Many growers in Tasmania are using the Kym Green Bush (KGB) training system for cherries, which is a modification of the Spanish Bush. It involves heavy pruning in the early years to establish the bushy tree form, but that delays production. At the Grove Research Station in Tasmania, senior horticulturist Predo Jotic is demonstrating to growers how to modify the Spanish Bush to produce earlier crops. Jotic said Green’s philosophy is that growers should be patient about cropping and wait for a big crop in year four. But Jotic feels that if you can prune less and crop a cherry […]