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cordons and espaliers

paanpaan Posts: 34
in Fruit & veg
Does anyone know if can successfully plant a cordon pear against a fence that has a substantial hedge on the other side?

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Hedges suck a lot of life out of the adjacent soil. Personally I would not do it. Espaliers and cordons need to be on wires or against a wall.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Or between concrete posts on a fence using post brackets -

    But I agree with fb - if there's a hedge on the other side I don't think it'll work
    There's just bindweed on the other side of mine 

    🙄

    but I put in a root barrier - that seems to work - mostly


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  • paanpaan Posts: 34
    ok thanks for helpful  comments, I don't want to be  spending a lot of time and money on something that will always be at a disadvantage!
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