Question on pruning Romance cherries. I planted Carmine Jewel and Crimson Passion form HoneyberryUSA at the same time - Spring of 2013. They both were just few inches high. Last year CJ gave me 5 flowers that brought me 5 berries, this year it is about 4.5 ’ tall and loaded with flowers. It is kind of reasonably dense plant. I am going only prune it a little after it is done with crop, just to remove really out of place or broken branches.
It is a different story with Crimson Passion. It is already 5.5 ’ tall, very-very dense and no single flower. I wondering, if I prune it heavily to make the canopy light and airy instead of dense, will it get the message and start working on the flower buds, or it will just put all the energy to replace lost green mass?