How and with what to save cherries?
Cherries grew on our clay. Still very small. Of course, the soil didn’t suit it, so we replanted it. But she is very weak. How can you feed her (and most importantly correctly) and in general how to help her so that she survives. Thank you.
Try watering 3-4 times per season. In hot weather there are more - about six buckets. Experiment with fertilizers (mixtures of compost, humus and superphosphate in different proportions). You can also try hanging weights on the branches so that they bear fruit better, but without fanaticism (they should not droop to the ground).
When replanting a cherry tree, even a small one, the root system is disrupted, therefore, in addition to watering, especially in the first time after replanting, you also need to trim the crown of the tree to reduce the load on the root system.
You have already saved it by replanting it on good soil. Cherry is not such a sissy tree that you need to pamper and cherish it and blow off specks of dust from it. It will take root. Even if its roots are a little damaged. But, of course, it needs to be watered.
Since the cherry tree was not transplanted as a seedling, but as a small tree, some of the roots were damaged during replanting. Therefore, so that the remaining roots can feed the tree, the branches need to be shortened a little.
Yes, in the fall you don’t really need to help with anything, except perhaps to insulate its crown from below. I usually do this using spruce spruce branches (fortunately there is wood nearby) and burlap. I cover the trunk with spruce branches, wrap it in burlap and tie it with rope.So that it doesn't freeze in winter.
Cherry, if it is not on a dwarf rootstock, is a winter-hardy tree. In order for it to take root well, you need to trim the crown, because during replanting, the roots were damaged and are not able to properly nourish the entire tree.