Cherry trees in wet clay

[Kp2017]

We live in the southern Willamette Valley in Oregon. We planted 2 cherries in clay soil 2 years ago. They seem to be doing fine but we just dug a hole closeby and the hole filled with water (wet spring here). We decided to not plant what we were going to in that hole but anyone have an opinion on if we should move the nearby cherries that are a little downhill so most likely just as wet? Thanks!

[clarkinks]

@Kp2017

Sweet cherries are not tolerant of wet feet. Sour cherries are more tolerant. My first question is what type of cherries are they?

[krismoriah]

I use mounds in my sketchy areas… working so far… lots of threads about it…links to them in this thread.

New Orchard - Creating Mounds for Trees

I’ve recently cleared some sloped land and have tilled in minerals to the soil as prescribed by a soil test. The orchard will be irrigated. The soil is clay loam. I’m in the Pacific Northwest (8b) and in between mountain ranges where it can be wet / rainy. As a complete orchard neophyte, I’ve learned mostly from this forum and am highly grateful for all of your knowledge sharing. One of the things commonly mentioned is that planting bare root trees on top of mounds can be very helpful - e…

[Kp2017]

Thank you this was very helpful!

[Kp2017]

Thank you these links were very helpful!

[Kp2017]

They are sweet. Stella and something else. Seems we will have to move them, thanks for your input!