Fifteen trees in the courtyard are beginning to bloom. They are always great.Should have been planted Medulla oblongata “Serbian Gold” is much less devastated than “Vranja”, but it was too late to discover.
However, good hygiene works mysteriously – scraping and burning sick leaves and fruits – but it can take years to work. Commercial producers can use disinfectants such as Signum.
Due to the high humidity and poor air movement of the disease, significant branches are removed in the summer (pruning in the winter tends to promote vegetative growth). This also allows more light to reach the plants below.
Cherry Blossoms
At this time of the year, I really enjoy the shelter belts I planted in the first week of April 1984. 1000 small grafts, just over a foot high, planted in a snow-covered April blizzard were too late and too cold. impatient.
Now the star of the mix is Wild Cherry, Sweet cherryI think it’s because the so-called birds are handing out stones. The stack had to be covered to prevent everything from falling into the chimney pot. However, as the canopy expanded and went out and the insects were in heaven, white flower clusters could be seen from inside the courtyard.
You can also lean out of the ground floor platform, which was Hayloft, and choose beautiful, sweet red cherries in the summer. I was unaware that wild cherries had edible fruits, but they are clearly seeded because different trees have different fruiting characteristics. Some are dark red, almost black, and some are pillar box red.
Most trees have very sweet fruits, none of which are as large as commercially grown cherries, but still cause sensation. The trees have grown so large that the crops are large and abundant for both birds and us.
Cherry trees are not long-lived, but like field maples and ash, they are well regenerated from seeds in the available space. Another satisfying aspect of my windbreak is that I noticed that it appears as a forest in the latest OS map, neatly wrapping up our farm building and my neighbor’s new building. building.