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I’m also starting to think about fruit. Our final bed is contaminated with plastic and a bit shady due to being right up against the clubhouse but west facing at least.
Thinking about espaliered redcurrant/blueberry/raspberries etc.
Anyone put them in before? I’ve laboured on fencing jobs years ago so got half an idea what I’m aiming for. I presume strained wire is preferable to wire mesh for support? The rows will be about 6ft long so just a post at each end and won’t need a huge amount of tension hopefully.
Will be easy to just drape mesh over to keep the birds off as well I guess.
Things I don’t know:
How much space I want between rows(at least enough to walk down) so they don’t end up shading eachother out etc. Bed is about 2x7m so how many rows should I aim to get in?
Which fruits need more/less shady conditions: front is noticeably brighter than the back corner.
Presume some soft fruit grows higher than others so should I do lower espaliers at the front than the back to help with sunlight.
Are most self fertile or will I need two of everything?
The two curves on the right hand side of the bed are big hoops I’ve got from chopping the trampoline frame we inherited in half. This will mark the boundary to the plot and will do something like blackberries over them.
I probably won’t have as many rows as I’ve drawn but yeah.
All soft fruit advice welcome!