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Old July 17, 2023   #2
eyolf
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Location: Central MN, USDA Zone 3
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Originally Posted by deltoro View Post
I'm looking at your crops and I see that wire cages predominate for dwarfs. Do you allow dwarfs to grow uninterrupted? Do you cut off some of the side shoots?
I'm experimenting with two Johnson Cherries in cages, two tied overhead, and two allowed to sprawl to see which I prefer

The two tied to a sort of pergola are taller and likely easiest to pick. The caged ones are brats, and seeking escape (I'm using waist-high cheap cages) It's a bit too soon to gauge...no ripe fruit yet and fruit set seems to actually slightly favor the "abandoned" babies. In a couple of weeks we will be overwhelmed with cherries. The no-care babies are easiest now, but probably be a pain to harvest.

No suckers pruned aside from one that snapped as I tried to wrestle it out of the path.

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