How to grow a cherry: useful tips

Cherry is a very popular culture in Russian gardens. Fragrant sweet and sour berries are loved by many. But few know how to grow cherries. Usually a sapling is stuck somewhere in the corner. In the spring he tries, magnificently, blooms beautifully ... and that is all. On this, his strength is drying up and you can not wait for a good harvest.

But the tree needs a little help, and it will thank you richly with rich berries. The most basic thing that cherry is required:

• correct fit
• trimming
• top dressing
• care

The list is short, effort is needed very little. You just need to follow some recommendations.

Correct fit

Sometimes we see such a picture: the neighbors open a hole on the bayonet of a shovel, pour some water. Then stuck a sapling, pressed it with his foot. And these people are waiting for a good harvest of cherries?

A young tree is still too weak, with a small root system. For the first time he needs some room for growth and a little bit of nutrients.After two years, the tree will be able to independently obtain its own moisture and food, but for now we plant it correctly.

For one seedling, a planting pit with sides of at least 50 cm is needed. We lay out the excavated land nearby. In it we add a bucket of humus or 2 kg of compost. Pour a liter jar of ash, add phosphate and potash fertilizers (recommendations look at the package). Then carefully mix the resulting soil mixture.

The next step is to pour a mound half a height to the bottom of the landing pit. We stick a strong peg into its center. Close to it, carefully place the seedling and spread the root system around the hillock. Then we begin to gently sprinkle the roots with earth. You can gently press the soil with your hands. Next, the near-stem circle is poured abundantly with water with a root formation stimulator. Then the soil is mulched with peat or mowed grass. The seedling itself for the first time gently tied to a peg.

How to fill? Focus on the color of the bark. Where there was a planting height customary for a sapling, the bark of a different shade. It is not recommended to sleep above this mark. Cherry, in principle, does not like a deep landing, it starts to hurt and rot. You can do even easier. Sapling fall asleep, not reaching 5 cm to the site of vaccination.It is always clearly visible even in an adult tree.

It is better to plant cherry in early spring. So she will quickly grow and gain strength. When planting in autumn, the tree may not have time to develop a good root system before frost, and will die in winter.

Council Up to 3 years old trees almost endure landing without pain. If you are forced to transplant cherries over the age of 3 years, then at least try to damage the root system as little as possible.

Pruning

To know how to properly cut the cherry, you need to study an impressive mountain of special literature. At first, it will be difficult not to get entangled in all these lateral buds, the skeletal processes and central conductors. But, if you understand the basic principles, you will do it with ease. If you yourself are afraid of wrong pruning, then ask someone. Surely among the neighbors, relatives or friends there is a suitable craftsman.

Did not find this? So you have to act independently. The main thing is the removal of old or diseased branches, cutting curves of the branches.You should also get rid of the knots growing inside the crown, so as not to thicken the tree. Pruning done in early spring, before blooming buds. Or in late autumn, when the sapling will drop all the leaves.

Council Don't know where to start pruning? Rely on your taste. Form a secateur beautiful crown of the correct form. And then the tree itself will grow as properly.

Feedings

Cherry - completely unpretentious plant. But he must sometimes indulge in various sweets. Once a year, well-rotted manure or compost is introduced into the tree trunk circle. But not just so poured on the surface of the earth, and thoroughly mixed with the top layer of soil. It is best to do this in the spring, even before the leaves bloom.

Several times during the season cherries are poured with plain clean water. The calculation is very simple: how old a tree is - so many buckets need to be poured under it. During a severe drought, the dose of water is doubled. For the period of rains, watering is stopped altogether.

Periodically feed cherries with solutions of complex fertilizers. Depending on the type of dressing, see the recommendation on the dosage on the product package. Classical agricultural technology involves fertilizing once a month, from March to September. Yes, yes, after the harvest, the tree should not be forgotten.Otherwise, next year you may not get cherries at all.

Council Do not exceed the dosage dressing. It will not bring benefit, but you will easily burn the root system.

Care

Cherry love not only people. Almost all birds adore her. Therefore, prepare for the time of maturation of the crop, no, not a slingshot. A special mesh for protection. It is sold in almost any agricultural store. She just pull on the crown. This grid does not block access to rain or sunlight, but perfectly protects against uninvited guests.

This method is suitable for owners of small shrub cherries. What to do for those who have big trees? How to protect cherries from birds? Surely you have some old CDs lying around. Here they are tied in the crown of a tree so that they freely roll and spin at the slightest breeze. The incomprehensible shine of the reflected sunshine is very frightening to the voracious birds. It is possible, along with everything, to install ratchets or tie satin ribbons, pieces of rustling bags. In a word, all that glitters or makes strange sounds.

If nothing is done, then a small flock of sparrows or blackbirds can devour an entire crop from a large tree in 15 minutes.

In addition to birds, many pests will feed on a cherry. They begin their hunt in early spring, from the moment of bud swelling, and finish before the autumn frosts. Therefore, in the fight against them need a whole range of activities.

1. In the spring, as soon as the kidneys swell, they sprinkle urea. 350 g of fertilizer diluted in 5 liters of water. And plentifully sprayed the whole tree, so that it drips heavily from the branches. Simultaneously with spraying, a stem circle is carefully shed.
2. Before flowering, the tree should be treated with any fast-acting insecticide at hand. If you choose a drug with a prolonged effect, you will be harmed by the bees that will fly to the flowers. If you are an opponent of chemistry, then try treating plants with infusions of tobacco, chamomile, garlic. Sometimes it helps deter pests.
3. Immediately after flowering, re-treatment with insecticides is necessary. At this time the weevil is especially raging. If you still have small bushes or cherry trees, then try to shake them slightly every morning.Insects will fall on the ground or specially spread sheets. You will only have to collect and destroy them.
4. In the autumn, after the first real frosts, be sure to dig a circle with a crown of a cherry on a bayonet of a shovel. And then immediately treat urea, as in the spring. Weevil larvae will not withstand such pressure and quickly die.

Cherry almost always gives a lot of root sprout. It must be promptly removed so that it does not pull out the nutrient juices from the uterine tree. These sprouts can try to transplant. With proper care, they also give a good harvest, only begin to bear fruit much later. Just be prepared for a completely different taste of new residents.

Be sure to remove the fallen fruit. After wintering, these berries will give good shoots. You are tortured then to tear them out of the ground.

Useful recommendations

1. Plant in your garden at least two trees of different varieties. Then you will definitely be with the harvest, because the same varieties badly pollinate each other.
2. The distance between the shrub cherry species must be at least 2 meters.Varieties that grow in the form of a tree are planted at a distance of 3-4 meters from each other.
3. By the way, there is one trick to attract more bees to the trees in the spring. With the beginning of flowering, spray the crown with plain water with the addition of a small amount of granulated sugar. Approximately 1 tbsp. l per liter of fluid. The smell of sugar will lure beneficial insects.
4. Be sure to keep the wheel circle. Around him make a small roller or bump of earth. This will allow all fertilizers to get strictly to the root system, rather than spread over the surroundings.
5. Plant only varieties specific to your area. Otherwise, you will be tormented for a long time with the climatic whims of cherries, and you will have to forget about a good harvest.
6. Be sure to collect all leaf litter late fall, take it out of the site and burn. It often hides the larvae of cherry pests and pathogens. For the same purpose, scrape off the top layer of old bark on large trees. In the invisible cracks can also hide for the winter all sorts of cherry-eating.
7. If there are signs of any disease, do not try to save the tree by spraying. You can not see, and the sore already captures branches.Be sure to cut or file damaged knots with a capture of healthy wood by 10-12 cm. And gloss over the damage with a garden cook. Not at hand? So the usual oil paint will do.
8. Spraying phytopreparations spend as prevention. Do not wait until the disease captures your trees.
9. Whitewashing tree trunks is best done in the fall, not in the spring, as is customary to do. Winter rash sun is much worse than the early spring rays. And young trees often get burns in the winter. To whitewash better kept on the trunk add a little building cement to the lime. Of course, it will no longer be that snow-white, but it will be good to stick on the bark. Yes, and this mixture is applied much softer and easier.
10. Never overfeed the cherry trees with nitrogen fertilizers. This is an excellent lure for aphids. Otherwise, then you will have to make a lot of effort, time and money to fight such a pest. It is better to feed a little plant.
11. Never mix chemicals during regular processing. This applies only to herbal infusions.If it becomes necessary to use several insecticides, then carry out treatment with a break of 5-7 days. So they will not react with each other.
12. Always use pre-winter watering. In late September or early October, water the cherry trees thoroughly. So they will gain enough juice and fruit buds will spend the winter well.

How to grow a cherry? It is necessary to follow the useful recommendations and do not forget to take care of the tree a little. Then on your table there will always be fragrant cherry pies and fragrant jam.

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