I acquired two new cherry trees, Black tartarian and Ranier, from the box store today. Both are about 6’ tall and 1.25" caliper, with about 2-2 1/2’ of steeply angled scafold higher than i would like. Both are in small pots and have leaves.
I want to train them into an open center with the scaffold starting lower, and plan to keep them no more than 6-8’ high.
My question is, at this point in time, is it safe to chop them down to around 2’?