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morello cherry tree
anthony mcglen
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in Fruit & veg
Hi all back again lol
i have a morello cherry tree planted last year in a large tube one of those self watering types got a water res at the bottom.
well planted my tree and stood back , all we got last year was about ten leaves onit no blossum or cherrys what went wrong or did i expect to much from the first year,will it do better this year. help please
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How big is the tree anthony. . Are there photos?
In the sticks near Peterborough
Cherry Tree Morello
RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Morello is the best sour cherry for growing in the UK.It will happily grow on a north wall or fence and still bear fruit. Crisp white Spring blossom is followed in August by the ripening of dark red ,acid cherries that are produced in abundance.
The cherries produced are a culinary gem, superb in jams ,preserves,pies ,sauces and alcoholic beverages.Morellos can be eaten fresh when really ripe but they do have a very sharp-sweet edge.
Although partially self fertile an additional pollinator will enhance the crops.
It was probably too young to flower. Can you see any clusters of fat buds on it now?
hi nutcutlet
thanks for the reply the tree is small about four foot from rootstock to tip.i got it from asdas last year so this is the second year.it has three branches bendy so i can tye them in to train the tree.and there is about twenty or more new buds at the min
the tub/put that it is in is about two foot square like i said it has a small water chamber that fill up to last about one week ish les in a hot summer. wiill post pics later today for you to see it.
Righto. I'm not surprised about no blossom/fruit but the small number of leaves doesn't sound good
In the sticks near Peterborough
thanks all for the help i too think it was to young to flower last year
just moved the tree to the oppisit side of my patio as there is more sunshine that side and noticed it has about one hundred small buds on it (that a guess i did not count)
Alan4711
thanks for that info it was helpfull
Alan, I've PMd you
I'm keeping an eye on this thread - I'd quite like a morello but not sure where to put it yet.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Fleurisa
as i said there are loads but they are not fat nor are they green yet
hi all here is a update on my morello cherry tree it has now sprung into life twenty or so big green buds starting to open.so i am hoping to get cherrys this year.