How to Prune Canadian Chokecherry Trees
- 1). Add 1 cup of household disinfectant to the bucket. Pour in 4 cups of water. Take the bucket with you to prune the Canadian chokecherry tree.
- 2). Remove diseased branches, if applicable, by cutting them off into healthy wood. From the diseased portion, measure back 6 inches and make the cut there.
- 3). Dip the pruning equipment into the disinfectant before pruning the rest of the Canadian chokecherry.
- 4). Cut growth from within the middle of the shrub to open it up. Cut all growth back to a lateral branch.
- 5). Prune suckers as they appear. Suckers are small growths on the lower portion of the shrub, sometimes from the soil at its base. Small suckers can be rubbed off with a gloved hand. Use pruning shears for larger growth.
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