![]() Your tree has put on a lot more little branches this year.įirst prune branches that grow inward. If you are purchasing your new tree in January or later, this step has already been done for you. Your tree will now be about 5' tall overall. Make pruning cuts at waist height, or approximately 10-12" from where each limb began branching. Your sweet cherry tree has developed about 3 branches (might be only 2, could be 4) starting at the height of last year's cut, and those branches may have grown as much as 9-10' tall again. So, this step has already been done for you. Our California grower likes to trim at approximately 46" tall. Make a single cut at "knee height", or approximately 32-48". In this video, the author prunes from "end of summer to end of fall" (because he has 2000 trees, and he's in the mountains of Greece), but not when the rains come.įor purposes of pruning, consider your new tree to be "year 2" the first winter after you receive it, even though it technically turns 3 yrs old when you see the first sign of leaves.Ī newly grafted tree is just a single trunk, a straight stick, 6-10' height on average. You can actually prune right up until you start to see flower buds and leaf buds emerge. We use our (organic) cedar oil product for this quite successfully. It is also advisable to spray the cuts with a fungicide after pruning. Pruning is best done during a dry spell to avoid fungal contamination of the cuts. Aim early if you are south of Gainesville. ![]() Since spring blossoms generally start by the first or second week of February in Florida, we recommend pruning between approximately November 30th to January 15th. ![]() Pruning is best done when the trees are dormant in late fall to mid-winter. They are generally ready for distribution by mid-April to June 1st, depending on weather and soil conditions. Our grafted trees are a minimum of 2yrs old when we get them in January.
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