’s been felled?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Wonder if any neighbours cut down any trees they had which originally helped pollinate it?
Let's see what everyone else will say! Does look lovely.
I mulch with well rotted horse poop. Great stuff if you have local stables.