Growing Apples on Espalier Tree

[@Greenman47]

Your video on pruning espalier trees was exactly what I needed.

[@AllMyHobbies]

Perfect!

[@someoneinnz]

Seriously satisfying tree to look at!!

[@AllMyHobbies]

someoneinnz thx

[@GraftingTactick]

Wow, this is so beautiful 🌱🌱🌴☘🌿🍃💕💕

[@InspireGardenNature]

Wow.. super upload sir.. ❤

[@cristinalattuada5322]

What a beautiful tree

[@MLucyLuna]

Beautiful tree!

[@백공사과백설공주한테]

와우~ 신기하네요 1 나무에 2 사과라니... 잘보고갑니다~🤗

[@jeanque04]

I love it. Greetings from Belgium

[@SameeraChughtaisBackyardGarden]

Very beautiful .i like it .keep it up.

[@flowergirl9466]

Great job ! Love it

[@davenadainton4209]

What a fantastic tree. I have a step over as my first apple tree. Do I prune in summer whilst the apples are on the tree?

[@AllMyHobbies]

Yes if you main goal is to keep the tree shape most of all I would say that for sure. I pruned multiple times in the summer to keep the fruit close to the main branch

[@JuanLopez-tp7hj]

Super cool bro I love it

[@christinesforza8600]

How can you tell a fruiting spur from a non-fruiting stem/bud along the branches you want to save?

[@rajeke]

do whats called a take 1 leave 1 system. prune every other one back so you'll have renewal spots for next year! similar to peaches!

[@kylecogar3867]

What's your typical yield per branch? I see my local nursery has 4 in 1 Espalier trees for sale. Tempted to purchase one.

[@sh0cktim3]

Where did ya buy it? Kinda delicious looking apples are those?

[@kimuseni]

Wow! Awsome growing job

[@Luke-wh9pw]

How did you split your tree to go left and right??

[@gauravbhai7798]

What distance is good to plant and what yield we probably got per acre ?

[@wildrangeringreen]

depends on your rootstock and how you are training the trees. I use a modified "upright fruiting offshoot" training, which is very similar to traditional espalier techniques, just modified for commercial production. I use semi-standard (75-90% seedling) and semi-dwarfing rootstocks (50-70% seedling) on my trees; as I have very sandy soil with a dense clay layer only about 18-24" down, so I want the vigor and anchorage the larger rootstocks provide. Plant them at a 45 degree angle (You'll clip/tie the cordon to the wire through out the 1st and 2nd growing season), 8ft apart in row, and my tractor is a YHM T234 (4.5' wide), so my alleys are 8ft wide (4.5' tractor+ 1.5'wiggle room+ 1' each side for canopy) (680 trees per acre). I allow my trees to get around 8.5 feet tall, and once my trees go above my top wire (7 ft), I tie the upright shoots downward to get them to fruit and stop growing up as much). My bottom wire to help support the cordon is at roughly 1.5", and I have one wire at about 4ft to help support the uprights. First few years of harvest (that depends on the state of the trees when you plant them and your rootstocks, I like Geneva 890 for apples (a precocious semi-dwarf)) will look around 100 bushels (a bu. of apples weighs roughly 48lbs) per acre, with yields generally growing as the trees fill the space and attain full height. You'll top out at around 750-1000 bu./ac. around the 7-9th harvest depending on the weather and the varieties you're growing. This system requires some pruning in the winter (to renew your fruiting offshoots and control the size of the tree (big branches make for big trees)), and limited summer pruning (mostly with a sickle bar mower to hedge the trees) to improve light infiltration, air movement, and to limit vegetative growth. My goal is to be able to pick 75-85%% of the fruit from the ground, with the remainder being harvested from a small folding stepstool (eventually, I'll rig up a small harvesting platform for the tractor); and this system allows for that. I grew up with traditional seedling/semidwarf orchards, and climbing 20'-30' up and down a ladder with a 40lb picking bag is neither safe nor very fast. Spur bearing fruits (apples, pears, plums, apricots, and cherries) do really well on this system, peaches are more of a challenge, and require more space between the uprights for more growth (since peaches only fruit on last year's growth). Another thing that's nice about keeping your alleys narrow, and your trees short (try to keep the height 100-110% of the alley width, to maximize bearing surface and minimize shading), is you can use 10ft T-posts or heavy duty U-channel posts (like they use for road signs) for most of your line posts, and only need to use treated wood or reinforced-concrete posts for your anchors and about every 60-90 feet in row (assuming a 20-30ft post spacing).

[@suewhitney6630]

Beautiful tree.

[@AllMyHobbies]

Sue Whitney thx for watching.

[@MsGenevieve16]

I bought one early summer can I plant it now or wait for fall

[@mariabohe4172]

I live in tropical place. Is it possible to spalier a mango tree?

[@mking3219]

Hello, Can you do this to standard trees?

[@AllMyHobbies]

yes for sure. do you mean on a no dwarf root stock? if so you can for sure but it will take more years before you get first fruit

[@Meport1105]

Where do you live? Is it hot?

[@vothiloan2899]

I like so much.

[@playgroundfun8560]

Nice tree! What kind of rootstock did you use for this?

[@AllMyHobbies]

+PlaygroundFun its on m.26. The only think i would say is stay away from m.27 or anything more dwarfing. You need the tree to grow and you want the arms to grow strong enough to not need support.

[@ryanpasterfield]

How wide is your tree. I am starting planing out to plant a few trees and trying to figure out spacing.

[@AllMyHobbies]

+Ryan Pasterfield about 6 feet. But planted 7 feet apart i think. But really its dependent on the type of root stock as that will determine how vigorous the trees will grow.

[@raulekarayanse1867]

Vadefl 👍✌

[@bebekanter6640]

Where should I buy my tree?

[@marioatc]

Rain tree nursery has one

[@bahnahranghep2199]

can it grown in tropical rain forest?

[@AllMyHobbies]

Not well. I would say. they really need some cold time to keep them in the correct cycle they will probably grow but not with large crops.

[@tiffany9720]

Hi , do you net to protect from birds? Thanks, Tiff

[@AllMyHobbies]

No i don’t. I do net my blueberries and my grapes. But i find that the birds leave my apples alone for the most part. Your birds might be different and you might have to. Its very easy to net this type of tree if needed.

[@imagicination]

beautiful :)

[@AllMyHobbies]

Thank you! Some of the joy of growing this type of apple tree is the look.

[@Alittlebit1000]

My 4 yr old 5 on 1 tree still no flower buds. Why?

[@AllMyHobbies]

Jeanne Oczkowski-Burns well it does depend on the root stock it’s on. if it’s on a larger rootstock then it can take longer to get flowering buds 5 or 6 years. also does it get full sun like 8 hours a day. also if the tree gets too much nitrogen fertilizer that’s a problem. it will grow like crazy but not flower. or if your pruning super aggressively the tree might just keep growing and not put on any flowers.

[@Alittlebit1000]

@@AllMyHobbies .... thanks for the reply I just found. Tree finally bloomed. Had about 50 small apples. Only problem, they had I assume worm holes/scabs. I sprayed the oil in spring budding.

[@Alittlebit1000]

Tree is also about 10ft tall. Can I do a brutal trim down to about 5/6 feet without killing it?

[@marystuart4497]

How to buy apple tree seeds of this kind? Mail me some seeds

[@gracej6186]

This is made out of apple trees

[@jasonsphinx8461]

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