Training fruit trees on solid walls. (forum)

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Some advice on either moving these custard apple trees into pots or leaving them insitu and training them into a replacement wall, which will be 2.4m high, made of Hebel sound proof aerated concrete panels.
If moving into pots, the trunk will have to be shortened. Will the tree survive being cut below the branching.

I have seen trees trained onto walls on TV and cannot remember what the process is called.
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Time: 13th November 2008 11:52am

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vanl says...
My personal experience indicates that custard apples have a high survival rate following transfer. However I did this during winter when the trees are dormant therefore I am not sure about townsville. The trunks were also shorten and it grew back ok.

The process you are refering to is called espalier. This link from the SA rare fruit society is a very good example of espalier taken to the extreme.
http://www.rarefruit-sa.org.au/Espalier/Espalier.htm


Time: 13th November 2008 12:22pm

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Almac says...
You may be well advised to get some new growth going first.This is a good time to remove 95% of the existing top and let the trunk shoots appear.You want four good branches that can be trained to either side of the trunk.So the two top ones may be already ok if their height is reasonable because they can be tied/weighted down to their new position later on. Once that is under way, remove the soil around the plant" dig a spade or two depth about half a metre out from the main plant, choppiung through any roots in the way.Water thoroughly. Do the same again in 14 days. This will allow you to undercut the tree(s) when removing, as they will have a main center root of some depth now.Leave them in position, well watered overnight before shifting

Time: 14th November 2008 6:49am

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Pauline says...
Wow, that rare fruit society website is great. I am nearly inspired to go to one of the meetings.

Time: 14th November 2008 10:39pm

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Vince Moore says...
Thanks for all the answers.I am happy to try replanting.

Time: 16th November 2008 7:47am

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