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Old 14-12-2003, 12:02 AM
Michael Quin-Conroy
 
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I am looking for information on growing fruit trees in a small garden by
placing them close together to limit their size and yield and thereby be
able to cover them with netting to keep out the pesky parrots.

Michael


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Old 17-12-2003, 04:33 AM
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"Michael Quin-Conroy" wrote:

I am looking for information on growing fruit trees in a small garden by
placing them close together to limit their size and yield and thereby be
able to cover them with netting to keep out the pesky parrots.


Try the fruit salad tree people -- they use dwarf rootstocks and seem very
knowledgeable (had a chat to Mrs Fruit Salad at the Gardening Australia Live
show this year).

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Old 17-12-2003, 02:33 PM
Terry Collins
 
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Chookie wrote:

In article ,
"Michael Quin-Conroy" wrote:

I am looking for information on growing fruit trees in a small garden by
placing them close together to limit their size and yield and thereby be
able to cover them with netting to keep out the pesky parrots.


You just need to know how to prune them to keep them smaller and knock
off a bit of the flower.
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Old 21-12-2003, 01:32 AM
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"Michael Quin-Conroy" writes:
I am looking for information on growing fruit trees in a small garden by
placing them close together to limit their size and yield and thereby be
able to cover them with netting to keep out the pesky parrots.


Crowding ordinary fruit trees close together (e.g., 1 metre apart)
probably won't stunt their growth much. It's the pruning and early
shaping that set their size. It is possible to train a young apple tree
(and probably any deciduous fruit tree) to grow its leaders along a
horizontal trellis of 2 or 3 strands like you can a kiwi fruit. This
keeps the structure as 2-dimensional and makes for easy picking. It would
probably make the tree easier to net, too.
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