How to plant felt cherries
Pollination and planting of felt cherry is usually carried out extremely well. She is relatively easygoing. Of course, there are requirements. Let's list them.
How to grow felt cherry
Felt cherry is a compact shrub 2-2.5 m long. It has small leaves. The taste is pleasant sweet and sour. The peduncle is very short.
Cherry is early-bearing, it can please you with its own fruits in the 2-3rd year. Felt cherry will prefer fertile and light soil, well drained. The reaction should be neutral. Excess moisture can have a negative impact on growth, and even fruiting and overwintering. As a result, the bush dies. Acidic soil must be limed.
The tree needs a sunny place. Shading is harmful. How to plant a tree?
- Seedlings 1-2 years old. ages are planted in autumn and spring;
- A soil mixture must be added into the depths of a planting hole or trench with a width of 60 cm and approximately the same depth;
- Based on 1 m2, organic fertilizers are needed in the amount of 3 buckets, lime take 400-800 g, phosphorus - 40-60, potassium - 20-30 g of the active substance category;
- You need to make the mixture uniform by stirring. It is recommended to cut the root system by about 20-25 cm. They are treated with clay mash and planted in bushes. After planting, it is necessary to treat the soil - compact it, carry out abundant watering and mulch with peat.
You can plant only 2-3 trees per plot. A sparse planting pattern is needed. It is created like this: 3-3.5 by 1 or 1.5 m. Seedlings of 1-2 years are needed. The plant will need to be grown in bush form.This can be done through pruning. This is how felt cherry trees are planted.
