During the summer, check the soil often to make sure it is moist to a depth of 6”-8”.Young trees need consistent soil moisture during their establishment.Have a plan for watering during the summer:.Water trees in to settle the soil after planting.Plant the tree the same depth it was in the pot.During the dormant season, you can wash some of the potting soil off the roots before planting. Remove the pot and use your fingers or a garden claw to rough up the roots.Water the pot so the soil in the pot is moist.Prune off broken roots, spread out over soil mound built in the bottom of the hole.When planting, be sure to keep the graft union 2″-4″ above soil line.Mound the soil if needed to keep roots above the winter high water table.You can plant if your soil isn’t too wet to work and you can dig holes directly.Roots spread in the hole, graft union 2″-4″ above finished soil level. Planting Requirements: Are you ready to take care of your trees? If you’re bringing home bare root trees, you want to be able to plant right away. Tart cherries are also self-fertile, but bloom too late to pollinate sweet cherries. For sweet cherries that are not self-fertile, another sweet cherry that blooms at the same time is needed to provide the pollen for fruit set. There are several varieties of sweet cherry that are self-fertile, where the pollen from the flower of that tree moved to the anthers of the same tree will cause fruit set. Pollination– All fruit trees need to have a pollinating insect move pollen to the anthers of their flowers for that flower to become a fruit.A free standing sweet cherry on Mazzard will grow to 15′-20′. On Mazzard rootstock, space the trees 15′ apart. A free-standing sweet cherry on Krymsk 5 can be managed at a height of 12′-15′ Tart cherries can be managed at 10′.
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