Good afternoon, my reader. Cherries and sweet cherries - garden plants loved by everyone, are grown on almost every site. Their main value lies in the delicious and vitamin-rich fruits. But in order for the plants to give a rich harvest, it is necessary to fertilize them. Let's take a closer look at the methods and ways of feeding cherries from spring to autumn.
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Cherry
Cherry, depending on the height, can be attributed to both trees and shrubs. The plant is drought-resistant, does not like excessive moisture. It develops better in higher areas. Loves and requires frequent feeding.
Depending on the variety and climatic conditions, cherry blossoms start early: late April - early May (in some regions in June). Fruiting from June to August.
Sweet cherry
This garden plant belongs to the subgenus cherry. This tree culture is hygrophilous and does not need additional fertilizing as much as cherry. Cherry blossoms take place in April-May. Cherry bears fruit from late May to mid-July.
Organic and mineral fertilizers
You should be aware that both types of dressings are well suited for these garden trees.
Organic fertilizers based on compost, chicken manure, sawdust, etc. make soils lighter and looser, improving their structure
Mineral fertilizers enrich the soil with micro and macro elements, which has a beneficial effect on fruiting. Top dressing such as ammonium nitrate, urea, potassium salt, etc., are quite common and available for purchase. Complex dressings, which include sulfur, calcium, magnesium, nitroammofoska, etc., also have a good effect on the development of trees.
Remember: fertilizers containing nitrogen are permissible for use from spring to mid-summer. Later, you cannot feed the soil with them, so the trees will not be able to prepare for the autumn-winter season due to the long growing season.
Root and foliar nutrition
Distinguish root (into the ground) and foliar (spraying the leaves) top dressing.
Top dressing root method carried out by fertilizing the trunk circle near the trees. About half a meter retreat from the trunk. The feeding area depends on the age of the crop - the older the tree, the larger it is.
Feature foliar method top dressing is that you can spray only trees at least 2 years old. With the help of fertilizers, the trunk, branches, and the root circle are treated.
Advice: it is not recommended to carry out this procedure in clear sunny weather, it is better to do it in the evening or on a cloudy day.
Features of feeding in spring
Spring feeding of cherries and cherries helps to awaken the active growth of trees and is the basis for abundant flowering, and subsequently the yield of horticultural crops. Before awakening the kidneys, in order to avoid fungal diseases, it is recommended to spray trees with copper sulfate and quicklime (300 g each), diluted in a bucket of water.
Further, depending on the age of the crops, it is necessary to periodically fertilize and spray them with urea, ammonium nitrate, phosphorus-potassium fertilizers.
Important: top dressing must be combined with watering and monitoring the acidity of the soil.
Summer feeding
Top dressing at the beginning of summer is carried out using fertilizers such as nitroammofosk or ammofosk. They should be diluted in the proportion of 30 g of the preparation per 10 liters of water. A glass of ash is also added there.
In August, a solution of 25 g of superphosphate per 10 liters of water or a solution of 2 glasses of ash for a similar amount of liquid is a good fertilizer.
Recommended: if you combine top dressing and abundant watering in August, then this will have a beneficial effect on the formation of buds in the next season.
Top dressing of cherries and cherries in the fall
Autumn manipulations will help you restore soil fertility and prepare trees for a bountiful harvest in the new year. Top dressing should be done in October or November at the same time as tree pruning. Here you can safely introduce drugs that are serious in chemical composition, without fear of harming your health.
Trees are fertilized with solutions of superphosphates, potassium sulfate, as well as compost, humus, potassium chloride or sulfate.
After the onset of frost, the trees are sprayed with a urea solution.
Note: in order for the trees to awaken in the spring rested and filled with vitality, at the end of September, abundant watering of garden crops should be carried out at the rate of 5-10 buckets of water per tree.
By observing these simple rules, you will provide cherry and cherry trees with full-fledged top dressing, and the next season will be especially fruitful!
Do you feed cherries and cherries from spring to autumn?
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