Can cherries be planted in the south?

Cherry can be planted in the south, but it is necessary to select suitable varieties and rootstocks, because the soil in the south is different from the sandy soil in the north, so it is necessary to improve the soil before planting, because there is more weather in Rain Water in the south, so we can consider building a planting shed, paying attention to timely drainage in Rain Water season, laying sunshade net in hot summer, and rational use of fruit setting agent to increase yield.

Can cherries be planted in the south

Cherries can be grown in the south, and there are many varieties of cherries, as long as you choose a suitable variety to plant them, but the big cherry varieties in Europe need to be refrigerated for more than 900 hours, and the south does not have such refrigerated conditions. so you can't grow it.

Matters needing attention in planting cherries in the south

1. Select suitable varieties and rootstocks

In the south, the varieties and rootstocks suitable for the south should be selected first. Big cherries need a higher amount of chilling. If they are planted in the south, the flowers will become sterile and the young fruits will fall off seriously. You can choose varieties with lower cold capacity, such as Meizao, red light, yellow honey, Rabins and so on. Choose the local mountain cherry that can adapt to the soil in the south as the rootstock, or choose the Gisela series rootstocks with a wide range of adaptation.

2. Improve the soil

The soil in the south is different from the sandy soil in the north. The soil in the south is easy to form plates and is relatively sticky. This kind of soil will affect the absorption of nutrients by the roots, is disadvantageous to the extension of the roots, and is easy to form fibrous roots. Grass can be grown in orchards, straw can be crushed and returned to the field, peat soil or humus can be ploughed into the soil, and organic fertilizer made from animal manure can be applied to improve soil texture and increase soil organic matter content.

3. Build a breeding shed for shelter from wind and rain

There is a lot of weather in Rain Water in the south, which brings a lot of diseases to cherries planted in the open air, such as Pythium, gum disease, bacterial perforation and so on. Therefore, the construction of planting shed can reduce both disease and fruit cracking. In order to prevent bird damage, a protective net should be hung around the planting shed during the ripening period of cherries.

4. Soil management measures

In the south, the rainy season is longer, Rain Water is more and concentrated, and there are often torrential rains in summer. Big cherry has shallow roots and is afraid of waterlogging. if it is planted in the plain or low-lying areas, it is necessary to do a good job of ridging and drainage, planting ridges and digging drains to prevent waterlogging.

5. Do a good job of cooling and shading

Hot summer will have a certain adverse effect on flower bud differentiation, resulting in the formation of a large number of polypistil flowers, double pistil flowers and ovary flowers, resulting in the emergence of twin fruits. After the construction of the planting greenhouse, it can facilitate the laying of the sunshade net when the temperature is high. Orchard grass or orchard water spraying can also be adopted to reduce the fruit of twins or multiple twins caused by excessive differentiation of flower buds.

6. Rational use of fruit setting agent

Rational use of fruit setting agent is a necessary means to increase the yield of cherries, even if the management is in place and planting is very good, fruit setting agent should be used for high yield.

According to the lessons summarized from the failure experiences of a large number of growers in the south, it is impossible to achieve high yield simply by relying on natural pollination without the use of fruit setting agents, even if the varieties of self-pollination on the market, or natural pollination bear fruit, are flowers but not fruit, the fruit setting rate is very low, a large number of young fruits yellowing and falling off, only very few fruits can persist until maturity.

In order to increase the yield of cherry, many growers have found that spraying fruit setting agent from flowering to hard kernel stage can increase the yield of most big cherry varieties and achieve the goal of high yield.