How many years does it take for a Meizao cherry tree to bear fruit?
Meizao cherry is a late-maturing cherry variety introduced from the United States by the Dalian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, so how many years does a Meizao cherry tree take to bear fruit?
1. Basic introduction to Meizao cherry
Meizao cherry is a cherry with crisp rather than soft flesh, thick and juicy, and a sweet-and-sour, delicious flavor. It is a cross between Stella and EarlyBudm (Italian Red).
Meizao cherry generally begins to swell its flower buds in late March, reaches full bloom in mid-April, and matures and goes on the market in June.
Young Meizao cherry trees have strong bud-break and branching ability. Suitable pollinizer varieties include Samituo, Xianfeng, Lapins and others. The suitable ratio of the main cultivar to the pollinizer varieties is 3:1.
2. How many years does a Meizao cherry tree take to bear fruit?
A Meizao cherry tree generally takes 3 years after planting to bear fruit. If it is a grafted Meizao cherry sapling, the fruiting time will be a little earlier. After the first fruiting, the cherry tree will bear fruit again every year.
3. The main values of cherry
1. Sweet and sour in taste, slightly warm in nature, it has the effects of benefiting the spleen and stomach, nourishing the liver and kidneys, restraining essence, and stopping diarrhea;
2. It can also be used for weakness of the spleen and stomach, poor appetite and diarrhea, or damage to the spleen and stomach yin with dry mouth and tongue; deficiency of the liver and kidneys, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, fatigue of the limbs, or spermatorrhea;
3. For blood deficiency, dizziness and palpitations, dull complexion, facial freckles and other stubborn spots, it can play a role in fading them;
4. Cherry can relieve anemia. Cherry has a relatively high iron content, and iron is the raw material for synthesizing human hemoglobin.
However, although cherries are very good, they should not be consumed excessively, because cherries contain a certain amount of cyanogenic glycosides. If eaten too much, they can cause iron poisoning or cyanide poisoning.