Palmette (or Fan) Espalier Espalier trees - how to train

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For stonefruit, quinces, berries, citrus, figs and persimmons - types that produce fruit on new wood.


1. In spring cut the whip or leader to where you want the lowest set of branches to form - usually at the first wire. Wires should be as close as 15cm apart.

2. The tree will branch out from where you have cut it back. Select the shoots required to make your fan shape pattern. Train these shoots up bamboo canes tied between the wires.

3. Refer to the Fruit Tree Physiology section on the previous page regarding renewal of fruiting wood from the main branches. Branching off the main limbs will produce the fruit. With many fruit types these branches will need to be removed and renewal branches selected after fruit has been produced.

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