How to plant a duke or a cherry
Amateur gardeners just recently became aware of the name cherries, although historical data show that this variety of trees was bred for a long time. Sweet cherry is a hybrid of cherries. She also has a second name - duke.
Content
- Cherries - description of the plant and its features video
- Sweet cherry - planting and care
- What to pay special attention to video
- Most common varieties
- Buying seedlings video
- What are the benefits of berries
Cherries - description of the plant and its features
There is a visible difference between the hybrid variety, the cherry and the sweet cherry. For example, foliage is much larger than cherry, but also shiny and dense. The main and important advantage of the cherry is:
- relatively large berry size,
- her excellent taste
- as well as a high degree of resistance of the tree to diseases such as moniliosis and coccomycosis.
The weight of the berry can range from 10 to 20 grams. It tastes much sweeter than cherries, with a slightly sour finish. It tolerates severe winter cold worse than cherries, and a moderate-temperate climate suits the plant well. In its conditions, observing certain growing rules, it is possible to achieve without problematic growth and excellent fertility.
Sweet cherry - planting and care
Planting seedlings of such trees is similar to planting other fruit trees. The best time for planting is early spring, autumn planting often leads to freezing and death of seedlings. With late spring planting, survival is significantly reduced. Harvesting of planting material is carried out in late autumn, cold cellars are used for its storage, or storage is used in the soil, placing plants in pits about 40 cm deep at an angle of 45, followed by filling them with a non-thick layer of soil.
First, fertilize the soil, then form holes, leaving a distance of at least five meters between the wells. Saplings are added to the wells. Fall asleep dug ground mixed with sand (1: 1 ratio). If the acidity in the soil is higher than normal, then lime-based fertilizers must be used.
Do not deepen too much into the ground the lower part of the trunk adjacent to the root system. This can lead to the death of the seedling. After landing, the tree is cut at a height of about 60 centimeters. When the crown has already formed, cut a third of the branches located on the sides, leaving a complete shoot located in the center.
Gardeners are advised to choose a site for planting a duke, which will be:
- warm enough
- do not blow east and north winds,
- the sand content in the soil of which will be sufficient for the normal development of the plant.
What to pay special attention to
A greater number of varieties of sweet cherry are not pollinated either by each other or independently, of course, obtaining a crop in this case will be impossible. To eliminate this problem, you need to plant a couple of varieties of self-fertile cherries or northern cherries between saplings of red cherry.
Constantly fertilize cherry duke is not worth it. This can lead to:
- to a violation of normal growth,
- to changes in the proper development of the stem,
- to distorted, poorly ripening fruits.
An improperly formed tree bark can cause severe freezing of the trunk in frosty weather and to complete death of the plant with the onset of spring. Thoroughly digging a circle around the trunk and mulching with grass as fertilizer will be enough.
When caring for newly planted seedlings, you need to remember that you need to water them often enough. In winter, the tree will have to be wrapped up - this will reliably protect it from snow masses. Shelter seedlings occur using dense polyethylene, from the top to the root system.
Digging up the soil in the near-stem circle is not recommended deeply - the roots are located at a depth of 20 to 70 cm. In the summer they make shallow loosening of the soil and its harrowing, this is done after rain or watering. Be sure to remove all weeds from the trunk circle.
Most common varieties
The first grade bred in the open spaces of the former Union is considered to be the Beauty of the North. It happened more than 100 years ago. The merit for breeding the first hybrid of cherry duke lies on the shoulders of I. Michurin. The first hybrid became famous for its excellent winter-hardy characteristics. The berries of the Beauty of the North are quite large, weigh 10 grams, are light scarlet in color, and the flesh is yellow-cream.
After Michurin, for several decades, work was underway to develop hybrids for areas with a cold climate. One of the best examples of the work done is the Excellent Venyaminova variety. Cherries, whose varieties are particularly resistant to harsh climates, provide rich harvests of large scarlet-colored berries.
For regions with milder and warmer climates, hybrid varieties have also been bred. The most striking representative of such varieties is Wonder Cherry. A lot of berries are tied on it; the ripening dates are very early. The fruits are large, dark red in color with a slightly sour taste of cherry.
Buying seedlings
When buying a cherry for breeding in your own garden, pay special attention to the name of the seedlings sold. If the price tag shows only redwood or redwood duke - most likely, such seedlings have no relation to the hybrids in question. If there is a marking on the price tag that confirms a particular hybrid variety, then there is the option that after a while a really sweet cherry will grow from the purchased seedling and will delight with its amazing appearance and delicious fruits.
What are the benefits of berries
Scientists have proved that the pulp of Duke berries is endowed with properties that help kill a variety of bacteria. Also, the use of fruits helps to stop diseases such as anemia and gout. Freshly squeezed juice will significantly improve the appetite, the body needs with such a serious disease as arthritis, with mental disorders, with diseases of the throat (cough), with constipation. Oncologists are sure that the use of sweet cherry stops the growth and increase in the number of cancer cells.
In 100 grams of freshly picked duke cherry fruit, there are 0.5 grams of fat and 0.8 grams of protein, and the nutritional value of this number of berries is only 50 calories.
