High density fruit tree planting

[Pineberry]

Came across youtube videos and few articles from dave Wilson nursery regarding high density orchard for home gardens. Has anyone tried that?
3 or 4 trees in one hole?
It seems to allow to have more varieties in tighter space, but really what the crop size could be expected this way. Any thoughts?

[Darwin.]

I try to leave about 5m or more between fruit trees, I have 16 in the orchard at the minute with 3 more to come them I'm out of space. If I thought I could plant them closer together I could have 25 or 30 down there.

[zazen999]

It's a permaculture technique. 3 trees, 18 inches apart and prune out the centre column. Seems to work.

Or you can try this...see linkie

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ow...yLAljbQh6CM%3A

[Pineberry]

That's an interesting link you provided, I have not heard before about project of own root fruit trees.

It seems it makes no diierence what rootstock it is as vigour can be controlled in other ways, allowing closer spacing.

What is the closest does anyone plant and with what result, photos would be appreciated.

I want more varieties than I can afford space wise so I plant rather close to each other and hope for the best (thinking of pruning hard to keep in control)
2 meters is the most I allowed to some, others are more like 1.5 apart.

But I am contemplating idea of 18 inches apart. (Greedy me )

[orangepippin]

Most modern apple orchards use high-density plantings, typically using trees on M9 rootstocks spaced about 1m or so apart, and grown quite tall - but this requires a lot of know-how and equipment, and is hard to replicate in a garden situation.

However I'm very pleased with a trial I did of 10 apple trees on the very dwarfing M27 rootstock, planted in 2 rows in a space 7m by 3m. Each tree is supported by a post, and none of them are more than about 1.75m high. They are easy to look after, and production has been good. This (i.e. using M27 rootstock to achieve density) seems a simpler technique than having several trees in one hole.

[Two_Sheds]

What is the closest does anyone plant and with what result, photos would be appreciated.

I want more varieties than I can afford space wise ... I am contemplating idea of 18 inches apart.

Cordons then?

[rita1]

the other way round this is getting a tree that grows to different fruit on one tree.

[Darwin.]

I was in the garden centre today and the lad has trees like that. It's two different apple or two different pear or plumb, I'm not sure what the advantage of that is really unless you're tight for space. I'll have a wee think about it before I buy anything.

[rita1]

I was in the garden centre today and the lad has trees like that. It's two different apple or two different pear or plumb, I'm not sure what the advantage of that is really unless you're tight for space. I'll have a wee think about it before I buy anything.

i don't have a lot of room so i have ordered an apple tree one side of the tree is Elstar and the other is Golden Delicious, i will have to wait to see if they grow?