Dwarf, cherry trees

Considering my cherry tree was just a “stick”with a few buds on it a few months ago I think it is doing quite well..
Thanks for your advice…

Yes as Avalon says, always net it when the fruit is ripening otherwise the birds will get there first. Mine is a Stella variety same as yours but even though it’s a huge tree now and too big to net only once did I manage to get a few pounds of cherries. That was the year when I festooned it with bird scaring things like cds dangling on string , plastic shopping bags tied on the branches, and most terrifying of all footballs painted with eyes and hung in old stockings tied to the tree!!
Poor tree it was an embarrassment, however it did keep the birds off.

I have 5 different varieties of Cherries on dwarf rootstock. When you get fruit if you want to eat them you will need to net or the birds will get them first! The blossom is beautiful in spring.

To keep the trees at 7ft high you may need to prune. This is best done in July/August to lessen the risk of disease. Dead branches or overlapping ones should be removed.

Will it post the busy Lizzies?…🤓

🤦‍♀️ finally..

Tried to post pictures didn’t work we will try again 🤷‍♀️

My garden has been done now. I am very pleased with it.
I especially like the busy Lizzies…😁

Pond is done….🤗
Just the rest of it now 🤓

All looking good Shinamae.

Shinamae

Work in progress, but pond was moved yesterday 🤗

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Work in progress, but pond was moved yesterday 🤗

Jaxjacky

White pepper worked for us on black bin bags some years ago Shinamae no cats ripping them open.

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White pepper worked for us on black bin bags some years ago Shinamae no cats ripping them open.

NanaDana

Shinamae. Lavender is an excellent cat repellent, as they hate the smell It's also cheap to buy, quick growing, low maintenance, and looks great in any garden. If there's a particular area that cat's use to access your garden, plant it there. Other plants which emit odors that cats find offensive, are the scaredy-cat plant ( Coleus canina ), rue, rosemary, and pennyroyal.

I’m pretty sure, Paul said he has put lavender in the wildflower bits, but obviously they’re quite new plants and will need to mature.
I have bought a water pistol . It’s catching them particularly as I go to work from two till eight 3 days a week…🐱🤦‍♀️😂
If the weather is okay on Wednesday, because that’s the only day he can get to me, he will move my pond to the left and put some new pond plants in, I already have frogs, but we are hoping to attract some newts as well..🐸🐸🐸

Shinamae

Garden is coming on nicely, wildflowers put in
yesterday..🤗
The age-old question, how do I keep cats off it?..🤦‍♀️

Your garden is looking lovely! My daughter has just given me a cherry tree for my birthday, it is covered in blossom now. I just hope I don't kill it off!
We used to have a neighbours cat that used our lawn as his tiolet. The one thing that worked was a motion activated water spray. It did catch me out a few times when I forgot to turn it off and DGS loved it in the summer!

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Cats tend to go in one place, out of habit. Mine does. We get lots of poo in our garden but it’s not from our cat, it’s wildlife coming in overnight.

Last week , I found my cat repellent device knocked over and piles and piles of poop on it !
It was from the foxes next door .
I have to continually replenish the citrus peel , pepper and kebab sticks .

Shinamae - nothing seems to work here. Two or 3 years ago I had to remove cat poo from a potted shrub in a tall narrow pot with barbecue skewers in! It must have been a cat with strange "habits" 🤔

If they love your garden they love it irrespective of the off-putting smells and spikey stuff in the earth!

Let me know if you find anything!

Great advice from Nana Dana .
Cats don't like the smell of citrus peel .
Whenever I eat an orange or use lemons and limes I cut the peel up and sprinkle it on the garden .
If I've done some recent planting I sprinkle freshly ground pepper around as well .
And I also use kebabs sticks otherwise everything is dug up by my neighbour's cats .

Shinamae. Lavender is an excellent cat repellent, as they hate the smell It's also cheap to buy, quick growing, low maintenance, and looks great in any garden. If there's a particular area that cat's use to access your garden, plant it there. Other plants which emit odors that cats find offensive, are the scaredy-cat plant ( Coleus canina ), rue, rosemary, and pennyroyal.

Garden is coming on nicely, wildflowers put in
yesterday..🤗
The age-old question, how do I keep cats off it?..🤦‍♀️

I’ve just ordered it, £8.99 delivery, bit of a shock. 🥹

NanaDana

Cherry trees can be such vigorous growers, having them in large pots, (at least 60cm diameter) makes them easier to manage They generally do well in a sheltered, fairly sunny aspect. As they flower quite early, the blossoms do require some frost protection as that is where the fruit will form. Plant in good loam, e.g. John Innes No.2, and refresh this annually. Also, don't let the loam dry out during the Summer months. Prune in late Summer. Feed in late Winter, and then mulch to help moisture retention. So a plant which does require a bit of "hands on" attention , but well worth the effort.

Thank you for that advice…

Cherry trees can be such vigorous growers, having them in large pots, (at least 60cm diameter) makes them easier to manage They generally do well in a sheltered, fairly sunny aspect. As they flower quite early, the blossoms do require some frost protection as that is where the fruit will form. Plant in good loam, e.g. John Innes No.2, and refresh this annually. Also, don't let the loam dry out during the Summer months. Prune in late Summer. Feed in late Winter, and then mulch to help moisture retention. So a plant which does require a bit of "hands on" attention , but well worth the effort.

Shinamae

I am looking at this one…

That looks lovely, beautiful fruit, quite robust I'm guessing.