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Belgian Fence Espalier Apple Trees: How to grow a living, fruiting fence
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2018
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We show how to build the support structure for espalier fruit trees, how to prune dormant apple trees to set them up for espalier training, and how to train them to a lattice shape, Belgian fence design.
To add this Belgian fence to our foodscape, we planted nine young apple trees in the Spring of 2017 along a twenty foot stretch, then in March of 2018 we pruned the dormant trees and in June began training them to the Belgian fence design.
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This is the highest quality and most helpful video I have seen on training a Belgian fence style espalier.
This was so helpful. Thank you for detailing how to do this from beginning to end. It’s been hard to find info on this and you give everything that’s needed.
Glad it was helpful!
Delighted to have found your instructional video, Thank so much !!!!!!!
This is the perfect how to, I’ve been looking!
Figs trees are best to do them this way. They grow so fast, and the branches mold to the training lines perfectly! I’m working on an apricot and a pear right now.
Figs would be awesome for espalier. In fact, our climate is borderline too cold for figs, so we planted a fig against our south facing brick wall that retains some heat from the sun. It made it through its first winter fine. So, so far, so good.
Very informative. Thank you!😃
Great video, many thanks 👍👍
Great video. Thank You!
You're welcome!
That was really coherent, thankyou!
Absolutely fantastic and beautiful idea 💡 thanks for sharing your knowledge 🍃☘🌿🌲🌱✅
No problem!
Thank you, very nicely done.
You're welcome!
Thank you for a great video. I may be brave enough to try my own now
Great! Go for it!
Nice.
like the tunes in the video!
Thanks!
Where do you put the turnbuckles? I am just a newbie but I’m excited. Thanks for your cool video.
Excellent! Love the time lapse. But is there a building site behind the camera?!
Thanks! Glad you liked the video! No building site, it just sounds like it 😊. Sometimes it’s hard to find a quiet time for filming.
Did you use dwarf or semi-dwarf variety?
If using semi dwarf apple trees about how high can you plan them going? If the nursery is suggesting a 15ft would you expect to be able to grow the trees up 15ft if measured diagonaly? Thanks.
Thank you for uploading this, it is straight forward and inspiring. Here in Zone 4 I have a sprawling privacy hedge to take out before I can begin the espalier, which with one thing and another will be in early Sept. Given these variables, can you advise on amending the soil and the timing of the planting (Sept. 2018)? Sincere thanks and happy planting.
Thanks for your comments!
Before amending the soil, it might be a good idea to do a soil test. Most university extensions have a soil lab where you can send a small sample. A soil test will tell you a lot about your soil for a reasonable price and they can usually make recommendations for amendments. In general though, it is never a bad idea to add compost. If your soil is good and has decent drainage, I would just add compost to the surface and then a layer of wood chip mulch. For more info on amending soil with compost see foodscapingutah.org/2018/01/15/preparing-garden-beds-part-1-the-magic-of-compost/
For planting it would probably make the most sense to order bare root trees to plant next spring (to plant in April or so). You could look at Raintree Nursery. In Zone 4 your options will be limited but Raintree has an excellent selection. On the other hand, September is also good time of year to plant trees if you have access to good young trees from a local nursery. I wouldn't plant much later than September though, the trees need time some time to settle before winter.
Hope this helps!
Thank you! You're a natural teacher and I'm thrilled to have found your channel and site. : )
Thanks!
Hello, I am excited to try this, do you think T posts can also work instead of wooden posts? How deep were the posts on the ground - from 8foot posts? Hoping for your reply. Thank you.
Hello, yes, t posts could work, might not be ideal. I think it would work though as long as you figure out a way to get wires tight and keep them tight. The t posts may not hold up as well for as long, which then they would need more maintenance. Our posts are 30in (2.5 feet or 76cm) in the ground. They are 8 foot tall posts which means they have 5.5 feet above ground (1.67 meters).
Hope this helps!
How did you attach your eye hooks? Are they short ones that you screwed into drilled holes, or do they go through the entire post, or another way of attachment? I'm working on my belgian fence, and just put on the wire for the first tier and the eye hooks are not staying solid. I pre-drilled the holes and put in eye hooks with about 1.5" shafts. I have a 32 foot fence, and used a small turn buckle on either end.
The eye hooks were fairly small ones. I did pre-drill holes but the drill bit was smaller than than the inside diameter of the threading on the eye hooks. You could try switching up the eye hooks to a different size? ruclips.net/video/ESlHuIvc8Hk/видео.html
Would love to see an update on how your fence is looking. I'm planning on planting one near a fence we are in the process of building but I'm observing this year to see how much sun the area is getting first. Thank you for the video, your there first I've seen to actually explain in detail how it works. The only thing that scares me though is the pruning.
Glad you like the video. Our fence is coming along well. I just posted a couple update photos on our blog page (I didn't see a way to post pics here). I did a winter pruning on our fence yesterday, mostly removing shoots growing away from the fence/bamboo. Check out the photos here:
foodscapingutah.org/2018/06/15/video-belgian-fence-espalier-apple-trees/
@@foodscapingutah5239 awesome! They really look like they shot up!
@@themumfordfamilyliving2311 Yes! They did well in 2018 and we are hoping many of them reach the top of the fence this year.
@@foodscapingutah5239 it seems like they grow much faster being espaliered. My dad had fruit trees and it seemed like it took them forever to grow and produce fruit.
We got an update posted yesterday: ruclips.net/video/FNSnat7QvaY/видео.html
Great video? Do you graft the plants together where they cross?
Thanks! We didn't graft the trees where they cross, but we did propagate the nine trees by grafting. The graft union is near the ground on the vertical part of the trunk. Doing our own grafting onto rootstock let us pick a wide variety of apple cultivars and provided us with really young trees to start the training early. The same training technique could be applied to any apple trees available, but the younger the tree, the easier it is.
And how did your neighbors react to the Belgium fence? It is in the front yard and my neighbors would look at me with great suspicion.
Definitely in the front yard!! 😊 Our neighbors love it.
...of course, we do give them fresh fruits and vegetables 🤷🏻♂️😁
@@foodscapingutah5239 Nice. I'm wearing my wife down as my other comment to you said. I'll see what I can do. It might take a while but I'm hopeful
Any chance of seeing an update of your project? I am doing this this year!
Yes! We filmed an update in 2020, here ya go! ruclips.net/video/FNSnat7QvaY/видео.html
Great video! I look forward to trying this out! Unfortunately, my go-to nurseries do not seem to sell 1-year-old whips. Can you share where you bought yours or if you know of any reputable nurseries that sell them online? Also, what is a ballpark reasonable price for them?
Thanks! Yes, 1 year whips can be difficult to find! I actually grafted all of the trees myself for our Belgian fence, so we could start with very young trees and have a bunch of variety. Here's our video on grafting if you want to look into that:
ruclips.net/video/qZCNsSj2dR0/видео.html
Otherwise I don't really have any recommendations for nurseries that sell 1-year-old whips. I'd guess you'd have better variety and chances with mail order nurseries. I'd call or email them to ask.
@@foodscapingutah5239 Thank you! Your grafting video makes it look easy, so I think I'll try grafting my own like you did and see what happens. :)
Awesome bro, you have such knowledge. I bet this looks so beautiful and is so productive by now. How many different varieties of apple did you plant here or are they all the same variety? I’ve heard apples require cross-pollination amongst varieties but don’t know if that’s a true fact or not. Thank you for sharing your techniques and replying to my other question about grapes!
You're welcome! We ended up with eight different varieties in the nine trees! It was going to be nine varieties but one of the grafts was unsuccessful. When I grafted them I had grafted a few extras just in case, so it worked out great we lost one variety.
As for cross-pollination, as you suspected most apples do require pollen from a different variety to set fruit. There are a few varieties that are considered self-fruitful, but I think even those usually set fruit better with cross-pollination. Long story short, it's worth checking the variety if you only want one, and sometimes there may be other apples in the area (neighbors, etc) that'll do the job. Crab apples are also good at providing pollen.
Foodscaping Utah thank you so much for answering all of my questions, I really appreciate it. Belgian fence is my next backyard project! Did you graft onto a semi-dwarf rootstock or a “true” dwarf rootstock?
Stephen Levitt It’s so cool you’re going to try a Belgian fence. 👍 We grafted onto semi-dwarf rootstock. Fully dwarfing could probably work too but I think semidwarf works better because it easier to train. More growth to work with (but probably requires more diligences in pruning).
Awesome video! We are looking to start Belgian Fence Espalier along our south facing fence in the backyard this spring! One question about the posts: Did you use pressure treated wood or "raw" and if so, did you use anything to help it last longer?
We used untreated redwood. Redwood has some natural rot resistance. Cedar would be a good choice as well. Not that you couldn’t necessarily use pressure treated. We just prefer not to. Another option for untreated lumber to get extra longevity is to add linseed oil.
@@foodscapingutah5239 Thank you for your response! I was able to find Cedar posts at our local Home Depot. After doing some research into pressure treated lumber, I opted against that as well. Still considering the linseed oil.
What city do you garden in? And what growing zone?
Thanks!
Hi Laura! We are in Ogden, UT, growing in USDA Zone 6b. It's an arid intermountain climate.
What varieties did you plant? I'm hoping for a staggered harvest with some keepers as well. Also, which nursery carries good quality dwarf and semi-dwarf bare-root trees?
Here we planted a wide spread of lesser known and heirloom varieties. Off the top of my head: Zestar, Akine, Golden Russet, Arkansas Black and I few more I’d have to look in our records. Most varieties will work well though. We have well known apples elsewhere. Braeburn is great for everything, including storage. But looking for a staggered harvest is a great idea. In our experience some local nurseries won’t sell bareroot, so we’ve ordered online. Raintree Nursery has a great selection of apples. Our favorite mail order nursery has been Bay Laurel though.
Hope it works out great!!
Do you have an update on the Belgium fence?
v nickcolvin It’s coming! Not out yet but we filmed the first half in March showing late winter pruning. We are planning to film the second half in May or June when we do some training and pruning as it fills it the rest of the space. Hoping for some fruit this year too!
We got the update posted yesterday! ruclips.net/video/FNSnat7QvaY/видео.html
I have an existing chain link fence. Can I use it to espalier?
I wouldn’t. I think it would make pruning too difficult because the shoots would want to grow through the chain links
Chain link will definitely work! Alot of people use lines like this guy when their doing single espalier trees or use stakes when going for the cross crossing but theres also Tons of vids of people doing it using chicken wire or chain link to espalier in different ways so you should be fine but if the fence is right on a property border than I wouldnt because the tree will eventually get to a point where it will be hard to manage the taller parts of it and it will make a big canopy!
Do they need to be a dwarf variety
Ours are on a semi-dwarfing rootstock actually - EMLA 7, but there'd be many that would work. Having more vigor is nice for training and filling in the space. It does require a lot of pruning though, but even so, I think a fully dwarfing rootstock would make the training a challenge.
oh thanks!
YOU DON'T HAVE A VIDEO YET?! SINCE 2018
The good news is that you can actually see an update on our Belgian fence in 2019 in the third part of our 3 ways to espalier video: ruclips.net/video/R39Ulpsii4k/видео.html
The other good news is that a 2020 Belgian fence video is in the works to come out most likely in June.
....posted an update yesterday: ruclips.net/video/FNSnat7QvaY/видео.html
@@foodscapingutah5239 awesome thank you! Can't wait to see the next one after this 🤗