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[trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - mrbigstuff - 05-08-2015
Planted last fall (October? November?). Nice tall, straight fruiting semi-dwarf. Now, brittle and lifeless. Argh....!
Chop it back mercilessly and hope for something next year? Or, cut losses and just plant another?
I was going to buy a pollenator for this tree anyhow, so maybe I will do that and just hope that this one makes a return.
Opinions?
Re: [trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - OWC Jamie - 05-08-2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGMdPyhFn-A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvlup3QyeW4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08phlXqzkwU
Re: [trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - Black - 05-08-2015
mrbigstuff wrote:Sorry but it's probably gone.
Planted last fall (October? November?). Nice tall, straight fruiting semi-dwarf. Now, brittle and lifeless. Argh....!
Chop it back mercilessly and hope for something next year? Or, cut losses and just plant another?
I was going to buy a pollenator for this tree anyhow, so maybe I will do that and just hope that this one makes a return.
Opinions?
Re: [trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - OWC Jamie - 05-08-2015
If there is no green just under the skin of the last newest growth on (a) branch(es) towards the bottom of the tree, that's a year or two of recovery/regrowth if the root system does do something and send up shoots or gets some activity somewhere up the trunk. There's a chance just the root stock or root system will send up a shoot and unless you are good at grafting and have stock to graft you may as well start over.
Re: [trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - DP - 05-08-2015
We have quite a few plants that we thought didn't make it thru the Winter but we have resisted digging them up. But, lo and behold, a few have little bits of new growth showing up! Maybe just wait a bit longer before you decide.
Re: [trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - OWC Jamie - 05-08-2015
If you like your cherry tree you can keep your cherry tree.
Re: [trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - mrlynn - 05-08-2015
Re: [trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - 3d - 05-08-2015
Not sure where you live and/or climate. If you're in the Northeast and experienced the brutal winter we had here. I would guess that tree is dead/dying. If you live in a warm temperate climate you might be able to save it with lots of water and sun and mulch. It's hard enough for a healthy potted newly planted tree to survive the winter here. Do you think it'll have any chance NEXT WINTER in it's dying state?
Most of the garden nurseries I buy trees and shrubs from mention a 1 year warranty. Maybe check into that? If it was bought at HomeDepot/Lowes/etc.. notch it up as a loss.
Re: [trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - cbelt3 - 05-08-2015
We've lost a bunch of trees in our community after the super hard winter. Small trees got stripped of their bark by starving animals, larger trees were battered by high winds and heavy snow and ice loads.
Re: [trees] Cherry, oh, Cherry: I think that I killed it - Speedy - 05-08-2015
Depending on where you live, give it some time. We have trees that show no sign of life yet but that will leaf out in a few weeks.
We had such a mild winter, warm with little snow cover, so we lost some shrubs do to too much sun causing too many freeze and thaw cycles.