[Ian_P]

I planted a Stella desert cherry last spring. It didn't bloom last year but did this year and about a 100 cherries developed.

A couple of weeks ago I netted it because some birds were starting to take interest.

Last week the cherries started to turn colour starting to turn a patchy red and look as if they were ripening slowly.

This week they are falling off in large numbers.

Help please!

Thanks

Ian

[gobs]

Copious amounts of watering at fruit swelling help if weather is dry, also a thick mulch in spring whilst ground is soaked. I almost every year has this problem when May is dry with my Stella, which I suspect to be on a rather dwarfing stock.