Advice on unavoidable repotting of a dwarf cherry tree
brightonpatio
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Hello! I'd be really grateful for advice on what I can do to help a dwarf Fruttoni Cherry Cinderella tree survive moving from a raised bed to a large pot, and for pruning it beforehand. There's no option because we have building work.
We've got a small, shady patio in Brighton. I bought and potted the tree from Dobies back in Jan 2012, and then it was moved to a raised bed. It's grown to over 5ft, flowers each year, but has never borne fruit (I think it has cherry leaf scorch). I haven't pruned it... which I do realise now I should have!
We're having a garden office built that means we have to reduce the size of the bed - this begins next week. I want to know how best to prune beforehand, and also whether it might survive being repotted in a large pot (and which size) or whether we should just offer it to a neighbour with a bigger garden?
I've attached photos, hope that might help. I don't want to kill it!
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It's not ideal at all no, pansyface, but it can't be helped... we have been planning this building work since April and it's been in full since then, I was hoping we might be able to wait till later in the autumn but it's got to be now for other reasons.
Thanks so much for the advice! And I will be a dedicated pruner in future...