Hi all. I have a cherimoya tree that i planted last year.I pruned it last year so that it formed 3 scaffold branches (the Y branch you see in front of the tree was used to train the branches in different directions)
2 weeks ago, when the tree defoliated, i pruned it, and now each branch is producing between 8 and 12 side shoots.
I have two questions :
What it is the maximum secondary branches i can keep for each scaffold branch?
If i have to remove some shoots (which is likely the case), when it is best to do it? remove some buds right now to avoid wasting energy or should i wait to see which branches are vigorous in order to keep the most vigorous ones?