Cherry varieties that can be planted in the South

Cherry fruit sweet, nutritious, planting economic benefits are also very high. But as the saying goes, cherries are delicious but trees are hard to grow. So, what are the varieties of cherries that can be grown in the south?

1. Cultivable cherry varieties in the south

Can be planted black skin cherry, red concubine cherry, yellow lantern cherry, cloud red cherry, south early red and so on. These varieties are Chinese small cherries, sweet but small fruit, and low yield, which is also the reason why the quality and yield of cherries planted in the south are not as good as those in the north.

II. Technical points of planting cherries in the south

1. Select the variety

The first step in planting cherries in the south is to choose suitable varieties, and the varieties with low chilling requirement should be selected as far as possible. After selecting the right cherry varieties, it is necessary to choose the right rootstock as the cultivation tree. The selection of rootstock is also very important. We should try our best to choose the local cherry tree as the rootstock, which can adapt to the local growth environment. In the south planting must not choose the north commonly used rootstock, not easy to survive, but also can choose a wide range of adaptability of Gisela series rootstock.

2, shelter from rain

There is much rain in the south, and the cherry ripening period is just the rainy season in the south, which is easy to cause waterlogging and fruit cracking. In addition, it is easy to cause a series of diseases, such as bacterial perforation, gum disease, brown spot perforation, rot, anthracnose and so on. The shed can not only prevent a series of diseases caused by rain, but also set up nets around the shed during the ripening period of cherries to prevent birds from stealing food.

In addition to more rain, the planting disadvantage in the south is high temperature. Summer high temperature will directly affect flower bud differentiation, canopy can also play a role in shading and cooling, reduce twin multiple fruit caused by excessive flower bud differentiation.

3. Ridging and drainage

Cherry roots are shallow and afraid of waterlogging, especially in plain or low-lying areas, cherry cultivation must be ridged, drainage ditch dug for rapid drainage to prevent waterlogging, resulting in fruit cracking.

4, improve the soil

The soil in the south is obviously different from that in the north. The soil in the south is generally sticky, which is not conducive to the extension of roots and the formation of fibrous roots. It is easy to harden and affect nutrient absorption. It is suggested that more organic fertilizer should be applied during planting, such as animal manure, straw crushing and returning to field, ploughing into humus soil or peat soil, growing grass in orchard, etc. to gradually improve soil organic matter content and improve soil.