Special pruning cherries helps to increase the productivity of plantations in 2 times. Every year after planting the seedlings need to manipulate in a predetermined pattern. When the trees will be 4 years, it will be possible to carry out only sanitary pruning.
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The first four years
When planting cherry orchard need to adhere to the parameters of 6x8 m If properly done pruning, it is possible to arrange the plants thick -. 5h4,5 m It all depends on the formation of the crown.. There is no need to grow the tallest tree. The entire crown should consist of several strong and healthy branches arranged horizontally.
When planting seedlings need to inspect them. Each thin trunk group selected kidney, which are located not more 20 cm apart. Seedling shorten to the upper buds, leaving the ground a mere 70 cm.
Some growers practice forming a temporary spike. It is a stump height of 20-25 cm, which removed all the buds. The main task of the agricultural practices - to prevent branches stretch upwards. All skeletal shoots should be placed at an angle of 90 ° to the trunk.
To achieve the desired effect, you can use simple clothes pegs. They are located on the trunk of the seedling just above the kidneys. Since the path is barred up, the young shoots are forced to start to grow on both sides.
In the second year you need to shorten all the side branches. Leave about 70-80 cm. Such trimming will stimulate the formation of a second-order shoots. To prevent infection or falling of putrefaction, all the places you need to sprinkle the slices with powdered activated charcoal, wood ashes, or moisten rich pink permanganate solution potassium. Conduct tampering with the help of garden pruners or a kitchen knife with a sharp blade.
Third spring pruning is aimed at the formation of the crown. All skeletal branches are shortened to 0.5 m. This rule applies only to healthy and well-developed branches. Weak or defective shoots do not need to touch.
During the procedure, you should not forget about disinfecting the cut. So the wound rather tight, and cut branches faster will go to growth.
In the fourth year the lowest shoots attached to a horizontal position. Most upper branches are shortened to 50-60 cm. All side branches, too, it is desirable to slightly cut. This will help prevent the excessive thickening of the crown. But some gardeners and they did not touch. The tip can be shortened to the first outer chain branching. This intervention will help to form the second tier of the crown.
Formation of a crown during fruiting
Once the cherry garden begins to bear fruit, pruning will change completely. First, you need to limit the growth of the crown. Pruning made on this principle that the lower branches were longer and thicker than the upper. The closer to the top, the more shortened shoots.
You will need to remove all the thick branches that grow inside the crown, forming a ring. All branches that reached the age of 3-4 years and started to bend to the ground, should be cut to the first side of the fork. At the very top, too, a large number of shoots that are beginning to block the access of sunlight inside the crown. They also greatly shortened, leaving 1 or 2 lower escape.
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