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Post by prairiegardens on Jul 3, 2017 12:56:30 GMT -5
one of my cherries, the one with the best fruit of course, is ripening the cherries but they haven't filled out at all, they're tiny, if the pit is the usual size the flesh will barely cover it. The other tree is behaving normally, the two trees are only about 20 feet apart. The weather hasn't been particularly dry, although we're told we will be in a heat wave now for the next two weeks. It has lots of fruit but not more than normal. What causes this and is there anything to be done about it?
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Post by philagardener on Jul 3, 2017 17:13:24 GMT -5
If the pits aren't developing, maybe there was a pollination issue earlier this Spring?
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Post by prairiegardens on Jul 4, 2017 9:33:06 GMT -5
I hadn't thought to check the size of the pits, will do that this morning. The weather was a bit iffy , cool and rainy with bouts of sunshine when it was in blossom but the other tree appears to be developing cherries normally and was in bloom at the same time. Maybe there were few pollinators and all went to that one instead.
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Post by prairiegardens on Jul 11, 2017 10:56:20 GMT -5
The pits are about the usual size, just very little flesh on them. They're all turning red already, it's very odd. We had fairly regular rain and this isn't a young tree.. Could that be it, it's reaching old age and needing to be replaced?
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Post by mskrieger on Jul 11, 2017 11:13:10 GMT -5
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Post by prairiegardens on Jul 11, 2017 19:00:08 GMT -5
This is a Saskatchewan sour cherry on its own roots but I did not prune it last year, apparently that's important. So that may be the reason, didn't know cherry trees were supposed to be pruned.thanks for the link. It may also have to do with the rather gloomy weather we had this spring. Can't do much about that though.
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Post by mskrieger on Jul 12, 2017 11:24:03 GMT -5
Interesting. I prune my sour cherries heavily every March. Except when I'm super pregnant or super lazy or whatever and don't...but I've never gotten button-sized fruit. (My troubles are more to do with humidity and rot, unfortunately.)
Hope your tree recovers next year!
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