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Palmette shaped Y fan
Frame branches more or less parallel
Naming
Full name: palmette shaped Y fan
Popular name:
palmette shaped Y fan
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Alternative name:
fan-like palmette
Spelling variations:
fan-like palmet
fan-shaped palmet
Description
Y shape with lateral, somewhat parallel framework branches. The secondary branches are inserted at an angle of 45° to the main framework branches of the Y shape.
Features of standard tree:
- two-dimensional espalier shape with plane-filling framework branches
- 2 main branches make a Y shape
- secondary framework branches run approximately parallel to each other
- without a central branch
- fruit wood is grown quite close to the framework branch (if possible)
[mks_icon icon=”fa-thumbs-up” color=”#009900″ type=”fa”] For additional information see main article: Fan.
Opinion
The cultivation and maintenance of this espalier is quite difficult, because vertical parts tend to grow much faster than the horizontal parts. For a sustainable espalier, you should therefore only start growing the vertical parts when the horizontal parts are sufficiently developed. If you grow them too quickly, it will become apparent that the espalier cannot be maintained sustainably.
This espalier form is only suitable for crops that are not very affected by branch calcification, because branch calcification of the Y-shaped central branch is disastrous for the espalier form.
[mks_icon icon=”fa-thumbs-up” color=”#009900″ type=”fa”] For additional information see main article: Fan.
