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Is my cherry dying?
Matthew Bleasdale
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Hi, My cherry (that I'm trying to train as a fan) is in trouble. It's leaves are drooping and yellowing. I only noticed it yesterday after having been away for the week, can anyone offer me some advice?
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can you put a pic on Mat
For some reason I don't seem to be able to add them from my file structure, hopefully the cut and paste above works...
The soil is clayey and the tree is planted on the edge of a deck I built a few years ago. As my garden slopes the deck is built into the bank and sleepers retain the soils. I suspect this means the tree is somewhat restricted to one side (by those sleepers) however it's not cramped. Other plants close by are two clematis trained over the frame to try to mask the 'barrier from Lost' appearance (as my partner put it), some strawberries, red and black currants and a couple of Apple trees. The tree gets good sunlight being sufficiently far up the garden that it's not shaded by the house at all.
I shall add some wider pictures in the morning. If there's more information that I'm missing please ask.
Thanks for the help.
The soil is clayey and the tree is planted on the edge of a deck I built a few years ago. As my garden slopes the deck is built into the bank and sleepers retain the soils. I suspect this means the tree is somewhat restricted to one side (by those sleepers) however it's not cramped. Other plants close by are two clematis trained over the frame to try to mask the 'barrier from Lost' appearance (as my partner put it), some strawberries, red and black currants and a couple of Apple trees. The tree gets good sunlight being sufficiently far up the garden that it's not shaded by the house at all.
I shall add some wider pictures in the morning. If there's more information that I'm missing please ask.
Thanks for the help.
Hi Matthew - to help the tree initially I'd clear the area from the edge of the sleepers to about 2 feet behind the tree so that you have a proper border for it to grow in rather than just the small space it's in now. Keep grass and any other weeds well away from it too. That way, whenever you do apply feed or water etc it's going to the cherry not the grass or other planting nearby. You mention the soil being clay, so is the drainage poor there as well? That can affect growth. Clay is a great medium for plants of all types providing there's suitable drainage and plants aren't getting waterlogged.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I fear that is not very well and may not survive. Don't let it become dry but don't over-water, it isn't taking up much water in that condition. Planted 2 years ago it should be romping away by now and shouldn't be needing extra watering so early in the season.
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I'd agree nut. Should be much happier than it is in that pic
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The 'border' you can see in the picture I created yesterday. Till then it was grass (and some docks) which because I've been away/really busy hadn't been cut for a couple/few weeks. As the grass (and the docks) were really overgrown I thought it might be water stress and so cut the border.
I'll cut a bigger one.
Here's hoping it was just the grass sucking up all the water, I was hoping that there'd be a faster recovery considering I watered it on Friday night. I guess I've got a lot to learn about gardening (you don't even want to hear about the pear tree planted right next to what I now believe is a juniper, amazing what researching pear rust can teach you). Any suggestions for where I can get some more structured guidance?
Hi Fairy, it was doing really well. A couple of weeks ago it was in full bloom with really healthy leaves and I was looking at which buds I wanted to promote and which stems I wanted to prune to train it some more.