How to plant cherries and when to prune cherry trees

There is a saying that cherries are delicious, but trees are hard to plant. There are many people who like to eat cherry fruit, so they want to grow it themselves, but they don't know much about its planting method. In fact, if you want to harvest delicious and healthy cherries, in addition to being familiar with its planting method, proper pruning in the planting process is also very important.

How to grow cherries

1. Cherry seed treatment

When we eat cherries, we will leave the seeds inside, we need these seeds for planting, soak the cherry seeds in warm water for a day, soak them out and wash them, and then use tools to open their shells. People with good teeth can bite them open directly with their mouths. Be careful not to damage the seeds inside.

2. Dry and sow seeds

Put the treated cherry seeds in a cool place for 1-2 days, and then take out and sow the seeds. Prepare a container for the soil in advance, sow the cherry seeds shallowly in the soil, then the ventral soil is about 1-2cm, and water once after sowing. After sowing, the storage temperature is between 20 and 25 degrees, and it can germinate after about half a month.

3. Seedling stage management

After waiting for the seedlings to be unearthed, we can water the soil according to the degree of dryness and wetness of the soil to keep the soil moist, but not too wet. After the seedling has grown and formed, we can transplant it into a large pot and transplant it with the soil, so as not to harm the root system of the seedling. Organic fertilizer can be applied properly after transplanting so that the seedlings can grow better.

When is the best time to prune the cherry tree?

Cherry trees need to be cut in spring, summer and winter. The details are as follows:

First, summer pruning

The main results are as follows: 1. In the leaf cluster stage (3-5 cm), the competitive buds of strong branches and extended branches were completely erased from the upper back of the main branch, the upper part of the lateral branch, the trunk and near the large cut. Remove double buds and leave single buds, dry buds, disease and insect branches, waste buds and reduce long fruit branches that do not set fruit.

(2) the overdense branches on the main side branches and fruiting branches can be removed from the base, pay attention to not too many branches at one time, and the amount of branches should be controlled at 1 / 3 of the number of new shoots at the thinning site. Before June, the overgrown branches with space on the main and lateral backbone branches can be ultra-truncated with 1-2 nodes at the base, and the small and medium-sized fruiting branches can be cultivated.

Second, autumn pruning

After September, the new shoots no longer lengthen, and the growth is basically in a state of semi-stop. cutting off the tender green shoots of the current year can save nutrition, promote the development and enrichment of the branches themselves and flower buds and leaf buds, and shrink 1 beat 3 to the long shoots. Properly remove the over-dense branches that are shaded outside.

Winter pruning

When the total length of one-year-old branches is less than 1 prime 5, the new shoots germinated in the next year grow weakly, but there are a large number of new shoots, which are mostly used for medium, short and bouquet-like fruit branches. Or after the strong fruiting branches are cut lightly, the number of fruit is increased and the growth of new shoots is controlled. Removing useless branches that are thin and weak, diseases and insect pests, overgrowth, overlap and dense shading can promote the remaining branches. The growth of overgrown fruit-bearing branches or long-fruit branches can weaken the apical dominance and promote the formation of medium-and short-fruit branches.

How to cut cherry saplings

In the spring and summer growth period, select semi-mature robust branches, 0.7-30 cm in diameter, 15-500 cm in length, epiphytic 4-6 leaves, inserted in river sand, vermiculite or peat soil or several mixtures are suitable for cooperative nursery bed media, especially cuttings should be kept moist and shaded. About 1.5-2 months after cuttage, the roots will be transplanted after the root groups grow vigorously. If the cutting method is managed face-to-face, it will have a survival rate of 60-90%. The cutting method is simple and has the highest success rate.

When do domestic cherries ripen?

The ripening period of domestic cherries is about between May and July every year, and it should be the most delicious from late May to June 20. Because of different producing areas and different temperature conditions, the time of maturity will be slightly different. Early cherries usually go on sale in May in the Gregorian calendar and last a little more than a month, while late cherries go on sale in the middle and late May.

This is the end of the introduction to the planting method of cherries. Do you understand it? The planting method of cherry is not difficult, because it is more adaptable to the environment. However, it is very critical to manage it in the process of planting.