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As many of you know, I am doing a fruit tunnel and this means I will cordon the apples but does anyone know if you can cordon pears, plums or other fruit?
Andrewo
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Best wishes
Andrewo
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Yes you can grow apples, pears, plums, gages and damsons as cordons but not cherries which are best grown as minarette, pyramid or bush.[ -
Yep, sure can.
Well Pears any way as I've seen them, but I don't see why you couldn't with other fruit. Have a look in the Fruit expert, I'm sure I've seen it there. I'd look myself but I think I've lent my copy to someone.
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Ah I see you've poste before me LJ. You can grow Cherries as Espaliers (fan trained) so I would have thought you could do cordons, just won't get many/tree.
ntgntg Never be afraid to try something new.
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The Fruit Expert seems to favour bushes or fans for growing cherries.[Comment
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I will bow to your knowledge LJ as I have neither the book or experience of growing cherries.... still never stopped me sounding off before
ntg Never be afraid to try something new.
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Nick I don't grow cherries - yet!
most damsons are self-fertile, and imo taste much better than plums
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I've gone with
I decided because the tree would be on a walkway that I wouldn't go for a damson because I didn't know enough about them, so I have gone for: Plum Thames Cross from
http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/rkm...CODE=1070-5728
They look like:
And have a heavy cropping tendency, which I want.Best wishes
Andrewo
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light at the end of the tunnel eh?ntg Never be afraid to try something new.
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Actually they will be halfway down the tunnel, a place t'stop off and suck a plum.Best wishes
Andrewo
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