Which cherry tree should i grow?

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« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2008, 20:11 »
Quote from: "sophiejo"
Thanks for your advice.
I have had a look online and a lot of them seem to be gisele 5 root stock, not sure if this is semidwarf or not.
 The £3.99 ones in Lidl would be more up my street. I may get a different fruit tree altogether, most of our apples were eaten by crows? (large, black, noisy) last summer so i don't think a cherry would stand much chance!


Gisela is semi-dwarfing. The birds are most likely to be blackbirds but the thing is, if the situation is that bad you shall not get any fruit unless you net them, and then might as well have what you fancy.  :wink:

Ah, I forgot , very important though, 'north of the house' if it doesn't get much sunshine, sour cherry it is, which is a brill fruit. Go to how to grow it/wisy/ fruit index/sour cherry. 8)
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« Reply #16 on: January 21, 2008, 20:20 »
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july


Are we sure it is the same tree and you just moved the washing line? :lol:

I have a couple of reservations at the mo. Tree far away(?) and July you moved and don't think you should have seen any cherry blossom that time of year, might happen, that there are autumn fruiting cherries but I would not call it common by any means. :wink:  :lol:

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« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2008, 09:57 »
The birds are def crows, ravens or something similar! hope they don't attack my veggies, maybe they will eat the slugs?
We are new to the garden so not sure exactly how much sun the front gets. In July it had most of a day but at the mo it gets none (when the sun appears). How much sun do sweet cherries need approx?

Thanks for your advice

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« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2008, 10:07 »
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The birds are def crows, ravens or something similar!

If you had a whole bunch of crows, they were rooks.
If you had only one rook, it was a crow.

If they were huge, they were ravens (doubtlessly, lost).
If they were small, they were jackdaws.
If they were small and not even nearly black, they were jays.

None of the above are very keen on fruit but will eat it.  Blackbirds love fruit.

This post is factual but perhaps not very helpful  :wink:  :)

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« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2008, 11:04 »
Just wanted to post something similar. :lol:  :lol:

If there is sunshine in the summer as you describe, most hardy fruit should be OK, probably will need a fleece over the spring blossom if frosts are forecast.

Any other hardship added to that location would not be desired, ie. wind corridor, low lying ground(valley effect).

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« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2008, 16:21 »
Thanks WG it was a helpful post.
I wish they were jays! They must be rooks, with some jackdaws thrown in (grey heads). They looked very large balanced on top of our apple trees last year. Our garden backs onto open countryside so there are large, noisy flocks of them.
I have posted in your sour cherry section, wasn't sure if it was the right place or not.

Thanks



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