Re: [NAFEX] Bush cherry suckers

My carmine jewel has been sending up suckers, but they are 8-15 feet from the parent tree, not near the base.

On July 24, 2023 3:43:53 PM EDT, "Bors, Bob" <bob.bors@usask.ca> wrote:
>Hi Jay,
>
>Assuming it is on its own roots (which it should be) it is best to let suckers grow up. They will eventually replace the original trunk when it needs to be replaced. But you can also use them to make a wider bush than you currently have.
>Older trunks eventually become unproductive with many 'blind branches' and are more susceptible to winter damage. Cherry trees either have buds that make fruit or leaves, not both.
>After years of production you can get 4ft long branches with no leaves along most of it with a tuft of a dozen leaves or so at the end. That's because those branches had made fruits or flowers and are incapable of generating leaves on side shoots.
>
>When we had severe cold (-50C) it was the oldest trunks on our bushes that died on almost every bush. But because we had multi-trunk bushes we didn't lose a single bush. Younger trunks and branches survived.
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>Dr. Bob Bors
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>
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>I have a Carmine Jewel that has been producing a lot of good fruit.
>
>The plant is sending up quite a number of suckers.
>
>Is it ok to let the suckers grow and develop into a stand or is it better for fruit production to remove the suckers (and hopefully replant them, as this particular CJ seems to have some better qualities)?
>
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>Jay
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