Cherry tree drops fruit (forum)

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We have lived on our property since April 2005.
We have two cherry trees which flower beautifully and grow loads of small green fruit. However, every year the fruit drops off before ripening. Why would this be?

Time: 10th November 2007 7:05pm

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lee says...
The tree suffers from water stress at the start of the fruit formation. Give the tree at least 5-6 bucket of water at least once per week. you will see the difference next year. I have more than 12 cherry trees growing with age 3 to 8 years and they bear beautifull good crop. Use some organic liquid fertiliser with the water will give you larger cherries also.


Time: 30th November 2007 1:38pm

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Ramesh says...
Hi Lee,

I would like to grow some cherry tree as well. Can you which variety you are growing,are they grafted? I though they don't grow in Melbourne because of the frost.

Time: 30th November 2007 4:09pm

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Correy says...
Ramesh, I would definitely give cherries a go if you get colder conditions. Although you don't have the higher altitude in Melbourne that provide perfect conditions for cherries in Australia you sound like you will get the chill hours.

The Bright Red sweet cherries that come on around Christmas in Australia require you to have about 800-1400 Chill hours or over a month below 4 degrees celsius.

Most people in northern NSW and QLD can never dream of growing some of the sweet cherries that you could in Melbourne such as the Sunburst Cherry Tree, the Starkrimson Cherry Tree and the Pretty Gully Cherry Tree.

Many people rave about the Starkrimson Cherry Tree because it is ideal for the home orchard, it is self pollinating and doesn't get overly big.

Here is a very interesting article from The Age newspaper where the reporter purchased one.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/17/1039656382549.html

Frosts can damage cherry trees however I assume that it depends on when you get the frosts and of course you do want to protect your cherry trees while they are young.

A fantastic blog on Fruit Trees called Fruits and Votes did a post on how to stop animals from eating your cherries.

http://fruitsandvotes.com/?p=1252#more-1252
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Time: 30th November 2007 11:54pm

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Ramesh says...
Hi Lee,

Which variety are you growing. Were they grafted?

Time: 3rd December 2007 9:36am

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Ramesh says...
Hi Correy,

Much appreciate your response.

Ramesh

Time: 6th December 2007 8:49am

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