Double U-shaped palmette

Double U-shaped palmette, or a double U-shaped cordon, is a classic artificial form of the crown of fruit trees. It is characterized by the absence of a central conductor and consists of four vertical basic skeletal branches with horizontal shoulders-knees, on which the overgrown branches are evenly distributed. The formation of a double palmette is similar in many respects to the formation of a simple U-shaped palmette: first it is necessary to make a bifurcation of the trunk to obtain two main branches, then they must be bent in opposite directions and bifurcated again. The resulting 4 main branches are bred and directed strictly vertically. With the subsequent bifurcation of the main branches, it is possible to obtain a four-fold eight-point U-shaped palmette. Forming the knees of the palmette should be made as possible

Simple U-shaped palmrest

Double U-shaped palm tree

Formation of the fruit tree on the trellis

The fruit tree is formed on the trellised road multi-tier, sequentially fixing the sprouts growing on the right and left on the frame. Vertical

A number of advantages of forming trees in the form of palmets

Palmettes are suitable for cultivation in a limited space of a small garden, they require as extensive a space as high-stamping trees.

The narrow arrangement of branches with a palmette width of 1 - 1.5 m makes it easy to work the soil under the tree, even in spite of the low position of the branches.

& lt;i The narrow crown, located from the south to the north, creates good conditions for illuminating the entire volume of the crown and fruits inside it, so that the fruits on palmettes are of high quality.

Compactness of the crown greatly facilitates the fight against diseases and pests and makes it more effective.

shoots, growing too thick from the side branches and being superfluous and thickening the crown, should be cut out during the formation of the palmette.

mount. Formation of the crown is considered complete when the tree reaches a height of 3-3.5 m. After the creation of the crown, in the spring annual pruning, the apical is removed to run, and the growth of the growing shoots is regulated by constant summer prischipkami. The trees formed in this way, early enough enter into fruiting, because of-z;the corrugation of the trunk, nutrients along the gradual move up the tree and are held in the lower branches, which begin to bear fruit. To form the wave of the cordon fit slaborroslye apple I pear.