Restricting growth of Cherry trees

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Judd

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Restricting growth of Cherry trees
« on: February 14, 2012, 20:09 »
Does this sound feasible? Sorry about all the questions about Cherry trees :blush:


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RESTRICTING THE GROWTH OF CHERRIES

taken from http://www.chrisbowers.co.uk/catlist.php?id=30

Many customers will prefer to restrict the growth of their colt stock cherry tree to 7' or less. This enables them to he grown in the open. The training is very simple and is basically known as 'bending'. The best time to start is in the early spring, just before growth begins. All of the required side branches are tied down to a horizontal level or just below. The centre leader is tied at a sharper angle.
 
The same process is repeated the next year, after this it is simply a matter of tying down the branches you require and cutting out any unwanted branches. Once the branches have been tied down for one year, you will find that the string can be removed as the branches then hang naturally. Even the centre leader retains its bent over position. Bending reduces the spread of the tree as well as the height and heavier crops are produced. The branches can, if you wish, be tied even lower than horizontal and this will make an even slimmer tree, without loss of crop. In just 3 years you can have a heavy cropping tree of no more than 6' high and 6' wide/ Yields of more than 601b per tree have been recorded from a single tree of Stella growing in a fruit cage. On Colt rootstock of course.
« Last Edit: February 14, 2012, 20:21 by mumofstig »
It's better to burn out than to fade away !!     ;)

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Re: Restricting growth of Cherry trees
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2012, 20:28 »
This is perfectly reasonable - apart from the how much more crop, I do not know the answer to that - as a practice, now I'm thinking, that's what someone might have been on about calling it a 'weeping cherry' some time back.

Prunus, especially cherry likes have very pliable wood. This is perfectly easy to do.

You can even weawe them into hedges. How it would increase crops, I cannot see, however, if you do not ruin the flower buds, cannot decrease them either.
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