Please recommend a better cherry than Sweet100
diclemeg
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jrslick (North Central Kansas, Zone 5B)
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Please Recommend Apricots, Cherries, Peaches
Comments (8)Apricots are going to be a little iffy in our area. They bloom very early. Peaches are easy though - I'm not sure what kind I have but it's probably Reliance. It tastes great and I get peaches without doing more than a dormant spray. This year I'll bag the peaches with shoe store try-on footies to try to keep the bugs off them. Last year I lost probably 70% or more of my crop to insects, but I still had plenty of good peaches without doing anything. For cherries I'm trying Danube as I couldn't decide between sweet and sour. I'd probably get Montmorency or Meteor if I was getting a second cherry tree. You'll need to net the tree if you want to eat any before the birds get them. Last year I lost all the cherries (only about 20) to birds but one which I ate. It was good and I look forward to getting a few more this year. My other fruit tree planted last year is a Honeycrisp apple. They grow best in the Midwest with our cold nights during harvest. I'm going to try bagging the fruit so I don't have to spray it. I hope it works out as the apples are so very good....See MoreYour growing experience on Super sweet 100 ?(VF Hybrid)
Comments (18)In Texas you might expect all kinds of miracles from these plants. All joking aside, my cherry tomato plants were actively producing and still flowering within my high tunnels the week of Thanksgiving when I stopped the heat and allowed them to freeze. These same plants were starting to produce fruit in mid May for me. You might expect the same with a little extra care. In my tunnels for tomatoes I use a stringline support which you probably can't see in the earlier picture. But I needed to lower the lines at least twice for these cherry types, SS-100 included. They have the potential to grow 20 ft' tall, without exageration. So consider a support system that will allow good ventilation and ease of picking throughout the season in mind. It is also another reason to seperate your basil row....See MoreSungold and sweet 100, do you let them grow crazy?
Comments (46)Yeah it is easy to overlook these old threads. Sorry for that, Questions: "Would that sound successful for Sweet 100's? Should there be 1 or 2 per container?" Possible but it depends on height of the balcony and how much tying and training you want to do. They are an exceptionally huge plant so I suggest you do not do any lower level pruning on it as that will only make it grow taller. If worst comes to worst you may have to cut off the very top of the plant if it gets too unmanageable. And you will need lots of string for tying. 1 plant per container only. My problem is that the leaves are getting yellow and I don't know what's wrong. Please do share your tips and advice. Thank you! I also just transported them from a small rectangular box planter tho this one here. Yellowing leaves is almost always related to watering issues - usually too much - or lack of nutrient issues is the second most common cause. Plants in containers consistently have over-watering issues and nutrient issues because the nutrients wash out of the container every time you water and they have to be replaced regularly. But if you just moved a plant this huge into this new container then the odds are it is suffering from severe transplant shock. Plants this size do NOT take to transplanting at all well. Dave...See MoreDo cherry types grow faster than slicers?
Comments (3)Are you referring to plant growth being faster for cherries, or if cherries ripen up faster than non-cherries, Fact is that many cherry varieties have DTM's, meaning time to ripe cherries, have DTM's that are way longer than larger fruited varieties. It all depends on which specific cherries grown and which specific large fruited varieties grown Carolyn...See Morecatwhisperer2009
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