Cultivating Cherry "Miracle Cherry": Best Tips on Planting and Care

The history of the hybrid cherry and cherry began in the XVII century after the random pollination of two fruit crops. Thanks to the work of breeders, hybrids or ducks, as they are called, have become more viable, resistant to weather conditions and capable of fruiting.

"Wonderful cherry": description and characteristics of the fetus

Hybrid "miracle cherry" appeared as a result of the work of the Ukrainian agronomists L. Taranenko and A. Sychov. The hybrid combines the best properties of the varieties "Valery Chkalov" (sweet cherry) and "Griot Ostgeimsky" (cherry). Breeders have tried to instill the best qualities of a hybrid: resistance to cold, abundant fruiting and immunity to diseases.

The cherry variety “miracle cherry” in the description of external signs also incorporated the characteristics of donor varieties. The trunk of a fruit crop branches just like cherries, and the inflorescences are more similar to cherry color. The tree has straight, thick branches, without roughness, with dark brown bark, covered with large buds. The leaves are large, round shape, like a sweet cherry. "Miracle Cherry" reaches three meters in height. A distinctive feature of the variety is the ability to form buds on the annual shoots, which causes early fruiting. The first berries ripen on a two-year sapling. "Wonderful Cherry" plentifully fruits large, up to ten grams in weight, collected in a brush, six to eight pieces of fruit. Glossy dark maroon berries have a sweet taste with a slightly noticeable sourness. To preserve the characteristics of the variety, a vegetative propagation method is applied to the cherry.

What loves "miracle cherry"

Cherry is a perennial, with proper care it bears fruit and lives in one place for up to twenty years. It is important to choose the right place for it.

Sun or shade, which is better for successful growth

Tree "miracle cherry" - sun plant, without sun and heat, flowering will be poor, fruiting and worse. In the shade the cherry will wither. It is best to plant it near the fence, away from higher trees or from the house. The fence will serve as a tree shelter from the drafts that harm him.

Requirements for the soil "miracle cherry"

The best option for cherry soil will be sandy soils with a neutral reaction. It is undesirable to arrange a tree in low or swampy areas, it is highly not recommended close passage of groundwater.

Features of planting cherry wood

Wonderful cherry is easy to grow, but before planting, the main thing is to choose the right sapling. Many unscrupulous sellers sell under the guise of "miracle cherry" cherry seedlings.

How to choose a seedling for planting

Saplings "miracle cherry" can be distinguished by the presence of buds and leaves, pressed to the branches.A healthy specimen will have a developed root system without visible damage.

The plant should have an even trunk of a single-colored color, also without damage and the presence of insects.

The branches must be flexible and properly formed, the central shoot must be at least 60 cm high.

Preparation of the landing pit

The well for the "miracle cherry" is prepared a month before planting. Half its depth is filled with a mixture of fertile soil and fertilizers: organic and phosphorus-potassium. If the area is acidic soil, you need to add lime composition (2 kg per well). The distance between the trees - up to five meters.

Planting seedlings "miracle cherry"

Landing is preferably carried out in April. Before winter, the sapling will have time to settle down, take root and calmly winter. Lowering it into the hole, straighten its roots, the root collar should be left flush with the ground. It is better to start the procedure on an overcast day, but if the weather is hot, the seedling of the “miracle cherry” can be protected from the sun with a nonwoven fabric after planting.Pristvolny circle seedling mulch sawdust or humus.

How to care for cherries "miracle cherry"

Rules for the care of a miracle tree are the same as for all fruit trees: watering, feeding, loosening, pruning and weeding.

Watering rules

The first watering of the tree is carried out after flowering, while feeding. The second time during fruiting. Under each tree poured up to six buckets of water. In the presence of heavy rainfall, the rate of irrigation is reduced. The last watering is carried out before winter after leaf fall. Young seedlings, first year should be watered weekly. In a drought to carry out irrigation procedures.

How to care for the soil

Pristvolny circle as a seedling, and an adult tree should be clean from weeds. When weeding the grass, combine this with loosening, so that the root system of the tree gets air access. Mulch around the trunk of the cherry will not let the soil dry out and crack, retain moisture and heat.

Miracle Cherry Cherry Fertilizer Tips

"Wonderful cherry" must be properly fertilized, otherwise the cultivation will not bring the expected result. Fertilizers are applied to the well before planting, so the plant may not be fertilized for the next two or three years. When the cherry begins to bear fruit, it will need fertilizing.

How to protect cherries from pests and diseases

Sort "miracle cherry" is not subject to attacks cherry flies, rarely ill. But the right care is very important. Most diseases afflict a weakened, neglected plant:

• with an excess of moisture
• excess fertilizer
• with a strong thickening of the crown and the soil overgrown with weeds.

• First: loosen and weed;
• second: do not overfill or overfeed;
• third: sanitary pruning.

Rules pruning "miracle cherry"

The first pruning is performed on annual growths, shortening them by one-fifth. Spring pruning includes the removal of damaged and weak branches. If the plant has suffered badly in the winter and is weak, spend a pruning rejuvenating across the entire crown. This procedure can be carried out every five years. Pruned branches that interfere with the growth of other shoots, growing inside the crown or strongly stretching. Lateral branches mainly pinch so that they do not branch out with new “bouquets”.

The advantages and disadvantages of the variety

"Wonderful cherry" in the description of the variety and according to numerous reviews of gardeners is resistant to a series of fungal diseases. A frequent pest of a cherry - a cherry fly for "miracle cherry" is also not dangerous. With an intelligent selection of pollinator for a tree, you can achieve high yields and quality of fruit taste.

“Wonderful Cherry” is winter-hardy, although with very cold winters the tree can freeze, which will reduce the yield. In cherries, early fruiting is already the third year. Differs variety and great yield: from one tree can be collected more than ten kilograms of cherries. Berries "miracle cherries" in the description of the variety are the most delicious, juicy, the pulp is dense, sweet, there is no strongly pronounced acid, as in ordinary cherries, a light dessert taste.

Harvest "miracle cherries"

Cherries ripen in June, the fruits are large, up to nine grams in weight, glossy, dark burgundy. Abundant fruiting at the age of five or six years, from an adult developed tree remove from ten to twenty kilograms of cherries.Begin harvesting as the berries ripen, do not wait for uniformity, fruits that are higher and closer to the sun ripen before the lower ones, and when overripe, burst or become food for birds.

If the harvest you have collected is supposed to be transported, it is better to remove it slightly immature, so that ripe berries will not be damaged during transportation. If at the time of harvest there was rainy weather, it is better to prepare the harvested berries for the winter: this crop will not be stored for a long time. In general, the harvest is best collected in dry weather in the afternoon.

In conclusion, I want to say, "miracle cherry" is grown easily, it is tasty and bears fruit well. Berries of cherry are useful both to adults, and children, it both a medicinal product, and dietary. Harvest "miracle cherries", you can eat it fresh and provide yourself with vitamins for the winter.