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Drooping Cherry tree branches
Ash Bennette
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in Fruit & veg
Hello everyone. We have a 3 - 4 year old Stella cherry tree, some of the branches are bowing and starting to hang down causing stress cracks where they bow.
The tree has flowered and is producing fruit but I am worried that the cracks might get worse or lead to snapped branches.
It is the thinner branches and it might just be that they are a bit too weak for the weight of the leaves and fruit forming?
Is this normal at all .. ?
(I have cut my grass since this was taken!!)
Last edited: 09 June 2016 21:34:28
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Our Stella branches touch the ground now, so I am thinking this is normal, looks a bit like a weeping willow.
My Cherry tree is ok.. But it depends how deep the tree was planted in the first place.. My tree is about 6ft now and the branches are a good 3 foot 6 inches from the ground..