When will cherry trees be pruned?

Cherry pruning is divided into spring pruning, summer pruning and autumn pruning.

At present, the cultivated cherry varieties mainly include China cherry, big cherry, sweet cherry, sour cherry and hairy cherry. Because of the different growth and fruiting habits, there are also differences in shaping and pruning. The growth and fruiting habits and pruning of China cherry, sour cherry and hairy cherry are basically the same.

(1) China cherry is a small tree or shrub. The growth is weak, the dryness is not strong, the branches are slender, and natural round heads or natural clusters are often used in production. Natural round head, trunk 50 ~ 60 cm, 3 ~ 5 main branches, with fruiting branches on the main branches; Naturally clustered, generally without trunk, there are 5 ~ 6 main branches obliquely growing from the ground, forming a clustered tree, and each main branch has fruiting branches. There are many kinds of cherries in China, which mature earlier than sweet cherries.

China cherry has strong germination ability and can be used for bud regeneration. Dry sweet cherry with weak cold resistance.

(2) Sour cherry is also called European sour cherry. Small trees or shrubs, strong trees, erect or open. Branches are slender and dense, with strong cold tolerance, early fruiting, easy to take root and tiller, and can be used for reproduction or regeneration.

(3) Prunus tomentosa is native to China. A shrub with dense branches and strong germination ability. This species has strong cold resistance, wide adaptability to soil and high yield, and can be used as raw material for peach breeding and dwarf rootstock. Because this species mostly uses seedlings to reproduce, there are many types.

(4) Sweet cherry can be divided into two varieties according to its growth and fruiting habits, represented by Na Weng and Da Zi. The pruning of these two varieties is different.