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steveuk

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Spacing
« on: March 13, 2009, 22:26:55 »
hi all hope your all well,

anyway i want to plant fruit area, i have 1 bramley apple, 2 cherry, 2 gooseberry, 1 red current what would be best spacing for them.
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steve
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manicscousers

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Re: Spacing
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2009, 08:13:41 »
what size trees are they, Steve, the bigger the tree, the bigger the space  ;D
we have 'ballerina' type in 3x3 spacing but our 7' ones we leave 4 to 5'x the same around them  :)

saddad

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Re: Spacing
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2009, 08:59:25 »
Even on dwarf rootstock the Bramley and Cherry will be vigerous... so min of 6' each way.  :-\

 

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