Some trees, including such as cherries and cherries, bloom very early. That is why many events are held with them in the fall. That's cherry care - pruning, top dressing, etc., carried out in late October or early November, depending on the region where it grows, is fully justified. Fertilizers, for example, introduced at this time, contribute to the growth of the tree.
Cutting cherries in the fall is one of the main care methods, the purpose of which is to improve fruiting. It is known that this should be done regularly and in a timely manner, and taking into account many features.
According to experts, pruning cherries in the fall significantly improves the vitality of these stone fruits, increases their yield and productive period. It is at this time that it is necessary to form a sparse-tiered or cup-shaped crown.
In the first case, pruning cherries in autumn is carried out on trees with a good branch. Typically, gardeners form a crown of the main six branches. The first tier should be two adjacent branches of the main order. In this case, the third is more correct to leave a little higher - at the level of twenty centimeters towards the top.
The second tier should also be two branches, remote from the first at a distance of almost a meter. Then above it at a distance of thirty centimeters another one is formed.
Cutting cherries in autumn in a tiered-sparse way involves removing the central conductor literally a year after the last single branch is formed.
When the tree is still young, it is not touched, since the main annual growth can completely die from frost, especially in places where cuts are made.
In those individuals that are sufficiently thickened, only the largest weighed branches are removed, and not all and not small. Such pruning of cherries in the fall will not harm the future crop. It is only necessary to take into account that a late event to relieve the crown can help reduce the winter hardiness of trees.
The correct pruning of cherries depends on the type of particular tree. This garden culture is of two types: tree-like and bush-like.
The latter forms long overhanging growths, strongly thickening the crown. So they need to be formed according to a cupped principle, thinning and removing large ones, leaving at the same time basically only small branches.
And a tree-like cherry, which, as a rule, has a narrow pyramidal shape with a high crown, is cut according to the sparse-tier method.
In this case, the skeletal branches of the main order should be located at an angle of less than forty degrees, so that the tree does not break as it ages.
The tree-like variety of this fruit crop bears fruit only on bouquet processes. Therefore, after the formation of the crown, pruning cherries in the fall is only the removal of dry, interwoven or broken branches.
In general, pruning cherries in the fall is thinning or shortening. From the second year of this stone fruit tree, young branches with a length of more than half a meter are shortened by one third. And further, pruning is carried out depending on the shape of the crown and its size.