How many years does a potted cherry tree take to bear fruit?
Potted cherry trees generally take 3-5 years to bear fruit.The fruit can be eaten as a fruit; its appearance is bright and colorful, crystal-clear and beautiful, red as agate, yellow as congealed fat, and the fruit is rich in sugar, protein, vitamins, and many other elements such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, and potassium.
I. How do you care for potted cherry trees?
1. Pot soil
Cherry trees like sunlight and fertile, moist soil. The best pot for growing cherries is a wooden box, wooden barrel, or fired pot, or a flower pot with a diameter of 30 cm.
2. Seedlings
Seedlings should be robust, with plump branches and buds, well-developed roots, and no pests or diseases. For perennial small trees, the trunk should be trained low, the branches should be reasonably distributed, and the taper between branches should be large.
3. Light
Place the cherry in a courtyard or on a balcony with relatively good light conditions, which helps flower bud differentiation and achieves the goal of early fruiting and abundant fruiting. In shady places with poor ventilation, the plant is prone to leggy growth and poor growth, resulting in little or no fruit.
4. Fertilizing
Fertilize once every four to five months to meet the cherry's nutritional growth needs. When fertilizing, you can choose organic fertilizers such as fermented rapeseed cake water or rice washing water. Or use the okara left after making soy milk, or the residue left after squeezing fruit juice, place a small amount in the soil at the edge of the cherry tree's flower pot, and cover it firmly with soil as fertilizer.
5. Watering
In summer, water once a day, and often spray some water on the leaves to cool the tree and clean it. In spring and autumn, the number of waterings should be fewer. In winter, basically do not water. The best amount of watering is when the bottom of the container drips slightly.
6. Fruit thinning
When there are many flowers, the focus is on flower and fruit thinning: thin out some flower buds, and after fruit set, promptly thin out some poorly developed fruits so that the good fruits continue to grow.
7. Pruning
Winter pruning mainly adjusts the tree shape and balances tree vigor. Mainly remove competing branches, back branches, strong vigorous branches, and slender branches. The extension branches are shortened, and the fruiting branches are retracted. Summer pruning aims to maintain the tree shape and promote flowering and fruit retention. Cut off competing branches and back branches. When the branches grow to 15-20 cm, pinch off the tips. This is generally completed before July, no more than 2 times a year. Around September, when the branches have just stopped growing at the tips, pull the branches flat.