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    Apple cordons on the allotment?

    We have just got back from France, and i was very interested to see people growing lines of cordons of apples along wires in their veggie/fruit patches.
    Does anybody else do the same? As i was wondering whether it ,might be a possibility for the allotment over here in sunny britain.
    As i do not think we can grow trees on the allotment and the ones in my garden will take awhile until they are producing all what we can eat.
    Thanks
    Louise
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    i've got a bodged espalier ... it's a dwarf apple that I've trained along some floppy wires, reinforced with bamboo canes

    Doesn't look 'proper', but it does the job ... laden with fruit at the mo
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      Definitely thinking of doing a couple of espalier across the long thin garden. Got any pics of yours TS?
      WPC F Hobbit, Shire police

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        I've got an espallier at home and some pear and apple cordons at the lottie. Will be getting some more bare root apples and another pear in the autumn to complete the gap along one the fence line with the path. Ideally you should put cordons in a north / south plane with the top pointing north which gives them the best bit of sun. If you're putting them on a plot though you do have to check that it's OK as some councils (or whatever) won't let you even have trained trees.

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          Originally posted by FionaH View Post
          Definitely thinking of doing a couple of espalier across the long thin garden. Got any pics of yours TS?
          I'll try and get one today
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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