Advise on planting/pruning fruit trees (forum)

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Hello, This fall I'm going to plant about 14 fruit trees on the edge of my yard. The position they are going to be in will not allow any sun exposure on the north sides of the trees.

The way my yard is positioned the sun travels basically parallel with the trees giving sun on the west,south and east sides of the trees. the north sides of my trees won't get any light once the trees get fuller and have a lot of leaves.

Should I completely prune back all of the north sides of all my fruit trees? Basically creating like a 3/4 round tree. Any advice would be helpful.

I included a cheesy little drawing I made with my sons crayons so it can give you some idea of what I'm up against
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Time: 14th September 2013 11:50pm

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Anonymous says...
Every plant needs light to grow. But the right amount of sunlight varies. Can you tell me what type of fruits you are going to plant? So, that I can advise you perfectly. We can grow plants with sufficient sunlight and water as well as. You can get information here - http://landscapeandgardenblog.wordpress.com/

Time: 21st September 2013 6:57pm

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Mike says...
If that is Kentucky Elia (fall,south sun) the trees will prefer as much full sun as they can get.Trees distribute resources pretty well and there wouldn't be much advantage in heavily pruning the shades side of the trees.They will catch more sun as they get taller.

Time: 21st September 2013 7:14pm

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elia12978 says...
I'm planting peach,plum,apple,cherry.
They area all semi dwarf. Also I was wondering what kind of fruit tree spray to get? I want to keep disease and bugs off the trees. I bought some from Lowes, Green Light I think was the name. It is for a 2 week max schedule. I was hoping to not have to spray that often

Time: 27th September 2013 3:17pm

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Anonymous says...
For pest control have you also considered planting beneficial insect / predator attracting plants amongst your trees? In regards to fungus control I use copperoxychloride or mancozeb.

Time: 27th September 2013 5:38pm

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