sorry if this doesn’t count as “gardening”–i dont know any better active communities to post this question in. i also searched google/ddg but the results felt like SEO spam to me.
someone i know planted a yoshino cherry tree last year. this is its second year, and it’s growing very well without any problems. what we were wondering about is there’s a lone branch right at the bottom of the trunk–does it need to be pruned off in the winter/spring or anything like that? it makes the rest of the tree look strange, but neither of us have much experience with growing trees, let alone ornamental ones.
any other advice is also appreciated :) thanks.
You’ll want to take off anything low on tree. That low on the tree it could be from the rootstock if is grafted.
Some small pruning during the growing season is fine. Just don’t remove more than 10% of the tree. Any heavier pruning needs to be done during winter dormancy.
I’ll drop a link to where i learned. Cooperative extensions and master gardener programs are amazing for anyone learning about gardening.
https://extension.umaine.edu/fruit/growing-fruit-trees-in-maine/pruning/
Your local college or state university (probably) has a cooperative extension. Those people are some of the nicest, most knowledgeable plant people on the planet. I encourage anyone interested to take a Master Gardener course. It supports these programs and you get to play with plants and learn.
During my course we had a guest lecturer that used a compost pile to turn a whale into awesome sauce.
