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Post by Lou78W on Jul 30, 2011 15:59:02 GMT
My latest ( and hopefully last) project at the allotment is to prepare the ground for a small orchard; mostly apple trees, perhaps a pear tree and a cherry. The aim is to dig individual beds for each tree.....but how big should the beds be?...I thought about 3ft x3ft..Is this too big...or too small?.. .they will be trees on a dwarfing rootstock.  |
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Post by sweetpea on Jul 30, 2011 16:29:56 GMT
Obviously you will do your own thing Lou but if it was me I would plant cordons in the allotment.
Cheaper too.
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Post by Cherry on Jul 30, 2011 17:21:57 GMT
They only have to be about 7 ft apart, so why would they get their own bed? Depending on how many you are having, remember to get the right pollinators.
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Post by Lou78W on Jul 31, 2011 16:55:46 GMT
Obviously you will do your own thing Lou but if it was me I would plant cordons in the allotment. Cheaper too. Thanks for your input SP. Space isn't particularly a problem; I just want to generally "use the space usefully"....I've found the cordons a bit more expensive than the standards? |
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Post by Lou78W on Jul 31, 2011 16:56:58 GMT
They only have to be about 7 ft apart, so why would they get their own bed? Depending on how many you are having, remember to get the right pollinators. Thanks for your input Cherry. I have to dig a hole to plant the tree, so I may as well given them some "breathing space". |
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Post by Cherry on Jul 31, 2011 19:56:27 GMT
These trees stay supported all their lives and M9 do not make a wide tree.
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Post by Lou78W on Jul 31, 2011 20:03:06 GMT
M9 is a good size (5 x 5ft)...I'm tending to go for M26....and they fruit in a reasonable timescale.....
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Post by Rosie on Aug 1, 2011 7:58:04 GMT
My tree's are about 8ft apart and they have settled in well, i need to get one more apple tree though, to pollinate my Egremont russet. Any excuse to buy another tree  |
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Post by Cherry on Aug 1, 2011 8:08:56 GMT
Would you be game enough to snap the branches down as I described in NFU Farm Walk? This has slid to page 3 or 4 of General Gardening. It worked very well.
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Post by Rosie on Aug 1, 2011 11:22:36 GMT
I will go and read that again Cherry,  |
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Post by Lou78W on Aug 1, 2011 15:21:23 GMT
My tree's are about 8ft apart and they have settled in well, i need to get one more apple tree though, to pollinate my Egremont russet. Any excuse to buy another tree Thats great Rosie.....thank you very much ;D |
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