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Jul 01, Pruning fan trained cherry tree. Jason milly Posts: July in Fruit & veg. I would like some information on pruning my fan trained cherry tree I have four stems creating the fan and it has grown growth on each stem how do I prune them and best time to do it. 0. Posts. Pruning and training Cherries are usually grown as small trees (‘open centred bush’ or ‘pyramid’), or else they are fan-trained against a wall or fence.

Both sweet and sour cherries (and other stone fruit) should not be pruned during the winter, to minimise the risk of infection by silver leaf or bacterial canker. May 26, The Upright Fruiting Offshoots (UFO) system was developed to simplify training, pruning, and crop load management; use the sweet cherry’s natural upright growth habit and manage vigor by establishing multiple vertical structural fruiting units (number of vertical units should be proportional to tree vigor); optimize input efficiencies (e.g., light, labor, agrochemicals) and achieve.

PRUNING THE ESTABLISHED FAN. During the summer any shoots growing inwards towards the wall should be rubbed out as they appear.

Trees that are grown in containers are often the most precocious and speedy to start yielding.

Any required to extend the fan are tied in. The remaining laterals need to be kept pinched back to six leaves (see fig. 40). After picking they should be shortened back to three leaves (see fig.

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41). Any very vigorousFile Size: KB. Click here to buy our fan trained cherry trees Start with a young year old tree and immediately remove the top third of the growth. If it is feathered [i.e. has side laterals] prune just above two conveniently placed branches; these will form the basis of your fan.