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Maiden fruit tree
taveren
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Hi this is my first post although I read the forum most days. I recently planted two maiden apple trees, James Grieve and rosette. I want to train these as 3 tier espalier against my fence so I did some research on the web and followed a video on YouTube. The problem is now that I've planted them a foot from the fence as advised in the video they look too far away from the fence! is a foot to far?
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I think it'll be fine - as they grow you'll just train them against the fence - but the wires will be several inches proud of the fence so they're not as far out as they look now.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dove I just wanted to check with more experienced gardeners just incase I needed to reposition it before it became established. I planted it last weekend but I didn't shorten the trunk, that's one of my jobs this weekend.
I've now cut the main trunk down to 1ft, the second tree was easy but I was dithering over the first tree and took about 5 minutes to make the cut. I'm going to have to figure out how to protect the tree from my youngest and prevent him hurting himself by falling onto it. A quick question, when I've been looking at espalier fruit trees 3 tiers seems the normal amount but I was hoping for four on my trees, is 4 tiers ok?
I'm sure I've seen 4 tiers - but it'll take a good long while to get there - my pear is still at the one tier stage .... good luck
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.