Mum was here for spring training and now the garden looks aMAZing, of course, but she also pointed out some things for me to keep my eye on. One of them was the cherry tree in the front yard, which was never pruned properly as a baby. It was strangling itself, and Mum pointed out exactly which branch needed to go first. Yesterday I got at it.
Before:
See the thin branch headed up and to the left? It was causing a big bruise on the main trunk. There were sewbugs (?so-bugs? carpenters) living in it - yuck!After:
Before:
This is a view from the back side - you can see that two arms from the renegade branch are wrapping themselves around the main trunk like pincers. Here is the same view, from further out; it just looks messy.
After: better!
Here is one of the "bruises" from the back side - nasty! I hope it will heal up now that it can breathe.
Another worry: is the cut close enough to heal over properly? Or do I need to take it in a little closer?
I found another offending branch a little higher up as well. Got right into this, I did! Notice tidy cut around centre of photo, and another liberated bruise over to the left.
Poor old tree, it still has some problems, but hopefully this will make it a little happier.
