fruit trees.

[salvation plot]

Hi everyone, im new on here, i have just purchased 4 small trees, pear, apple cherry and plum, can anyone tell me how far i should plant them apart from one another pls, many thanks :)

[salvation plot]

[manicscousers]

Hiya, SP.welcome to a4a. ;D
Are the trees on dwarfing root stock or just small full sized trees?

[saddad]

Welcome to A4A Salvation.... do you know what rootstock they are on? If they are on some of the dwarfing stocks you can get away with 4-6 foot... but on others can be as much as 20'...  :-\

[salvation plot]

i think they are full grown variety, i spotted them at fogus, 2 for £ 15, a result as i have been looking for ages, they are at least 3 foot tall athe moment. :)

[saddad]

If you have the space I'd go for 20' then... you can always plant in between if they haven't taken up all the room in say ten years time...  :-X

[salvation plot]

i have a plot 50 foot long by 25 foot wide, i have fenced in the middle and have planted 4 large beds with raspberrys and blackberrys, i wanted to separate fruit from veg really, it sounds like i have gone a tad mad i think, but they were a bargain, lost nowhat to do with them, i have got a bed of rhubarb which the old guy left, so can i plant near my new beds, or does the root of these trees need alot of space?

[manicscousers]

our full sized ones are about 10' away from each other  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

Depends what 'full-sized' means. What rootstocks are they on? If the labels don't say, take the commonest ones (MM106/M26 for apples, Quince A for pears, St Julien A for plums, Colt for cherries) and space them by about the expected height. If you put them 15-20 feet apart you won't go far wrong.

[salvation plot]

Many thanks for all the replys, i got so excited about my new fruit trees, i think i will get palnting tomorrow as they are stuck in my car at the moment, with pears trees, could i plant this near a shed, next to my balckberris, do they get bushy? :D

[salvation plot]

Hi again, just have names for fruit trees, egnemont russet apple, victoria plum, conference pear and finally stella cherry which i beleive fruit in july  :D

[manicscousers]

oooh, big things  ;D
we keep our trees under control by cutting the main stem to 7' and only letting them get 6' wide at the most , we made the mistake of leaving our back garden apple, pear and plum trees, one of the apples is now 25' tall ..
can't get to the fruit at the top now  ;D

[salvation plot]

i was just thinking that actually, if i keep them under controll, i suppose its the same with anything really, i think i will plant them on each corner of the allotment, i did,nt know if i cut them back to thin they would fruit as well as if i left them. many thanks you have made me a very happy lady  ;)

[trogg]

i spotted them at fogus, 2 for £ 15,

Hi salvation plot, sorry for going off topic, did you mean to say 'Focus' ?

I'm looking to get some fruit trees and they seem a bargain  8) if it is Focus I'll take a look tomorrow.

thanks  :)

[manicscousers]

Trogg, I don't know if you have one of these shops near you
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,65474.0.html

[grannyjanny]

Salvation plot if you haven't got a lot of space you could grow them at an angle, oblique cordon. We have 2 pears & 4 apples grown that way.

[trogg]

Trogg, I don't know if you have one of these shops near you
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,65474.0.html

I hadn't seen that thread manicscousers, I have an aldi about a mile away so it looks like a trip to aldi on Thursday  8)

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction  ;)

[sunloving]

Hi how exciting new trees.
Im with grannyjanny in that if you have a long plot with a long boundary why not train the trees you and porizontally train the apple and pear branches and fan train the cherry branches . This way you can both have them closer together create a lovely hedge and be able to reach the fruit.

good luck
x sunloving

[Russell]

Salvation plot I have had fruit trees in my garden for about ten years of the exact varieties you mention and I hope you get as much enjoyment from them as I have had. They don't always seem to reach their 'expected' size: some go over, some under. If I were giving advice it would read like Robert Brenchley's, give your fruit a bit of elbow room, close packing can cause problems a few years down the line.

[davejg]

According to the current aldi specials sheet fruit trees are £3.99 each.