Cherry is an amazing tree that is admired all over the world. For example, in Japan, during the flowering of sakura (cherry), people massively go to parks and temples to admire this wonderful phenomenon.
Interestingly, for medicinal purposes, cherries use literally everything: sour-sweet berries, bark, and leaves.
Berries are used for the prevention of strokes, cardiovascular diseases, as they contain trace elements that thin the blood. Leaves and bark are used both in canning and to relieve inflammation in the joints of arthritis. Our practical tips will help you grow this wonderful helper in your garden.
Prepare the soil before planting.
Cherry - tree quite unpretentiousHowever, they grow best on loamy or sandy soils, where groundwater does not come closer to the surface than 2 m., but marshy peaty soils are best avoided during planting.
If the soil in your garden is too "sour", it must be lime, and then the seedling will die.
How to properly lime the soil
To do this, you need to add lime to the soil, depending on the level of acidity, you need from 0.5 to 0.8 kg of lime per 1 square meter.
Also do not forget about fertilizerwhich necessary when landing cherries They are brought directly into the pit for the future of the tree. It is best to use organic fertilizers: compost, manure, but with the addition of minerals (potash and phosphate fertilizers).
Top dressing will also need and after landing. To do this, you can use a solution of urea and potassium chloride. Nitrogen fertilizers are needed not less, but remember: they can not be applied to the soil for the winter - it will "kill" the tree.
In order to comfortably fit all this together with a prepared sapling - you need a deep enough pit. Her depth must be from 40 to 70 cm, width and height have the same parameters. Although the pit may be less deep, if you decide to plant bush, and not tree cherry. For a note, it is best to prepare a hole for the tree in advance, at least 1-2 weeks before the earth can settle. Now consider how to plant a cherry.
Now let's talk about landing
Cherry tree can plant both in autumn and spring. There is no one right decision about the time of planting cherries. Just follow some rules.
When planting a cherry sapling in the fall, it is necessary to prepare a sapling before October (on the one hand, the vegetation period of the plant is over, on the other - it has not frosted yet) and plant it within 1-2 weeks in the prepared pit.
It should be noted that experienced gardeners still tend to planting cherries in the spring, rather than in the autumn planting, as soon as the earth thaws completely. This is dictated by the fact that during winter planting there is a big risk of losing a young sapling, since he will not have time to strengthen his root system. And when planting in early spring - the seedling has enough time for adaptation and rooting.
The important point is the choice of location
For a successful outcome of the case, one of the most important points is the choice of a place for a young tree. After all, it depends on how long the cherry will bear fruit, and whether it will tolerate frost well. Cherry loves small elevations on the southwest and west sides. Such elevations will allow good waste of excess moisture, and the cold will not stagnate at the roots during spring frosts. So, the place for cherry is chosen, the pit is prepared, it remains only to plant a seedling in the ground.
Go to the planting sapling
Before planting, the seedling should be soaked in water for 2-5 hours to prevent the root system from drying out. Then, in a prepared pit, pour out a mixture of soil, organic fertilizers and plant our tree from above, straightening all the roots.
It is recommended that before planting, inspect the roots of the seedling to remove weak or infected ones.
After all the manipulations we pour the cherry with earth, compact it and, if necessary, use a peg for the garter. At a distance of 25-30 cm from the roots we form a small circular mound for irrigation and pour over three buckets of water.
After the water has been absorbed, the irrigation well should be sprinkled on top of it with a small layer of sawdust, humus or compost - this will prevent premature evaporation of moisture and the appearance of cracks.
If you have a desire to plant a cherry orchard, then it is necessary to pay special attention to the breakdown of the garden. When planting spray cherries (for example, felt) the distance between the bushes must be at least 3 m., and when planting a tree cherry - at least 4.
So, figured out with planting cherries? Now you need to save achievements and increase the harvest.
It is also interesting to read about the variety of cherries "Youth"
Cherry Care Secrets
Below are the basic rules for the care of cherries: loosening the soil, watering, fertilizer, pruning and protection from pests.
Loosen the soil and remove weeds under the cherry trees need several times per season. Once a year it is necessary to dig the ground to a depth of 20-25 cm. This is done in the fall, after fertilization.
The first secret is watering.
Cherries are fairly resistant to dry periods.However, several times during the season requires watering.
For the first time in a season, it is necessary to water immediately after the tree has faded, and then the first dressing should be made in the form of potash or phosphate fertilizers. Also, additional watering is necessary during the ripening of the berries. The last watering of the season is done just before winter, when all the leaves have already fallen.
There is no established norm for irrigation of cherries, since everything depends on specific weather conditions and rainfall.
The second secret is dressing
Feed trees can both with irrigation and separately. For the first time in the season, fertilizing and watering are combined, the second time they feed two weeks after the first.
Instead of mineral fertilizers, you can also use a solution of mullein and wood ash in the ratio of 1: 1: 6. Such a solution must necessarily insist for 3-5 days, and then water the tree.
Third secret - cutting branches
An important role in the care of cherries is played by cutting the branches.
With the help of pruning branches form the crown of young cherries. Pruning cherries should carry out in early springstarting with annual seedlings. They are cut about 70 cm to begin to form the lower floor of the branches.
The following year, they shorten them just as much, from the longest branch of the first floor, to form the second.
Krona no longer form at a height of 2-2.5 m.
After that, pruning is generally suspended. Pruning Further used as a sanitary and anti-aging measures. With weak branching, preference is given to shortening the branches, with a strong - thinning. When thinning it is necessary to remove the old branches and not to touch the annuals.
We protect cherries from pests and diseases
The first measures should be carried out in early spring, before the sap begins to move in the tree. You can spray a solution of urea with water, this solution will help to destroy the pests that have settled on the tree in the winter. But, if you carry out such a spraying later - it can cause leaf burn.
When appearing on the plant woundsmore than 1 cm they must be disinfected 1% solution of copper sulphate and cover with garden pitch. Make it easy: melt the wax, propolis and rosin in the ratio of 3: 2: 6, boil, after the mixture has cooled, add 1 part turpentine, then cover the damage on the wood.
Against shaggy tracksthat are carried by the wind spray preparations containing copper, but first try on one branch, if there is no leaf burn, you can spray the whole crown.
Also, to protect against pests, use trap belt with a special glue that does not allow pests to move up the trunk.
As you see, nothing is impossible for a person with intelligence and a sense of beauty.
Create your little paradise on earth.
