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My Cherry Tree Needs Urgent Help! Advice Please...

Rainbow ChaserRainbow Chaser Posts: 5
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I am devastated!  Suddenly my beautiful Big Burlat cherry Tree, which I've lovingly cared for since getting, is showing signs of... well, I don't know!  I have taken some pictures of the leaves & fear it's not good!  Everything was going so well... 

I got the tree in October last year & it's planted out in a large pot.  I even have a special coat for it for winter!  It was approximately 3 foot when purchased, has not flowered this year, no fruit but has grown tremendously.  In fact, it needs pruning but no point if it's dying!

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Any advice would be greatly appreciated....

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,737

    I think it may simply be getting ready for autumn - my grapevine leaves are colouring up already

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  • GARY BALDWINGARY BALDWIN Posts: 5

    what size pot is it in

  • Rainbow ChaserRainbow Chaser Posts: 5

    @ Gary - It's in a 40cm x 40 x 40...

    @ Dovefromabove - How embarrassing! image  It just shows what a novice gardener I am!  I thought that the beginning of August would be far too early for 'getting ready for Autumn'... Oh dear!  It's my first fruit tree & if all goes well I want a mini orchard in my Yarden!  My Granddaughters will love it, hence why it's so important I get it right!  Any tips on pruning?

    Thanks for your help so far...

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,737

    Stone fruits (cherries/plums etc) must not be pruned in the autumn/winter or they are likely to get Silverleaf Disease.

    The time to prune cherries is around midsummer - lots of info here https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=318

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,737

    Just checking - what sort of compost is your cherry tree in? It really needs John Innes No 3 loam-based compost ... and it does get plenty of water doesn't it?

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  • Rainbow ChaserRainbow Chaser Posts: 5

    Yep!  Got that right!  image  It's in John Innes No 3 & I give lots of water on the days we have no rain or little rain.  Thank you for the link... lots of great information that I can actually understand!  I went on some gardening sites for advice on pruning & needed a degree to understand the technical descriptions!  Not everyone is an expert gardener!...

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,737

    The RHS site is usually a really good source of information image

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  • GARY BALDWINGARY BALDWIN Posts: 5

    Have you got a place in the garden for it

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 20,936

    Cherry trees lose their leaves quite early in autumn.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Rainbow ChaserRainbow Chaser Posts: 5

    I believe so Busy-Lizzie  image  I am really surprised though because it's still Summer!  As it's preparing to loose it's leaves, am I okay to prune it now or not?

    @ Gary Baldwin - It has a wonderful place in the garden that it seems to love!  It gets the first morning sun, then sun from 1pm.  It's sheltered too but last Winter I did keep moving slightly because of the strong winds....

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