This year's cherry harvest depends on how skillful the gardener's actions will be in the spring.
The first thing you need to do with the onset of spring warmth is to take care of the health of the tree, that is, to protect perennial fruit crops from diseases and pests.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", an agronomist and landscape designer, told how and with what to treat cherries in the spring and what to use for this.
How to treat diseases
Gardeners are advised to use copper sulfate at this time, which reliably protects fruit and ornamental crops from diseases.
For these purposes, a 1% solution of copper sulfate in water at room temperature is prepared.
Urea is often used for the first spraying.
When to start
You need to start before the sap starts to flow.
How to treat against pests
It is recommended to use industrial preparations against cherry flies and worms.
It is advisable to use different treatment products each time, as a product from the same manufacturer may be ineffective due to the pests developing resistance.
When to process
Pest control is carried out after the air temperature has been stable at +5 degrees Celsius.
The tree is sprayed again when the buds begin to grow, and a third time before flowering.
The final processing is carried out on the ovary.
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Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
