DWARF CHERRY TREES (forum)

YVONNE CHOPYAK starts with ...
I PLANTED 2 DWARF VAN SWEET CHERRY TREES LATE MAY 2010 AND TODAY IS JUNE 26, 2010. THEY BOTH LOOK LIKE THEY ARE DYING. THE LEAVES ARE TURNING YELLOW AND FALLING OFF. They are planted 4 feet apart. I LIVE IN FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN. HOW CAN I SAVE THEM. I PURCHASED THEM AT SHOPKO.

Time: 27th June 2010 12:29am

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Is there any sign of pear and cherry slug? It is a major pest of cherry trees, usually skeletonizes the leaf first before they fall off. Treat it by throwing handfuls of ash from a fire over them which shrivels them up. If not that, then don't feed the tree if it is stressed, it may well just develop a second set of leaves as the summer months progress.
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Time: 27th June 2010 12:59pm

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Nick says...
Is there any other treatments for them because they really stuffed up my tree for the 2nd year.

Time: 29th June 2010 4:37pm

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Rev says...
they are bastard things. i remmeber in the adelaide hills on our giant pear

id be treating with derris or neem
or ash
-when young

there must be a way to build up predators??

heres some good advice
http://www.greenharvest.com.au/pestcontrol/pear_and_cherry_slug_intro.html

good predator plants
-fennel (hoverfly)
-wild carrot/ queen annes lace (hoverfly)
-elderberry
-cape lleuwin wattle (ladybird overwinter)
-comfrey (spiders)

stack your garden with daisy and umbel flowers!

Time: 30th June 2010 1:53am

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Rev says...
and go straight to a goo local nursery and take a leaf
and ask them
ask a a few

youll know where youll want to be shopping in future by the quality of answer and care given by the nurseryperson

Time: 30th June 2010 1:58am

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Cam says...
Hi Yvonne,

Cherry slugs are a very common pest with some fruit trees especially for pear and cherry plants. However, it shouldn't cause great harm to your plant as long as it is healthy. The main drawback is they make the tree look unappealing.

My 5 year old grafted Stella gets affected every year but it is doing fine and produced a few kilos of cherries last Summer. We were so glad we got to them before the birds this time.

Another good predator plant to consider is rue, the smell of rue seems to deter insects away. My aunt used to have lots these cherry slugs on her nashi pear tree and they pretty much disappeared after she planted rue near the tree. From this observation, I planted a cutting next to my cherry too. We'll see how it goes.

By the way, as you may already know, the cherry tree is a deciduous plant so the leaves do turn yellow and fall off in Winter. Could it simply be this?




Time: 2nd July 2010 10:51pm

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Jason says...
Cherry slugs and lady birds are in a constant war here. It's very interesting to watch the slugs get the upper hand then slowly be wiped out over the course of a couple months

Time: 3rd July 2010 12:18am

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