Please help me with ornamental and or sour cherries
hobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years ago
Hi there, I have 2 different shrubs that looks like 2 different types of prairie cherry, can you tell me which?
I am pretty sure the above is some type of edible sour cherry as I have picked them in orchards before. Any thoughts?
Heres the next one I am unsure about.
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Konrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
7 years agohobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b) thanked Konrad..just outside of Edmonton AlbertaRelated Discussions
Did the cherry curculio get my sour cherries?
Comments (3)3 of em. I'd say 90% have the brown spots (actually cavities on magnification) and 50% have white bumpy humps. All reddening up now a bit....See MoreSour Cherries Dropping
Comments (4)I'm going to have to disagree with Stark Bros. I read commercial literature all the time and am not aware of any growers thinning sour cherries, or anyone recommending it. My own cherry trees and other sour cherry trees I observe (several different varieties) never get thinned and do not drop any significant amount of fruit. Early pruning can reduce fruit load but that's entirely different from fruit thinning. Peaches have a significant positive response to thinning. It takes about 35 leaves to size a peach. Too much fruit will send a hormonal response to the tree that causes June drop. However even in cases where trees are allowed to overbear, not all fruit will drop. A large amount of fruit will remain, although as Meg points out, the fruit will be very small. Cherries are different. The common thought is it only takes 2 leaves to size a cherry. In my experience, it takes even less. I've seen small branches without hardly any leaves produce adequate sized cherries. So your fruit drop problem has nothing to do with over-cropping. My guess is you've got a pest problem of some sort. Did you check any cherries for worms? How does the foliage look?...See MorePlease help me identify this ornamental grass
Comments (3)Thanks Sarah! I just love the combination of the two grasses and want to add them to my garden....See MorePlease help me pick an ornamental grass
Comments (7)I have 7 'Shenandoah Red' switch grasses and love them. I planted 2 tiny clumps a few years ago (it was actually 1 clump in a small pot and I divided it because I'm cheap ;) and I love them so much I planted more this spring. One of them on the east side of my house (morning sun only) is on a drip emitter and has grown quite a bit, probably ~24" wide or so. The other is in an area facing west (afternoon sun) where I don't irrigate at all. That one isn't nearly as wide, but it does just fine on nothing but rainwater. I love their red highlights, but my favorite season for this grass is fall when they turn shades of orangey-red before going dormant. I don't have experience with the other grass you're considering, but I can highly recommend Shenandoah Red. It doesn't seem invasive at all, and unlike the Miscanthus, it doesn't die out in the center and require division to keep it vigorous. I think you'd only need to divide it if it got wider than you wanted, but if you're planning on putting it in a dry area I don't think you'd have to worry at all about it getting too wide....See Morehobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years agohobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
7 years agoNo, Evans are not this dark, also have a different structure...more tree form.
Evans
hobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years agoKonrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
7 years agohobbyartisan (Saskatoon, SK Canada, 2b)
7 years agoWhat do you do with them all? Here are my maraschinos, not quite the size of your harvest lol:
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