Cherry haiku!
@Jose-Albacete Thank you for the recommendation! Unfortunately they do not ship to Romania.
Would it be possible to buy some scion wood form you ? I can’t seem to find anywhere near these 3 varieties:
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Royal Helen → especially this one
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Sweet Saretta
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Sweet Stephany
Thank you!
David
This question leaves me a little perplexed, since paraffin oil for fruit tree treatment is incredibly cheap here in my country.
Paraffin Oil
Insectoil Key (5 liters)
There are countless commercial brands, but the active ingredient in all of them is the same:
- 79% Paraffin Oil
The dosage for this product is 1.5 liters of oil per 100 liters of water (0.4 gallons per 100 liters of water).
To treat my entire orchard ( each treatament of three ), I need 15 liters of paraffin oil (4 gallons).
And this has a total cost of approximately €57 (US$67.56). It’s not expensive at all.
Ideally, you should apply two or three winter treatments with copper oxychloride and paraffin oil (the last one is the most important and should be done when the flower is in the pink bud stage).
Regarding whether to apply winter treatments to some fruit trees and not others, the answer is that you should treat them all to eliminate all insect eggs laid on the trees and start the season as healthy as possible. Insects will appear
flying in spring and you’ll need to use stronger insecticides.
Best regards
Jose
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Hi Jose,
you said it right!
As I am a hobby cherry grower (and other fruits, and I am a mechanical engineer) and as I have inherited property on soil that is as it is (heavy loamy, very acidic with 800mm of rain mostly in autumn, winter and spring; with minimum temperatures down to -16°C and enough cold hours for the dormant season of plants) = the adaptation does not go by cherry varieties, but by the conditions of the micro location.
Adesoto 101 + Adara interstock will be an excellent combination for cherries in my case, and the growing form KGB (upright varieties) or Spanish bush.
I have already experienced problems with fungal diseases of fruit tree roots, so I will stick to Adesoto 101 rootstock for cherries, peaches, plums, and I will also try it with apricots.
Which varieties are suitable for KGB? Lapins?
Best regards,
Ivan, Croatia
Hi Ivan.
The Adesoto-Adara combination is a great fit for you.
Regarding the tree structure systems you like (KGB and Spanish Bush), both have advantages and disadvantages, but this will surely clear up any doubts.
- KGB is a system developed for professionals, as it significantly reduces the amount of labor required during harvest. Its main advantage is the rapid formation of the structure and its quick entry into production. As disadvantages (which I consider important), it’s important to keep in mind that once the trees are adults, the trees trained using the KGB system require continuous renewal of the axis through pruning. Furthermore, not all cherry varieties adapt well to this system, as the cherry varieties suitable for KGB are those with a tendency towards vertical growth, with little tendency to produce lateral branches, and ideally, self-fertile varieties.
Cherry trees trained using the KGB system, to be productive, must have the axis with big height , so that the lower two-thirds are harvested from the ground, and the upper third requires a ladder.
For this reason, the most outstanding varieties for this system would be:
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Lapins (a clear example)
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Santina
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Sweetheart
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The Spanish Bush system requires a longer period than KGB to develop the tree structure and subsequently enter production (one more year). However, once the structure is established, pruning in the Spanish Bush system is minimal, as it does not require the renewal needed for KGB. The Spanish Bush system creates a large, open canopy, so the trees should not be excessively tall, allowing the entire tree to be harvested from the ground without a ladder. On the other hand, all varieties adapt well to this system, especially those that tend to produce side shoots, and it works well with both self-fertile and self-incompatible varieties.
We all have our opinions and preferences, but I believe that for an amateur grower , the Spanish Bush system is much more advisable.
Best regards
Jose
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Hi Jose,
Is this a well-grown cherry tree in the Spanish bush training system?
Best regards,
Ivan
No, Ivan, the Spanish Bush technique is incorrectly applied to that cherry tree.
It’s an attempt at Spanish Bush, but poorly executed.
Please give me a few days, as I’m preparing packages of cuttings for my friends and I don’t even have time to breathe. As soon as I have time, I’ll explain how to perform formative pruning of a cherry tree using the Spanish Bush system. It’s much more beautiful, harmonious, and productive than that botched cherry tree in the video.
Best regards
Jose
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Did anyone tell you, you can pass as Danny Devito’s brother? Back to cherries. Are any of the 7 varieties of cherries you mentioned are late bloomers, to avoid frosts?
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Just by at my face, I’m almost 2 meters tall 
The varieties of cherries latest flowering
available in the United States (at the hobbyist level) will be these:
- Summit
- Cristalina ( Sumnue )
- Regina
- Sam
- Blackgold
- Sonata ( but it is extremely acidic )
- Kordia ( Attika )
- Stark Gold
- Hudson
For these types of late-flowering varieties, I recommend using the Blackgold variety as a pollinator, since it is self-fertile and universal pollinator for all late-flowering varieties.
The best variety of all without a doubt is Summit, but it needs a pollinator (Blackgold).
Best regards
Jose
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