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Sandy starts with ... Can anyone tell me how to look after a cherry tree, stella variety. I planted one 2 years ago, it has flowered, and had spurs on it, but no fruit, as yet. It is in an open position, in the sun, in the backyard. How long does it take before it gets cherries on it? I would appreciate any advice. I am trying to grow as many fruit trees as possible, to be self sufficient. I am a widow, with just 1 teenage daughter at home. I have a limited budget. | About the Author Sandy2 melbourne, Victoria 2nd September 2007 4:03pm #UserID: 281 Posts: 69 View All Sandy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anonymous says... Hi Sandy, I had a stella cherry tree before. It had lots of flowers every year and it took us 3 years to produce 1 fruit so it takes time. we got rid of it after that. what I would have done was to give it some potassium to make it set fruit easier. It is too late now. If I was you I would give it a try and see how you go. All the best. Tran | About the Author Clayton VIC 5th September 2007 8:41am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jo says... Hi Sandy, This is not specifically a cherry tip I'm sorry. Like with most things you just have to be patient, it will start to bear fruit when it's good and ready. Tran's right, if you make it's living conditions optimal then you'll have a better chance of it setting fruit sooner rather than later. You're going to need to nurse it through the long hot summer though because that will stress any young tree and can ultimately have a an effect on how well it brears fruit if at all. Mulch your trees like a son of a gun and don't be bothered by people telling you that it's too much. I mean as long as you keep the mulch away from the trunk it's a bit like - "how long is a piece of string"? We've been buying up horse manure and using that as mulch on top of the straw we already had down. It's working a treat. Our plants really thanked us for it during the summer because it kept the evaporation right down. We also make a manure tea out of old sheep manure. The excess manure is scattered around the plants and when it rains they don't just get the water. What other trees have you got growing? Jo. | About the Author Melbourne 5th September 2007 10:50am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sandy says... Thanks JO, I will try your useful advice. the other trees we have growing are a mixture. There are 2 apple trees, one is a bllerina, the other, from Daley's nursery is a granny smith, my daughter loves those! Also have a couple of strawberry guavas, and a chocolate sapote, and a hawiian guava, and two coffee plants, also a peach palm.(from Daley's also) All are growing well, except for the coffee that's in a spot, near a fence. I also have a banana passionfruit vine, LOADED with fruit. I have been using cow manure, as well as mulch and osmocote granules. Any tips at all we are most grateful for. Sandy. | About the Author Sandy2 melbourne, Victoria 5th September 2007 4:40pm #UserID: 281 Posts: 69 View All Sandy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sandy says... thanks Tran, I will try some pottasium on the cherry tree, might as well give it a go, ay? I am just up the road from you, so I guess it's touch and go, how the trees survive this crazy melbourne weather. I hope you give it another try, and get another cherry tree, they have lovely blossoms, as well as useful fruit. I will keep my fingers crossed, and try eveything! Sandy. | About the Author Sandy2 melbourne, Victoria 5th September 2007 4:46pm #UserID: 281 Posts: 69 View All Sandy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sabrina says... We have a cherry tree, two years old. Last year it had 18 cherries, this year 6. We have put wetting agent and horse manure and mulch around it. It did not produce much in the way of blossum. Is it because the tree is still very young. I don't know what variety it is. It has alot of leaf growth at the moment and looks quite healthy. We also had last year a bug of sorts that sucked the goodness from the leaves. Any suggestions? | About the Author Sabrina Melbourne 18th October 2007 3:46pm #UserID: 372 Posts: 10 View All Sabrina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sandy says... hi Sabrina, our cherry tree, has finally got a lot of green cherries growing now. The first time! I have been adding cow manure, and osmocote granules. keeping it weed free around the base also, I use a organic garden spray, made of 1 part garlic, 1 part chilli powder, and small amount of dishwash liquid, and the rest is water, all put in a plastic screw top spray bottle. I used it on my lime tree, and it got rid of aphids and ants, so try it if you get anything attacking your cherry tree. | About the Author Sandy2 melbourne, Victoria 19th October 2007 5:26pm #UserID: 281 Posts: 69 View All Sandy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John says... Hay guys, you all forget, cherrys need chilling hours, eg the hours the temp is below 7 degrees. most back yard types I believe are around the 350+ mark with most around the 900+ mark. Ckeck with a local dealer and tell them your soil type. Sandy soils like mine eg beach sand you need pot ash for extra growth and the onset of flowers. | About the Author John10 SB South Australia 22nd January 2008 4:57pm #UserID: 549 Posts: 127 View All John10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sabrina says... Thank you for your info. I have been doing a little reseach around the Wandin Valley where most of Melbourne's cherries grow. I am told the Stella tree is self polinating and produces fruit without having another tree around. Other cherry trees need to have another tree around to help produce fruit. As I don't know what variety mine is, and they say it is hard to tell the type. I am buying another in winter and it will be a Stella. Now to just keep the possums away. | About the Author Sabrina Melbourne 22nd January 2008 7:25pm #UserID: 372 Posts: 10 View All Sabrina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sandy says... Yes, Sabrina, They are self pollinating, that's why I just have one. Mine has grown a foot already in 12 months. It's had a small crop of cherries already, and looks like more new growth. We did have some strange looking things on the leaves, similar to leeches, or a type of leech? They made the leaves get brown veins all over, and leaves curled up! They are gone now, but never seen those little creatures before.Does anyone know why they attached the tree? Where they came from? | About the Author Sandy2 melbourne, Victoria 23rd January 2008 3:54pm #UserID: 281 Posts: 69 View All Sandy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Benno says... I saw the same thing on a friends cherry tree in Tasmania, it was literally covered with small leech-like creatures, and the tree was planted in a field next to a house, with apple trees and some grape vines.. The tree was producing thousands of cherries, and the little suckers didnt seem to be having any effect on the growth or fruit bearing.. | About the Author Benno 30th January 2008 2:12pm #UserID: 627 Posts: 4 View All Benno's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... I can relate to the limited budget - years ago we were forced to live without my partner getting any social security (over a legal technicality),both of us out of work and me having 2 small children - our garden saved us from going hungry - all i can say is use everything at your disposal, every space, grey water,companion plant, self-seed, compost everything including old newspaper & cloth, ask your neighbour for any unwanted kitchen scrap etc vergeside collections are great! Also remember look after your soil rather than focus on your plants and you will be amazed what you can grow! | About the Author Perth 23rd March 2008 7:52pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Juanda says... I have one of those 3 in one cherry tree. Last year we got 2 fruit from the bing branch of the tree. The Reiner and Tartarian did not produce any. This year we saw a couple of blossoms on the bing, but never developed into the fruit we hoped for. Do I still need a different cherry tree to polinate my current 3 in one variety? Or will it pollinate it self since there are 3 different kind on one tree. Thank you for all your help. | About the Author Brentwood 27th May 2008 6:40am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Shaun says... If you don't get the proper chill hours, some variety of Cherries wont set buds .... so no flow & no fruits ....I believe Reiner is a high chill variety needing at least 900 - 1000 hours of chill to set flowers & fruit .... I dont know much about Tatarian .... and aNON is correct - with 3 varieties, they should cross pollinate each other if you manage to get them to flower. Good luck !! | About the Author WA/Perth 27th May 2008 12:21pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Randy says... I have 5 cherries here. One was here 10 years ago, and the other 4 I planted 4-5 years ago. 5 different varieties. They told me that tree never made fruit, but now I wonder. The most productive is like a bing/pie cherry, sweet enough to eat, and great for baking. It makes plenty of fruit. I have watched it. By the time I get to it, the birds have eaten most of it. This year, I put a net over it, and the fruit is forming (hundreds of fruit from many hundreds of flowers). Does anyone know how long it takes from flower to fruit? The flowers dropped about a week ago, and they are now pregnant: swelling. | About the Author Randy Montreal, Canada 31st May 2008 5:27pm #UserID: 991 Posts: 1 View All Randy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sandy says... Yes, that's right, about 2 months from flowers to fruit, as the cherries grow out from the branches, after flowering finishes, with mine. I have a greyloamy soil, with clay underneath, but I add natural compost, like humus from native trees, mixed in, plus pellet food, mixed in to the soil. I have new buds appearing now, and all the leaves have dropped off, for the winter, here in Melbourne. | About the Author Sandy2 melbourne, Victoria 1st June 2008 2:05pm #UserID: 281 Posts: 69 View All Sandy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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louise says... bing and van go together we have them the are 8 years old and get about 10kg off them each year no spraying chill stuff but we are in the hills of perth can get frost. my friend just got a sunburst and stella and wants to know if you can grow them in big pots and cut them small any tips would be great thanks | About the Author blossom perth 30th June 2008 10:54pm #UserID: 791 Posts: 17 View All blossom's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Katya1 South Africa-Johannesburg 21st July 2008 7:33pm #UserID: 1185 Posts: 1 View All Katya1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diego says... Hi all, My partner recently gave birth to a new baby, and to celebrate this she insisted on planting a cherry tree on our yard.. I love the idea, but would like to know if it's too late in the year to do so, or if it's still okay.. I have peach, plum and nectarine trees in the back yard, all which are already flowering, so I'm assuming that it might be too late to get a cherry tree to flower with the winter soon to be over.. Unless I don't go for bare root and get one already potted. In any case, is there still time to do this in Melbourne? Also, what's the best place to buy one of these beautiful trees? | About the Author Diego1 Melbourne 12th August 2008 7:14am #UserID: 1239 Posts: 3 View All Diego1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sandy says... Hi Diego, Congrats on the baby! I have my cherry tree, growing well, in suburban south east of Melbourne, not in the hills. The local nursery, across the road from us, now have all fruit trees, in stock, so now is time to buy a cherry tree and plant it! I paid around 15 dollars for mine. It's had fruit once, so far, and at moment, is bare, but buds are starting to appear. | About the Author Sandy2 melbourne, Victoria 15th August 2008 5:16pm #UserID: 281 Posts: 69 View All Sandy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jo says... Hi George! I've had a look at San Francisco's climate, and I think that it will be too warm for the 'Stella', or indeed any stone fruit. Most need a certain amount of 'chill hours', which is a certain number of hours of cold (between freezing and 45 degrees F). Have a look around your neighbourhood- the kinds of plants you see growing will give you an idea of what will do well. | About the Author Jo9 Canberra 25th August 2008 7:12pm #UserID: 1276 Posts: 7 View All Jo9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Damian says... My Stella was planted 4 years ago, here in melb. The second season I had 5 cherries. The third season no cherries. The fourth season about 50 cherries whcih the damn birds ate weeks before they were even ripe. This season it seems again so far to have no flowers again (still waiting) so probably no fruit. Why is this one seeming to flower, every 2 years only or do they do that? This winter was as cold as last winter, with snow in nearby suburbs in August so it would have enough chilling hours. However we did have the extreme heatwave back in March this year maybe this effected the buds or something? However the tree appeared to have no heat damage signs just some of the cherry slug eaten leaves dropped off. | About the Author melbourne vic 21st September 2008 3:48am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sabrina says... We live in the south east of Melbourne, planted our Stella about 3 seasons ago. It has grown very tall,we have pruned it during the dormant season. We have not had many cherries as yet. Last year the possums enjoyed them just before we were about to pick them.About 50 cherries. A bit of bird netting needed to keep both predators away. We have lots of blossum, so heres hoping. | About the Author Sabrina Melbourne 2nd October 2008 6:44pm #UserID: 372 Posts: 10 View All Sabrina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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lou says... Haven't planted yet.Research tells me thEy require 800 hours below 4 degrees C IN WINTER TO SET FRUIT, and winter rainfall is best Harvest rain can split the fruit when the tree drinks too deeply so don't water them when fruit is pickable.They also hate wet roots so drained sites best ie not flat.If you NEED to get a chill going plant away from any shelter like overhanging branches of other trees.Hot dry days post harvest should not kill them as long as some soil moisture. Cherry farmers are mocked as "net farmers" because that is their main workload ! In washington STATE rain shadow and Hillston NSW frosty winters and low rainfall at MOST TIMES OF THE YEAR combined with irrigation from distant sourced resevoirs give productive and predictable seasons. | About the Author lou3 2nd October 2008 7:00pm #UserID: 1458 Posts: 1 View All lou3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jantina says... Well Dan,I have to admit I am bewildered by your question.If your trees were cut down because they had died,and if you loved your trees I cannot think why else you would cut them down,then no, they will not come back to life and you will have to plant again.If they were severely pruned back but still above the graft then perhaps, but only maybe, if you give them lots of water and then a good feed of organic fertilizer and more water they might shoot again.When did you cut them down ? how about you give us some more information? Jantina | About the Author 17th October 2008 10:24am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Heather says... We have had a cherry tree in the back garden and have had fruit every year, we just picked 4 bucket fulls last night before the birds ate them. We prune it right back in the winter and that has helped it produce more fruit this year than ever. Now all i need is too make some cherry pie, cherry jam,etc., :) | About the Author Heather4 Wodonga 15th November 2008 11:37am #UserID: 1641 Posts: 1 View All Heather4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jon says... I think that Stella are heart shaped and dark- http://www.thecherrypitranch.com/page2.html What would be the best cherry tree for a fairly big pot? I don't want it at all taller than 2 metres and would rather it is upright rather than spreading. Are dwarf Stella a good idea? Are they good to look at and do they fit the above criteria? I live in Melbourne. | About the Author Jon Melbourne 14th January 2009 5:28pm #UserID: 1780 Posts: 70 View All Jon's Edible Fruit Trees |
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pete says... Weather they are caterpillars, leeches or 1cm long any suckers how would i get rid of them, i have 2 trees a stella & reiner both 2yr old and the little suckers r sucking the leaves brown, bunnings want to sell chemicals but i don't bye, someone said pyrethrum but at au$180.00 a litre no thanks any suggestions western suburbs Melbourne | About the Author pete4 melbourne 17th February 2009 6:23pm #UserID: 1990 Posts: 1 View All pete4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Nancy says... Hi Dan, Have you tried painting the trees (once they are severely cut back with white paint during the cooler months?). It gives the trees a rest whilst protecting them from insects which might bore/eat them. My uncle/aunt had a citrus orchard and that is one thing they did. You might like to research the idea. Cheers Nancy | About the Author Nancy3 Brooklyn 19th February 2009 12:45pm #UserID: 1482 Posts: 3 View All Nancy3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Haider says... I got my cherry tree for about 5 years planted in ground in an open area in the back yard with verity of deferent fruit trees. it is been flowring every year but falls all.3 years ago I had the only one fruit left in the tree till it bacame very black and nice big swweet.We celebrate it then,but since then no fruit stays in the tree at all.I feed it with animal organics and lots of blood and bones and when it is fruiting I feed it with NPK.With all of that I had no luck at all.Please help | About the Author Haider Perth Alexander Hts. 9th May 2009 11:22pm #UserID: 2308 Posts: 4 View All Haider's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Richard says... Depending on where you live might be the problem. I live next to Tacoma WA. and my trees bloom way before the honey bees are out,thus, NO FERTALIZATION. Answer: "MASON BEES". They are the first bees out in the spring. They nest in paper straws [plastic also] and do not make honey. They collect just enough pollen to store in tubes to feed their larva [offspring]. Check your local nursery in the spring for info. These little crestures made a world of difference for me... | About the Author BUSTERiver Tacoma WA. 13th June 2009 10:53pm #UserID: 2456 Posts: 3 View All BUSTERiver's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Speedy says... I think mason bees are a Megachile spp. In Aust we have Leafcutter Bees and Resin Bees in that genus. Although not the same species as Mason Bees in the USA , I find them very useful in my garden for solanaceae pollination. Even more so, Blue banded bees(Amegilla spp.), enough for me to make nesting spots for them. My cherries haven't been in a year yet so i can't say if they're any help for them yet. http://www.aussiebee.com.au/beesinyourarea.html | About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 15th June 2009 5:19pm #UserID: 2305 Posts: 250 View All Speedy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Speedy says... I don't think they're really rare. but they possibly have preferences for certain habitats and may be less common outside those areas. To make nest blocks for them I cut the bottom off a used plastic milk bottle or use a 1or 2 litre milk carton. Then put some soil into the bottle or carton, then pack it down hard with a stout, flat-ended stick. The soil consistency should be just damp, but not wet. Add soil in layers, say one or two cups at a time to ensure good compaction throughout the block. Just the same as for doing rammed earth building. When the block is filled to the top with hard packed soil, take a pencil and push it 3-15cm into the soil to make small tunnels. Lay the block on its side facing east in an area protected from wind , cold, rain and midday sun. The block should dry over time. If milk cartons are used they can be stacked in a milk crate for a bigger 'colony'. Though not really hive bees they tend to be gregarious, building nests in close proximity to one another. Blue banded bees usually dig the holes out further and lay their eggs. Leaf cutter bees seem to prefer exixting holes and cracks. They caulk the holes with the little pieces of leaf, making neat compartments each with an egg and maybe food.(leaf=food?) Often, white sapote leaf, Bouganvillea bracts, rose leaves etc are left with half circles cut out. I'll then find pretty little green and pink nests accidentally when I move bricks or timber. | About the Author Speedy Swan Hill, Vic 16th June 2009 9:33pm #UserID: 2305 Posts: 250 View All Speedy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... I have to agree speedy - and there is nothing better than sharing the "awe" factor with children..!? But.. u do have an amazing memory for info u know!? I couldn't get in to hear Elaine Ingham - overbooked :((( - but photo of Julie Firth in paper with her 2day. I am able to get hold of the CD's tho'... Julie seems to be heading in same direction (soil biology) - pretty interesting stuff. | About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 16th June 2009 11:21pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Marcy says... Hi I'm hoping for some advise on my Stella Tree. It has been doing wonderful for about 6yrs now. This year the end of the branch the leaves have curled up and appear to have some brown/black "tiny nubs". My daughter has noted there were tiny worms inside. I personally have not seen any, I've googled but cannont find anything that explains what exactly it is and how to treat it... I'm in Brampton Ontario Canada region if this helps. I'm guessing this could be a regional issue...(sorry I don't have a picture) | About the Author Marcy Brampton, ontario 27th July 2009 2:35pm #UserID: 2587 Posts: 1 View All Marcy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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older tree says... hello everyone, this is a picture of the tree i spoke of before, i do not know what kind it is either. i have a question, have a cherry tree in my backyard thats older than 35 years old, as a kid, always produced tart cherries, i pruned it 3 years ago, grew back great and flowers, no fruit. any idea's on how much longer before produces again?
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Ellen says... Older tree if you want fruit you need to give it fertilizer, especially the kind that have a great percentage of potash in it, and during the flowering/setting fruit stage you must give it plenty of water . My friend in the state used the type of fertilizer with 3 sets of numbers on it, but the middle set of number must be a bigger number than the other 2 sets of numbers . hopes that help. | About the Author Ellen Smithfield 27th August 2009 7:57am #UserID: 1339 Posts: 309 View All Ellen's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Geoff says... I have a orchard with 8500 trees.You have to furtilize just after flowering. If you email www.agric.nsw.gov.au will give you advise. However dont water it like you would a rose they do not like wet feet and also hang a plastic owl on it to scare other birds away they will strip your fruit beleave me I know after my experiances.Good luck ho some fly netting say wire screen fibre glass over the tree as fruit turns red. | About the Author 19th January 2010 11:01pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kelly says... We rent & there is a cherry tree in our back yard. The first year we did not know what it was & did not eat any of the fruit (lots of them). A friend helped out in the garden and pruned the tree (spring. He took off some of the lower branches and that summer (09) we didn't get any cherries. Is there anything that I can do this spring to help the tree to produce this year?? Not sure what kind of cherry tree it is. | About the Author Kelly4 Ottawa, Ont, Canada 6th April 2010 5:49am #UserID: 3563 Posts: 2 View All Kelly4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Bill says... Prunning is a big facture in cheery production, It has to be two year old wood to produce fruit. Young tree's can't make good fruit. If it was too cold for blossoms it will kill them, also if it's too cold for the bee's to come out, no pollination.A 16/16/16 fert, is good for cherry's. Regular garden fert. I also use a follage fert, 20/20/20 four to five times a year, starting as soon as blossoms fall from buds. This gave me much more growth in tree's, but also the size of the fruit was amazing.About every ten day's,to hard pit,that's when you can't cut the cherry pit with a knife, supposidly they can't take it in after this stage. Good luck! cherry's love to be cut on,about 25% a year. | About the Author wenatchee, wa. u.s.a. 26th April 2010 6:25am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kelly says... Thanks Bill, The tree is well over 2 years old (could be 6-8yr). We've had lots of flowers on it since I last wrote that so I am hoping that is a good sign. Thanks for the tip on the fertilizer. I had picked up some of those fert spikes for fruit trees. Are they alright or is it better to buy it in a granulated form?? As for the pruning, when is the best time of year for that....in the fall, after the fruit?? Thanks for all the info. | About the Author Kelly4 Ottawa, Ont, Canada 12th May 2010 1:57am #UserID: 3563 Posts: 2 View All Kelly4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sandy says... I love cherries too, ymyum, The first year I had my Stella cherry, it had plenty of cherries on it, since I had to put it in a pot, (a male friend kindly dug it up and transferred it for me) it has not fruited at all, over 12 months. Is it due to being in a container? I fertilise it with a osmocote type, and water it weekly.It has grown to about 6 feet high. | About the Author Sandy2 Melbourne 8th August 2010 4:57pm #UserID: 281 Posts: 69 View All Sandy2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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louise says... You have to prune in summer and cover wound with something like steri prune its also advisable to serialize after each cut with mentholated spirits, the reason you do this in summer is so the tree is less likely to get fungus/virus etc :) I have a Stella and a sunburst in pots they are 4 years old and have lots of flowers this year fingers crossed, I am training them in the Spanish bush pruning method to keep them smaller, because I rent and have to have all of my 30 fruit trees in pots. happy gardening :) | About the Author blossom perth 12th August 2010 2:53pm #UserID: 791 Posts: 17 View All blossom's Edible Fruit Trees |
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uteopia says... I'm have trouble with my cherry trees, how can I look after them? I planted 2 Stella trees a 3-4 years ago in the back yard and they have hardly grown in size. They are only marginally bigger than when they were bare rooters. The first year they produced 20+ fruit each and the production has dropped. Last year was a disaster, one had flowers but no fruit (I think it was in a bad position since another tree nearby now overshadowed it) and the other only 5 cherries (which were promptly eaten by birds). I think it has been the weather that has affected them as it had been erratic, plus also there was not enough cold days and the clay soil is no good. Do I need fertiliser to help them become big and strong since they haven't grown much and still look like twigs? The main branch on the tree that didn't produce fruit died and I chopped it off and one of the other branched was also dying. I dug it out of the ground and bagged it in potting mix and will replant it later, maybe in a few years time. They both have shoots out of the main stem and I don't know whether I should prune them off? This year the days have been cooler and a bit more rain so I'm hoping that some activity will happen. | About the Author uteopia Melbourne 22nd August 2010 10:30pm #UserID: 4136 Posts: 6 View All uteopia's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Mine get aphids on them sometimes, when young that can really mess them up, but if I manage to keep them under control I get 2 or 3 feet growth a year from a cherry tree all the way from the first year, they don't like being in very wet areas in Winter or dry areas in Summer. having fruit the first year and maybe not being pruned? might have stunted them a bit but they should be able to recover with some fertilizer (little bit to start with). For the first 3 or 4 years I pull the fruit off since it's not worth the stress on the tree for 20 or 50 cherrys or whatever. You get to the buckets of cherrys stage quicker if you can resist wanting them early on :). If they are shooting from down low but above the graft just leave them do what they want to do, the top will die back if it's damaged anyway and the new shoots down low will be good strong branches. Also you will never ever get a cherry at all unless you have some bird net or live in somewhere where birds are almost extinct, like say Shepparton! :) the lack of bird sounds there always freaks me out, it's like you have left Australia for one of the lesser birded countries of the world :) | About the Author Jason10 Portland, Vic 24th August 2010 1:58am #UserID: 3853 Posts: 218 View All Jason10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sam says... Hi Guys, my dad has a cherry tree farm back in overseas. i wanted plant my own cherry tree too, however didnt work for me after 3 times i ve tried. My dad was over for an holiday and i ve asked him to plant me a cherry tree. And he did. Its only been 3 years now. i ve started gt cherrys on the second year. On the 3rd year i ve pciked up 4 buckets of cherrys. the secret thing that my dad did was, when he digged the hole he poured 5 kg ice in to the hole and placed the tree straight on it, Covered it up with garden mix soil and white sydney sand. and advised me to put 4 hand full of cow minure every 3 months. for the insect advised me to mix white vinegar with garlic powder ( cup full) mix it with 2 litre water and pour it over the tree every 2 week during spring. It worked ok for me. i hope this will work for you aswell. | About the Author Sam8 sydney 1st September 2010 1:53pm #UserID: 4178 Posts: 2 View All Sam8's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sam says... Hi Allybanana, I do live neer Blue Mountains. But i think you are right, because when ive asked my dad why he was doing the ice thing he said because of the weather conditions. He said "this will make the roots catch a cold and they wil never recover from it ;)" i thought he was jocking around with me, but now i understand what he ment. I m not sure what type it is. Im not that much into gardenning. All i do is give water and eat the fruits. Every 6 months i ve got this old guy coming and doing my garden.:))
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Eclipz says... I just want to add my thanks to Speedy for the great info on making nest blocks for Blue Banded Bees. They visit my veggie patch each summer and buzz-pollinate my tomatoes for a bumper crop. Having some nesting right here would be sensational. They're amazing creatures. Check out www.bluebandedbees.com for last summers photos :) | About the Author Eclipz Melbourne 12th September 2010 1:36am #UserID: 4214 Posts: 1 View All Eclipz's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sabrina says... I am just getting in before this happens to my cherry tree this year. Last year and previous years it has had a grub on the leaves which make the leaves brown and dried out. Is there any thing I can spray before this happens. I don't think it damages the tree or fruit (have not had much fruit) but looking promising this year. | About the Author Sabrina Melbourne 12th October 2010 10:31am #UserID: 372 Posts: 10 View All Sabrina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Cherry slug? did it look like a slimey little thing with a giant mouth full of choppers like something from the worst horror movie ever?. If so Lady Birds fix them up, you do have to be patient and wait for the slugs to have done a fair bit of eating before the lady birds have breed up enough to eat them all but sooner or later they get them under control. If you keep looking at the tree, you'll see a little monster just as nasty looking as the slug start to eat the slugs, that's the baby ladybirds before they grow up and get pretty :p The trees do just fine with the slugs on them in the meantime the only real problem is that slugs get a bit stinky | About the Author Jason10 Portland, Vic 12th October 2010 11:17am #UserID: 3853 Posts: 218 View All Jason10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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uteopia says... I had those slimy little slugs eating on the leaf, usually around jan or later. because of the drought there wasnt many leave to eat, but i spray them. This year the tree gave off a lot of blossoms despite the cooler and wet conditions. the petals are starting to drop and i can see fruit starting to form. with plenty of water about they wont struggle like the past. i am going to put up a bird net. my other cherry tree that i dug up and put in a pot just got leaves, might be due to the shock of digging it up, but it didnt blossom for the past 2 years). i saw off a dead branch and it has been oozing a bit sap for a few months. anyone know how to stop it? the season has been really good, even a few seeds that i put under the tree years ago has started to spout so i put them in a pot. Any tips on how to care for them and grow a tree? | About the Author uteopia Melbourne 16th October 2010 3:50pm #UserID: 4136 Posts: 6 View All uteopia's Edible Fruit Trees |
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kathyleefrep says... Hi there, I am trying to pick a fruit tree to plant in the corner of my garden when i get it landscaped next year - and i really wanted to plant a cherry tree. I live in Fremantle - just south of Perth and near to the sea.. We get cool winds all through summer, and had quite a cold winter this year - so many people have been successfull - do you think it can grow successfully here? Other options: fig, lemon... ? Any suggestions? I'd really like something that flowers! I have lots of big green trees, but i'm planting this near the house to add some colour and prettiness! | About the Author kathyleefrep Fremantle, WA 6th December 2010 3:08pm #UserID: 4618 Posts: 2 View All kathyleefrep's Edible Fruit Trees |
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kathyleefrep says... Hi there, I am trying to pick a fruit tree to plant in the corner of my garden when i get it landscaped next year - and i really wanted to plant a cherry tree. I live in Fremantle - just south of Perth and near to the sea.. We get cool winds all through summer, and had quite a cold winter this year - so many people have been successfull - do you think it can grow successfully here? Other options: fig, lemon... ? Any suggestions? I'd really like something that flowers! I have lots of big green trees, but i'm planting this near the house to add some colour and prettiness! | About the Author kathyleefrep Fremantle, WA 6th December 2010 3:09pm #UserID: 4618 Posts: 2 View All kathyleefrep's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jim says... Hi Kathy As a couple of posters have shown it is not impossible to get some cherries fruiting in Perth but being near the coast and only looking for one tree you are definitely not making it easy. The doctor you talk of wouldn't effect fruiting potential as the cold weather is needed during winter. There are so many other great fruits to grow. If you wanted the flowers like a cherry than any other stonefruit would provide a decent show, otherwise you could look at something more tropical like a mango or avocado. | About the Author electra Fremantle 6th December 2010 6:58pm #UserID: 3242 Posts: 112 View All electra's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Valorie says... Can anyone help me to identify this cherry? I inherited the tree 9 yrs ago and estimate that it is about 15 yrs old but could be wrong. About 20ft tall and wide spreading. It has an open white blossom in Spring and its fruit is bright red in November, sour in taste until it fully ripens about early December. The tree is always laden with fruit - I give it no attention at all, although it is close to a compost heap which may help. It is in a sheltered and slightly shaded area but does get full westerly sun. The birds leave them alone because they are sour. Is this a sour cherry? It is self pollinating but not dark enough in colour to be a Stella. I was told it was a Lapin but not sure. If left on tree until ripens fully it becomes sweet and darker. Help me please as I would love to know. Also any hints about managing the size of the tree - I was told by an ex Cherry Tree Orchard Grower that you don't prune cherry trees? If you do it is done straight after fruiting in the summer. I did this 2 yrs ago and last year had a smaller crop but sweeter and the birds did get those so perhaps this is the answer to my question??
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Nick says... Hi Valorie, I don't know if this helps, but in one of my fruit books its says that acid (sour) cherries bear fruit in singles or pairs along the length one-year-old while sweet cherry varieties fruit in clusters at the base of one-year-old stems and older wood. With pruning, you prune sour cherries in September to promote new, fruiting growth and for sweet cherries only a small prune after harvest to remove dead, damaged and diseased wood is necessary although and good thin is helpful. The ex Cherry Grower was right, if you prune in winter, the tree is prone to catching a fungal disease called silver leaf disease. Hope this helps ;) | About the Author Nick T Altona 7th December 2010 7:00pm #UserID: 2663 Posts: 727 View All Nick T's Edible Fruit Trees |
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kert says... Stephanie,what a sweet ,trusting person you must be! If you taking a cutting to the gardening shop you will be served by sales staff not a horticulturalist. Sales staff ,as the name suggests,sell; they will not know a lot but, in all likelyhood, will recommend one of their products(a line that is not moving much). | About the Author sydney 17th December 2010 9:03am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Phil@Tyalgum says... I had a very prolific sour cherry tree in Victoria which bore fruit in the week leading up to Christmas. Pillar box red fruit with yellow, juicy flesh, bore heavily every year. I think it was either Montmorency or Kentish. Great when either stewed or used as a glaze on duck or turkey... the tree kind of pruned itself, a whole branch would die off as a new one developed so it kind of moved across the garden. Self fertile as well which is a bonus. | About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 17th December 2010 8:15pm #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sabrina says... My cherry tree is 5 years old. This year is the first year it has had a decent crop. I am so excited, my son and I picked the first lot of cherries about 800gms. We have yet to pick the rest of them. I think we will get about 3kgs this year. I fertilized every 2-3 weeks prior to leaf growth, and pruned prior to winter. My tree if I had let it go would be 12 feet tall by now. We put bird netting over it when the fruit was still green and prior to the onset of all the rain we have had. I think the netting helped to protect the fruit from the rain as the leaves were covering the fruit, so no rain damage.The tree has continued to grow about 8 inches of growth through the netting. The cherries ar wonderful in flavour and lovely shiny fruit. | About the Author Sabrina Melbourne 20th December 2010 4:57pm #UserID: 372 Posts: 10 View All Sabrina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Valorie says... Dear Nick, thanks for the reply - yours is the most helpful I think. After further consultation with friends, etc. I am fairly sure that it is a sweet cherry but pillar box red, not dark black cherries. Because of the lack of sun this spring/summer and all the rain it did not ripen fully. It was just at its right sweetness ready to pick when we had that huge deluge of rain and it got brown rot in the closely bunched cherries. They definitely grow in bunches, not singly. I think Phil at Tyalgum has identified it. I am now sure it is Montmorency. Thanks for all the info. I'm getting it lightly pruned in the New Year. Happy Christmas | About the Author Valorie Castlemaine, Vic 21st December 2010 4:18pm #UserID: 4626 Posts: 5 View All Valorie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Valorie says... Thankyou for all that info Phil. Mine sounds just like you describe. It stews beautifully and also makes good jam (if one can be bothered with all that pipping!). Because of the lack of sunshine this year I think it was late in reaching maturity and when it did the rain ruined the lot - brown rot set in - botheration!! I'm hoping for better things next year. Happy Christmas | About the Author Valorie Castlemaine, Vic 21st December 2010 4:21pm #UserID: 4626 Posts: 5 View All Valorie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Valorie says... Sandy, a friend of mine also had that problem with the leaves and she said it was a cherry slug!! Her remedy was to stand underneath it with a bag of flour and just chuck it up into the tree as the flour must hit the underside of the leaves. Suggest you wear a raincoat and hat!! the slugs just fall off then as they don't like the flour. If you want to smell nicer try talcum powder! | About the Author Valorie Castlemaine, Vic 21st December 2010 4:28pm #UserID: 4626 Posts: 5 View All Valorie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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allybanana says... There are a couple of options I have heard about. Fleming’s are the largest propagator of fruit trees in Australia. I have a mate who has their trees on his orchard, the trees are good quality. Unfortunately, it puts him a bit on edge having Flemmings trees as some of their stock is patented You cannot propagate patented trees and they request a GPS location for each tree. For some varieties I have hear you have to sighn an agreement to only sell them through the companies chosen wholesaler, they back it up with a tough legal team. The main reason I can see for going with Flemmings http://www.flemings.com.au/about.asp is if you need particular trees no one else grows. For instance low chill cherries or z interstem which allows the cherries to be grown on plum rootstock. Another option is Goodmans a very old family business in east Gippsland http://www.anfic.com.au/cjgoodman.htm You buy the tree and its yours to do as you wish, graft, sell the fruit where ever you want, good quality trees and they have a reputation for being pleasant to deal with. | About the Author allybanana Eden SE NSW 5th January 2011 8:22pm #UserID: 4544 Posts: 372 View All allybanana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Matt says... Hello everyone I have a few questions. I live in SE New Mexico and was wondering how I should go about watering two fairly new cherry trees (bing) (black tart). I was also wondering about something organic or safe to keep the bugs away I haven't been able to catch what has been eating at the leafs but they have a few holes and nips here and there. Any special tips about keeping them healthy in the New Mexico weather? The summers can get anywhere from 90 to 100F and as low as 30's most of the winter. Don't get much rain during the spring and early summer months. Any tips are appreciated thanks! | About the Author Matt9 SE New Mexico 8th April 2011 3:29pm #UserID: 5158 Posts: 2 View All Matt9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Matt says... Hey thanks for the reply not sure that its that bug. The leaves haven't been getting like the picture you posted just holes and they are just working their way down the leaf. I'm very new to planting and been watching and still haven't been able to catch or see whats eating them. I'll try to take some pictures of bugs around them when I see any and maybe someone could help me identify them. Thanks again Nick I appreciate the help. | About the Author Matt9 SE New Mexico 12th April 2011 1:55am #UserID: 5158 Posts: 2 View All Matt9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BUSTERiver says... I've cut my cherry tree way back (more than 50%) and it comes back just fine. Just make sure you trim it back after the leaves have fallen off and winter is approaching. NOT in springtime when buds are ready to pop.New shoots will form in the spring and in the fall you can trim off any branches you do not like. Train it the way you want it to grow. | About the Author BUSTERiver Wash St. 9th July 2011 12:39pm #UserID: 2456 Posts: 3 View All BUSTERiver's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sabrina says... Last summer, here in Melbourne we had a very humid climate. I started putting fertilizer on my cherry tree before the leaves came in to bud, at least once every 3 weeks. I then covered my tree with bird netting just as the leaves came out.I managed to get about 3 kgs of fruit.The tree is about 5 years old. The tree grew amazingly through summer about a foot, this was all popping through the netting. I did this because I was not going to lose my cherries to the possums or birds as I did last year. The taste of the cherries were wonderful very sweet and quite large and very glossy skins. | About the Author Sabrina Melbourne 9th July 2011 5:10pm #UserID: 372 Posts: 10 View All Sabrina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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youngtreehugger says... I want to grow as many fruit bearring plants as possible. I am recently grownig a cherry tree, though not knowing what type, and it's about 2 months old, 3 inches tall. I got so exited I wanted to grow more. Would you know where i could get some seeds or already grown plants? | About the Author US, California 28th July 2011 11:06am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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deaboy says... I grew a cherry tree formulated by the University of Saskatchewan for our climate. I got a seedling from a friend that had a tree already 25 ft tall. I planted mine and lived two years in that yard until selling. Recently I visited the yard to see how things progressed. I was totally impressed as the tree was probably two feet tall when I left three years ago and now it was probably ten feet tall and had blossums all over it. Very beaurtiful. I contacted my friend and said I would really like some more seedlings which she accomadatingly started and also one sapling. I am now researcing how to make the sapling progress as it doesn't seem to be doing as well in the portable pot. Hope to find more information on this site. It is truly edifying to see the creation grow under Gods hand. I have the prospect of having 4 cherry trees. They are a rather large fruit. about 3/4 size of the bing cherry. Thanks for your website | About the Author deaboy Canada 12th September 2011 8:35am #UserID: 5820 Posts: 2 View All deaboy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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deaboy says... I can relate to your situation. We were set for retirement and our investments fell into the toilet. Now we are surving but trying to have a natural quality of life. I am growing Black Currant, Raspberries, Garden variety green peppers and strawberries, we have locally what are called Saskatoons they are, I just enjoy trying to live off the land instead of the grocery store. Hope you manage in todays environment. I continue myself to look forward to the Bible promise that the time will come here on earth when no one will grow hungry and that the tops of the mountains will provide and abundance. Shows how much we were meant tolive on this beautiful earth and how much joy we get from doing so. | About the Author deaboy Canada 12th September 2011 8:42am #UserID: 5820 Posts: 2 View All deaboy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sabrina says... For those people who live in Melbourne Australia, Bunnings is where I bought my Stella Cherry tree, which does not need another tree for propagation. Did not have to sign any legal docs, it does not have a tracking device.I don't know if it came from Flemmings wholesale, but if I had to sign any documents, I would not purchase the tree. Once I buy it, it is mine to do as I please. I feed my tree every 3 weeks with blood and bone coming into blossom. My tree is now over 5 years old and I am starting to get a lot of fruit on it in the summer. I pruned it in winter and have started to shape it the way I want it to grow. | About the Author Sabrina Melbourne 16th September 2011 4:41pm #UserID: 372 Posts: 10 View All Sabrina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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tecko says... Hi there deaboy, Glad to hear from ya. Back in the '80s, I lived in Brandon, and Winnipeg in Manitoba for a while (next to your province.) Today, I live in Perth where the winter is never subzero. I do grow a Lapin cherry tree. It's the 2nd year, and I hope to have a few cherries this year. For fertilizers, I use NPK. | About the Author tecko1 perth 19th September 2011 4:59pm #UserID: 2184 Posts: 63 View All tecko1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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X-ray says... Nick, those slug/leech looking things in your photos are called cherry slugs. They come out in humid weather. Watching Gardening Australia, Tino advised to use Dipel. I haven't had to use it yet this season, but last season was pretty bad as you'd know. My tree is wrapped in netting, but the fruit are green and starting to wrinkle, not sure what the problem is. Might try more mulch and fertiliser. | About the Author Xray1 Point Cook, Vic 27th October 2011 11:28am #UserID: 6043 Posts: 1 View All Xray1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Speedy says... hi Ken, I'm on the Mallee red soil (sandy loam) over a clay subsoil with some limestone nodules through the clay. I dug in a bit of old matured compost and well rotted cowpoo into a patch of soil about 800mm across x about 300-400 mm deep and planter a bare rooted 'Stella' tree into it. It's 3yrs old now (?) and about 3metres or more tall with a trunk about130mm dia. I planted a Sunburst at the same time but it hasn't grown as much, and a 'Lapins' this year from a pot. I expect that the Stella's growth rate will slow and it may start to produce more flowers/fruit in comming years. very few flowers and fruit yet | About the Author Speedy Nthn Vic. 8th November 2011 11:06pm #UserID: 2305 Posts: 250 View All Speedy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Claudia says... Can anyone please help me. I planted a bare rooted cherry van in my front garden during winter. It seemed to be coping well with all the rain we had until the buds started swelling. Then it was attacked by black aphids. We sprayed it with an oil and soap mix. The leaves did not get a chance to sprout properley and the tree looked sick. Eventually we dug around the hole and it was water logged so we transplanted it in a pot to revive it, but alas, it died. I have just bought a stella variety and i am worried about the excess water as our front yard is flat. I was thinking of raising it high and maybe putting in a aggy pipe. Any tips would be appreciated. | About the Author melbourne 14th November 2011 9:02am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kim says... I hope i haven't doubled up on these pictures this is our Stella it has been in the ground about 5 years the crop is really good considering we had a late frost and lost some early flowers etc It has had no special treatment the soil has good drainage and we are just a couple of days off picking. Hope this helps.
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Kim says... I hope i haven't doubled up on these pictures this is our Stella it has been in the ground about 5 years the crop is really good considering we had a late frost and lost some early flowers etc It has had no special treatment the soil has good drainage and we are just a couple of days off picking. Hope this helps.
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Jason says... How do you still have fruit on it a couple days off picking with no net?. No birds in the area?. P.S the fruit on Stella gets much bigger and completely black when fully ripe. Although I really doubt you will be able to leave them on much longer before a bird party at 5am leaves you with no fruit by the time you wake up | About the Author Jason Portland 21st November 2011 2:38pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sabrina says... I must have pruned my tree to late this season, although I didnt think so at the time. My tree had some fruit on it but nothing like last year. Now when I look at it it has nearly nothing. We have not had warm weather in Melbourne and a lot of rain. My tree is about 5 years old so next year I will let it go. This means that it will be huge with the growth that takes place over summer, if it is anything like last summer. I am so jealous when I look at those photos of Kims tree. Mine is also a Stella. I agree about the birds, I neted mine with anticipation of a good crop. Ho Hummmm | About the Author Sabrina Melbourne 1st December 2011 5:05pm #UserID: 372 Posts: 10 View All Sabrina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kim says... Jason..it has been a very good season for the birds elsewhere I would say..and it would seem that everyone else here has their cats outside thus considerably less birds..(we have ours locked in a specially made outdoors indoors cage) some years it does and some years it doesn't happen, last year there were none either but the year before the Sulphur Crested Cockatoos trawled the almond tree and the cherry hadn't fruited..I also have to say that it is too damned high for us to get a net over. I am really not sure whether local farmers poison birds either.. we are on a large "town/village block" . We did get a lot of rain and some fruit split but were salvage-able and turned int coulis, juice and pies and what didn't ended up in our bellies..I don't mind if the birds get some as my kids have all moved on and we can't eat them all. We have a wonderful block our topsoil is very deep but sandyish and was probably once the old river bed though now it has cut down the banks to around 16 metres lower than our place.. We have never pruned the tree as an old local said they were better off without it unless to shape. (Glad of the height as though we get very cold winters our summers are blisteringly hot and it shades the windows.) Our other stonefruit will yeild nothing this year as a late frost knocked all the flowers off. We do have a big raspberry and loganberry crop..yum | About the Author Kim11 Bundarra 7th December 2011 7:25pm #UserID: 6155 Posts: 3 View All Kim11's Edible Fruit Trees |
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uteopia says... Rootstock shoots are overtaking my Stella cherry tree. I was going to trim them off over winter but my Stella graft completely died. The cherry produced by the rootstock was small dark and tasted very sour. My other Stella is also becoming overgrown with rootstock and hasnt progressed much with new branches since I got it about 5 years ago due to the drought. It produced nearly a 4 litre icecream container full this year. I planning to graft scions bud wood branches onto the rootstock during the next winter since the roots are well established. Does anyone know where I can get scions bud wood branches from? I cant use my other Stella tree, since it dont have enough branches. | About the Author uteopia Melbourne 18th December 2011 6:11pm #UserID: 4136 Posts: 6 View All uteopia's Edible Fruit Trees |
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uteopia says... Anyone know how to increase vigor for a cherry tree? I have had the Stella Cherry tree for over 6 years and on one, the graft died and is taken over by rootstock which produces a small sour cherry. On the other the graft dont seem to have produced any new shoots for some time. I have read that pruning increase vigor, but since I have very few branches I dont want to try this.
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48 says... I have a dwarf stella cherry growing in a pot and doing really well despite the heat which it seems to love. We are moving to Toowoomba in Qld, well to an area 20 minuets out of Toowoomba which has black soil can i take my cherry and plant it in the garden there or is it going to die ? We get frosts here and it has been OK temp gets to 8 in winter where we are going. Thanks for any help | About the Author 48 Echuca 13th January 2013 11:23am #UserID: 7605 Posts: 5 View All 48's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brain says... I too have a stella cherry in Sunny Brisbane and in a pot. This is the first year and the tree is looking a bit sad in the heat 33 deg C ++. The tree came from Tasmania and so it did experience a cold winter but I very much doubt my cherry will ever flower/fruit again in Brissy in subsequent years. I would take the tree as it will survive in Toowoomba. However, fruiting is still questionable, as SE Qld generally does not get enough chill hours for cherry production. Though you may get lucky if the winter is severe and there is a bit of cold snap. I've read that Stella requires around 500 chill hours and Brisbane gets 300 to 400 chill hours on a good winter, so you might just make it in Toowoomba, due to the higher altitude and being inland, best pay to check. Otherwise, you may just have to wait for minnie Royal and Royal Lee, as they are like 200 to 300 chill hours. I'm hoping they are available for sale in the east coast this year. | About the Author Brain Brisbane 13th January 2013 3:32pm #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Cherry trees are actually very heat resistant, they take mid 40s in Victoria and South Australia without problems, most other trees get burnt at those temps. So the mild temps in qld won't be problem at least not in the ground. But yeah the lack of chill and constant cold is the problem | About the Author Jason portland 13th January 2013 4:26pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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48 says... Thanks all for your replies. Never heard of the Royal and Royal Lee great info thanks Brian, Are they a form of Stella ? or a different variety? We like the stella as they are so sweet. Guess as more of us try to become self sufficient they will introduce more food trees that adapt better to a wider range of climate, though as we know the climate is also changing. Will make sure we give it plenty of water. | About the Author 48 Echuca 15th January 2013 11:53am #UserID: 7605 Posts: 5 View All 48's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brain says... for more info on the low chill varieties, try this US web site. http://www.davewilson.com/br40/br40_trees/cherry.html There is also a thread devoted to those two new cherries, do a search within the forum. :) | About the Author Brain Brisbane 15th January 2013 7:00pm #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... You only need to prune them to keep them inside whatever size net you have. Or if you live in a fairly sterile place where all the birds are long dead then just keep it to a size where you can get to the cherries with a ladder. If you do prune it try your best not to cut any/many spurs off it because that's where the fruit grows | About the Author Jason portland 17th January 2013 5:01pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Frances says... We had a Stella cherry tree that was 20 years old it produced fruit for the past 17 years then finally died last year I planted another Stella we live in country Victoria and get very hot summers some days over 40 degrees in winter we have a couple of frosty nights all my fruit trees survive the heat | About the Author Frances Echuca 18th August 2014 11:40am #UserID: 4300 Posts: 2 View All Frances's Edible Fruit Trees |
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gardnep says... The grubs are the cherry tree slug, they are the larvae of the sawfly that I believe is native and attacks Eucalypts. These slugs or grubs hatch in the ground and crawl up the trunk to munch on the leaves. To control them you can put a folded bit of cloth around the trunk and they will crawl up under the cloth and can be removed to dispose. Alternatively there are products available for the purpose if that is your game. I tried a number of things water, oil, dust but they keep coming back and denuding the tree. Ive resorted to tomato dust. Not sure if Sunburst is sensitive to them but they sure have a feast. | About the Author gardnep Armidale 9th October 2015 5:51pm #UserID: 12477 Posts: 1 View All gardnep's Edible Fruit Trees |
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