Pruning young cherry trees is mainly to promote the growth of their branches and form a complete tree shape. We usually prune some redundant side branches, messy branches and overgrown branches on the most important branches of newly planted cherry trees. At the beginning, we kept the first branch to promote the growth of the first branch. When they grow to a certain extent, we will pick the core and put it on top to promote the growth of secondary branches, and then slowly cultivate the next branch. Finally, the crown is trimmed into natural happy shape, free spindle shape, small crown sparse layered shape and slender spindle shape.

2, spring pruning

In fact, the spring pruning of cherry trees is mainly to erase the newly sprouted branches and flower buds of cherry trees, and keep a small number of stout new buds for cultivating new bearing mother branches or spare branches. Secondly, cherries generally ripen in spring, so we need reasonable coring to reduce the consumption of nutrients in the future. At the same time, because the cherry has matured in this season, we should not only carry out reasonable flower thinning and fruit thinning, but also try to give priority to light pruning, otherwise it will hurt the cherry tree and affect its fruit yield.

3, summer pruning

Cherry harvest is basically completed in summer, which needs a new round of pruning and orchard cleaning. At this stage, the newly-grown treetops of cherry trees are mainly twisted, which can effectively use the space and increase the number of fruiting mother branches without affecting the permeability of the crown. There are still reasonable thinning branches, thinning branches and leaves that grow too densely on the bearing mother branches, and effectively controlling the number of new shoots. It also needs scientific pruning, pruning some branches on the main side of cherry trees and cultivating them into small and medium-sized fruit branches.

4, autumn pruning

After the cherry tree enters September, the growth rate of the new treetops will decrease, while the young leaves at the top of the cherry tree will keep growing. Therefore, in order to avoid nutrient consumption, it is necessary to prune the young leaves of the branches and leaves of the current year, which can reduce nutrient consumption and promote the growth of fruiting mother branches and the differentiation of flower buds. Secondly, we need to sparse the overgrown branches and leaves to enhance the permeability of the crown. The last thing to remember is that it is best to take preventive measures after pruning and spray healing agents to avoid infection.

5, winter pruning

In winter, we first need to cut off some branches and leaves of cherry trees, so as to enhance the growth ability of new branches. Secondly, it is necessary to prune the strong fruiting branches properly, which can increase the number of fruiting branches and control the growth of new branches. There is also pruning the branches of annual cherry trees, mainly pruning the extension branches of the third-grade branches. Finally, heavy pruning and retraction pruning are necessary, which is very beneficial to cherry trees and can prevent them from aging.