Espalier apple trees
Posted: Tue 23-Aug-2022, 21:11
Hi Jack,
I was watching your espalier video which was super helpful. I attached a picture of two dwarf apple trees I got last year. One was a whip and the other was slightly older with maybe two branches or so. I planted them against my fence in the spring of 2022 and summer pruned them last year and this year. I was just pruning them so they would grow into small trees but the design of my garden has changed and I am wondering is it too late to espalier them? Would I need to cut them completely off where I would want the first two lowest branches to shoot out like you showed in the movie? Would this kill them? I know I would loose time. I was also thinking I could bend the branches still and have them grow espalier style but not be symmetrical because of course my last two years of pruning I wasn’t thinking about this. So I guess my question is if these were your trees would you try to back track to espalier them and if so how? Or would you let them continue to grow into trees because it is too late to espalier them?
Thanks Jack!
Jordana
I was watching your espalier video which was super helpful. I attached a picture of two dwarf apple trees I got last year. One was a whip and the other was slightly older with maybe two branches or so. I planted them against my fence in the spring of 2022 and summer pruned them last year and this year. I was just pruning them so they would grow into small trees but the design of my garden has changed and I am wondering is it too late to espalier them? Would I need to cut them completely off where I would want the first two lowest branches to shoot out like you showed in the movie? Would this kill them? I know I would loose time. I was also thinking I could bend the branches still and have them grow espalier style but not be symmetrical because of course my last two years of pruning I wasn’t thinking about this. So I guess my question is if these were your trees would you try to back track to espalier them and if so how? Or would you let them continue to grow into trees because it is too late to espalier them?
Thanks Jack!
Jordana