here you go .... snip off all the stuff below the rope .... then get rid of the stakes ... trees are supposed to blow in the wind.. and those arent big enough to worry about .. then kill all the grass in a 3 foot circle ... then dig down with a hand trowel.. and see if the soil in the root zone is actually moist .... then add 2 to 3 inches of mulch .... and then.. quit trying to kill these plants with too much love... if you sprayed during the heat of the day.. you may have hurt the leaves.. if not just the chems themselves ... otherwise.. as noted .... your recent transplants may not have the root mass to support all the canopy ... so they shed some leaves [which is why dont mind snipping off all those low small branchlets] .. i would start to worry if 80% of the leaves were browning ... if you are worrying about the 2 leaves shown in the pic.. see above about loving it to death .... my guess.. without the benefit of the hand trowel in your yard .. is that they are not getting enough water down in the root zone .. now that the real heat of summer has hit .... PROPER WATERING IS ALL THEY SHOULD NEED for 2 years .. no food.. no fert.. no chems.. and no college fund.. they are trees.. not children.. lol ... proper watering involves deep infrequent water that goes deep into the root zone.. and proper mulch.. and then not watering again.. until the soil under the mulch is either dry or hot.. hot damp soil will be dry in a day or two.. and the mulch is meant to cool the soil, among other things. .... good luck ken PS: BTW.. i have 60 foot serrotina.. furniture cherry ... and they shed leaves all season long.. just like yours... go figure .... its the nature of the beast on some level ....

Cherry trees like sunshine, it just can be hard for them to deal with it all at first. Just make a temporary cover to filter out some of the sun. It only has to be there for a few months to a year. You can even take it out again next year too if it gets too hot in the summer. If you had not already planted it, I might have recommended putting it in a large planter and putting it on the East side of your house, or somewhere where it would not get too much sun in the middle of day. Then once it grew a little bit and became more established you could plant it in a sunny spot. But if you have already planted it, pulling a tree out of the ground usually does more harm than good. The root system is actually very delicate, and it can put the tree into shock, the last thing it needs right now. Really, the first 8 weeks after planting can be the most difficult, because the roots have not had time to spread into the surrounding soil. No matter how much water you give it, the roots are still going to have trouble supplying all the needed water to make up for evaporative losses in the leaves. The leaves curling up is the plant's natural way of trying to reduce sun exposure when it is feeling water strain. Congratulations on choosing to plant a cherry tree. Not that many people in California have a cherry tree growing in their yard. It is more popular in Northern States like Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, and Michigan. A lot of times if a plant does not grow "effortlessly" in a climate zone, most people do not bother planting it, even though it could do just fine with just a little proper care.

I can't imagine that anyone would try to go to the trouble of pitting something the size of the nankings I've grown -- they're just too small and there's not enough flesh on the pit -- but I like them anyway for what they are. They're very pretty in the spring, seem relatively trouble-free, and I like to snack on them like I would wild strawberries or black raspberries or other small fruits that you don't tend to find in significant quantities but are nice to snack on anyway. Taste-wise I'd compare them to a good but not great and definitely not particularly sweet sour cherry.

trees should be planted.. in a perfect world... when dormant ... but.. you do what you have to do.. when you have time to do it ... the biggest upside to leafless dormancy .. is you avoid the planting stresses to the leaves .. in other words... you never see it ... we can not tell you how to water in your yard.. your location.. your soil .. dig some small holes with a hand trowel or tablespoon .. AND FIND OUT is there is moisture at root depth ... adjust watering appropriately ... dig the hole in undug surrounding soil. and in the gob planted .... it should be properly mulched ... see link for planting and watering ... i agree .. it looks great considering what it been thru ... it is severely stressed.. not hungry.. fert is not a response ... and slathering on goos trying to solve a leaf issue that isnt there.. will only stress it more ... ken https://sites.google.com/site/tnarboretum/Home/planting-a-tree-or-shrub