Content
- Cherry trees regularly
- Auslichtungsschnitt as an important crown design measure
- Differences in the growth of sweet and sour cherries
- Practical execution
- Tips & Tricks
Cherry trees regularly
A healthy, high-yielding cherry tree is characterized by a well-developed crown construction. Before the cherry tree begins to wear, a viable crown structure must be built up over several years through the well-executed Auslichtungsschnitt over several years.
Auslichtungsschnitt as an important crown design measure
Under Auslichtungsschnitt one understands the crown design serving cutting measure. When lightening, older, strong twigs and branches, which have proven to be superfluous or annoying for the structure of the crown, dead or ill are removed. As a result, the leftover branches should get more air and light and let the crown framework show a better structure.
When clearing it is by no means the "beauty care", but by regular gripping the pruner or saw to a considerable extent contributed to the health, flowering and yield of the cherry tree. Because a dense, insufficiently ventilated and exposed crown is always a breeding ground for numerous diseases and pests. Also, the fruit quality decreases in the absence of Auslichtungsschnitt.
Differences in the growth of sweet and sour cherries
Since the sweet cherry trees have a different growth character than the sour cherry trees, the cutting measures of these two cherry tree species are different. While the sweet cherry naturally grows strong and ambitious, the sour cherry likes to branch and forms strong long shoots. In addition, it is necessary for most sour cherry varieties to remove the removed fruit wood regularly, as these cherries fruit only on one-year shoot.
Practical execution
A Auslichtungsschnitt can easily be done on your own, if you follow some advice:
Tips & Tricks
Often one reads in the garden counselors of a "cut on display". It is a truncation of the upright shoot at the level of the lowest, outward-standing bud.