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Regular pruning of cherries is a guarantee of abundant crops. If you don’t, the crown will thicken too much and the tree will produce less fruit and be susceptible to disease. It should be pruned in such a way that it reaches a maximum height and width of 4 m. Thanks to this, we will obtain an appropriate crown, provide access to light and, as a result, stimulate the tree to bear fruit.
When to prune cherries? This should be done every year
The best time to prune cherries is after harvesting. This is usually the end of July or the first half of August. Pruning should be done on warm, sunny days. When it rains, the tree can easily become infected with a fungal disease. Prepare the pruning shears for pruning the cherries. Cut stems and branches slightly diagonally, 1 cm above the bud or branch. The span of the crown should be corrected every year. If there are a lot of branches inside it that intersect and interfere with each other, they need to be thinned out. Otherwise, the tree will not produce fruit-bearing shoots.
How to cut cherries? You will quickly see new shoots
The first way to cut cherries is to form a crown with one strong branch (the guide) and much thinner twigs growing out to the sides. The shoots will then grow upwards, so they need to be monitored and trimmed if necessary. We shorten the guide by half, and shorten the remaining shoots by 1/3 of the length. In this way, we will get a slender tree crown that will take up little space. Prune an unbranched seedling (with one shoot) 80 cm above the ground.
Source: Gazeta
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