Need some advice on my three Carmine Jewels. They’re about 8 years old–three bushes planted too close, 5’ spacing and now they are really crowded. Also about 9’ high. They peaked on production at about year 4–(lots of cherries!), now don’t get much. There is a lot of non-productive wood inside.
I’m thinking about removing the middle bush and really doing a major renewal pruning job on the remaining two next spring. Maybe taking them back down to 4’.
you cut that middle one, make sure you put some crossbow on the stumps and be ready to spray or transplant the sprouts that survive. its probably a good idea to remove it and prune it down some. mine are about 10ft apart and that’s about right. even 12’ might be even better to allow more air in there.