How to Plant and Train a Beautiful "Stepover"Apple Tree
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Many people would love to have an apple or other fruit tree in their garden, but don't have the room for the size that some apple trees can grow too. Here I will show you how to plant and grow an apple tree as a "stepover". It is a great way to grow your tree, along a path and is rather beautiful from the aesthetic point of view too, a really talking point in your garden.
I have never heard of this type of training for an apple tree. I look forward to seeing it grow.
It's called espelier... French formed tree growing.
I love it!
Will help me a lot...... Love this
Fantastic Steve. It’s gonna look lovely. Black flies are over, now for the mosquitoes, then the deer/horse flies and we’re home free! Happy gardening this summer and thank u for mentoring us newbies!
Forgot about the deer flies!
I have never seen an apple tree trained as a stepover. I have to admit I am intrigued
Every day is a learning experience :)
Ha! No flies here in Old Blighty mate. Thanks for your tips. I am v envious of the space you have there.
Great video! Excited to see this project progress. It will be beautiful.
Thank you!
We have trees like that on my allotment site they look amazing when fully grown
I miss seeing allotments, we don't really have them here
Interesting video thanks, keep us updated!
You bet!
Hi Steve, have you ever tried using microrizrae fungi for you fruit trees? You sprinkle a tiny bit in the hole when you plant, 3 levels...in hole base, then mid level as you fill in around the roots, then almost soil level when you finish filling in around the roots. I have found my fruit trees are stronger, and adapt faster to my heavy clay soil. I also include lots of my compost when planting and water in well. Worth the little bit of extra expense...some of my dwarf fruit trees are now 40 yrs old and still producing well. Great video, thankyou for showing us a different technique for fruit trees. God bless.
I have never used it. I mean to get some, but I have an aversion to buying stuff :) I will have to get down to the nursery and see if they have some
@@TheOptimisticGardener I'm the same way, use what you've got 1st. But I learned years ago how to help my fruit trees. Spend the $once because the micro riz. for trees lasts along time, on the tree roots. Its' bases of periculture food forest type gardening.
Cool! Can’t wait to see how it turns out! Looks like it’s going to be a lot of work though😳
I am looking forward to it :)
Bless you with those flies.. Well done for getting through the recording. Did the tree grow?
Thanks Davena :) and yes it did grow, this video, ruclips.net/video/1x4C3pOjAWg/видео.html , shows it further in its development and I have had a few apples from it this year!
@@TheOptimisticGardener always a bonus when u get fruit 👍👌👌
@@TheOptimisticGardener I bit the bullet and bought one haha
I Haven't a clue what I'm doing or how wide it will grow. Its a scrumptious step over and I'm in the UK. How many apples do these produce please? I'm looking forward to seeing mine grow
We have soil similar to yours. Heavy clay and rocks. I usually water hole first, then between fills.
Love this idea!!! It sounds like you only planted 1 tree for the full length of the fence? How long is the fence, and if you were to plant a few, how far apart would they have to be?
Thanks :) So each arm is 6ft long. I am thinking that will taking a few years for the tree to grow to and then I will just stop it going any further. I wouldn't want to go any less than planting trees 5-6 ft apart, then you will only have a 2.5 ft "wing" until you would reach the one next to it. In theory you could have the neighbour wings overlapping, as long as the branches were well supported.
Loved the video, but I worry that you are sacrificing personal comfort and safety by not wearing your mesh hat at the end of the film!
I first saw a step over apple in a picture online several years ago while I spent 2 years researching all things apple (because I knew I was emigrating to Apple Country). I have wanted to train some ever since, but...
"You know that you're over the hill
When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill
Doin' the old folks boogie
And boogie we will
'Cause to us the thought's as good as a thrill"
-- Little Feat, "Old Folks Boogie"
(I know they weren't talking about planting tress, but it still applies.)
You are right! Definitely need to be wearing more, those pesky black fly love me :)
do they actually produce and fruit?
They should do. They are the same as any apple, just trained like that. Monty Don's trees, on Gardener's World definitely do as I have seen them :) Fingers crossed for a few years time :)
Can you use any apple tree .
It is better to use one on a dwarf or semi-dwarf rootstock
Hi