If you remove limbs entirely, no heading just removal, it might take 2-4 years to bring a cherry tree back under control. Eliminate co-dominance...
It looks to me like canker or winter damage. Is the damage on the sunny side? The trunk is very exposed, could it be freezing and thawing on one...
Get a new arborist for one thing. Kelp has nothing in it in terms of NPK, it is fert fine dinning pedalled by snake-oil dealers who talk about...
Could be cytospera. If it is it will move slowly so you may be able to save the tree if you cut off infected areas, but its a long-shot. Look...
If you can shade the tree, even for a short period, it is possible to prevent flowering. But you will miss the most beautiful part. It would be...
Isomate dispensers are the only thing that has worked for us. Drenching the truncks is almost impossible; you need a degree-day model to...
Freezing to -12. Around -14 cuts tend to shatter instead of slice. Above zero and diseases may spread, particularly in wet conditions. Winter...
Dont prune in 0-5 degrees celcius during wet conditions. It is very hard to spread canker with equipment even when scientists have tried, so dont...
Im not sure what the connection is with birds. They love cherries. They eat insects too. I would suspect your problem is under the ground in...
