Pruning sour cherry tree
chris209 (LI, NY Z7a)
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pruning sour cherry
Comments (11)OK...a little hard to tell the height of the two branches your'e talking about. But these two I would take out this year for sure which look like about 3 foot up. Another thing I was thinking here afterwards, since tree is in the middle of your garden and eventually making shade for your other crops, it might not be bad to heaving it grow up with a center leader which shouldn't make it as wide, you'll grow more tall, [if you don't mind using ladder] with more shorter branches, cut some branches out on the main stem so they are staggered around the stem or about a foot between scaffold branches.Think of lots of room between so you can throw your hat through lol, they shouldn't touch each other. Good light is always important but sour cherries are not demanding at all in how they should look. Anything you do it will not hurt it. Cut some small inward branches off. If you want it go up then probably take the one big side branch out which looks like another leader on the bottom picture left branch. To make a V shape then top it at the height of your liking choosing 3 or 4 lateral branches, my guess it would be about 2 foot from the top, you can do this next year. Looks like you have very good growth on this cherry, what is it and how big is it supposed to get?...See MoreWhere to buy a standard/full size sour pie cherry tree online?
Comments (7)Hey Lena. I love sour cherries.. I call it my childhood fruit.We make jams from it and some tea and syrup with fruits inside .your tree looks good.I am unlucky since zone 7b does not really good for growing cherries.You can check rain tree nursery or trees of antiquity or rolling river nursery,I got couple trees from them.they ship it small though but very very healthy. 2 years ago , I got big size trees like 5 6 feet tall from Willis orchard ,they sell really big trees,at first it looks healthy but all of them got diseases and had to pull them out,so stay away from them and ty ty nursery......See MoreMy daughter broke off almost all buds from a small sour cherry tree
Comments (7)You should cut a couple of inches of the branches that have no leaves. Check to see if the cut areas have green cambium. If they are dry, brown, those are dead. You should trim them off and follow Konrad's advice on how to grow a new central lead for this tree. iyour tree probably on a dwarf rootstock. But usually even a dwarf chery rootstock, a tree could grow to 12-15 ft. Not sure how good is your soil....See MoreWhat fertilizer for sour cherry tree?
Comments (3)It is necessary ONLY if a soil test determines it to be so or if your tree is not growing/flowering/producing properly. Any plants established in the landscape should be getting all the nutrients they need from the soil and the environment. It also helps if all trees and planting areas are kept properly mulched....organic mulches will add to soil fertility as they break down. "Regular" fertilization is typically a recommendation from the fertilizer manufacturers to sell more product........not because it is necessary :-) The only plants I have ever fertilized in more than 40 years of gardening, both professionally and personally, are those grown in a container. But then I do have a rich, fertile soil (which I worked hard to achieve) and mulch routinely....See MoreTome S
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