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BradS · May 25, 2011

I love the idea of Espalier training, but I just don't have the patience for it. I once drove through a town where they has aggressively pruned the trees that lines the street to only allow 6 - 8 main branches to grow off of the main trunk. From the size of the trunk and diameter of the branches it was quite evident that they pruned them back to nothing but those main branches every year. The tops of the branches had become bulbous from being cut back to the same place every year. I always thought this would be a great way to manage fruit trees if it didn't kill them.

May 25, 2011	#10
BradS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 14	I love the idea of Espalier training, but I just don't have the patience for it. I once drove through a town where they has aggressively pruned the trees that lines the street to only allow 6 - 8 main branches to grow off of the main trunk. From the size of the trunk and diameter of the branches it was quite evident that they pruned them back to nothing but those main branches every year. The tops of the branches had become bulbous from being cut back to the same place every year. I always thought this would be a great way to manage fruit trees if it didn't kill them.