On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:27:51 -0800, "Zootal" nousenetspam at dead ice
dot us wrote:

I have about a dozen "semi-dwarf" fruit trees, each planted 12 feet apart.
Does anyone have experience with such trees? Did I plant them too close
together?

Also, when initially planting them as bare root trees, how severely should
they be pruned? And once they start to bud out, is it too late to prune
them?


This ought to help out. You may want to do a search on fruit trees in
your state. This should be consistent across most of North America:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/ag30.html

By this, the trees should be 20 to 25 feet apart. First year is
recommended to prune to three sprigs.

Thunder