Q.Columnar trees
H0w pruning columnar cherry?Have you fotos on youtube?But another columnar trees?
Thank you.
The crucial prune comes in late summer, when new sideshoots emerging from the main stem are cut back to three leaves. Shoots produced from the laterals – those existing short stems on which the fruit is carried – are cut back to one leaf beyond the basal cluster. This pruning is often carried out with fruits still on the tree, and will force the tree to concentrate on producing flower buds the following spring, which is obviously good news come picking time.
Winter pruning when the tree is dormant involves thinning out congested laterals and cutting out any really old ones that are failing to produce fruit. This will allow more air to circulate, thereby improving the general health of the tree, and encourage new, productive growth to pick up where old growth has left off. The only other pruning to consider is when the main stem has reached the desired height. At this point the new growth at the end of the stem is cut back to just one leaf each spring.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/cherry/cherry-tree-pruning.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/urban/growing-columnar-fruit-trees.htm
