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Cherry tree in winter
Winter is the time of dormancy for the cherry trees. Nature has planned this break for the trees so that they will drive out again in the spring, and will delight us with their flowering and in autumn with a rich harvest.
Winter time is not just resting time
For the trees in the garden and even more so for the gardener it also means not only to rest in winter. In December / January, the Edelreiser be cut, dying, sick or severely damaged trees felled and the winter cut is made. For cherry trees, a winter cut is not recommended, but this is quite possible and useful - especially in the mild winters.
The unbelaubte cherry tree offers at this time of year the best overview of the crown. In frost-prone situations, however, the cut should be limited to clearing thicker branches. The cut of the shoots and the planting of the freshly-planted cherry trees should be done only at the beginning of winter.
The winter cut should not be carried out at temperatures below -5 ° C and so that the cuts heal quickly and completely, because each wound endangers the health of the tree. A cut wound heals the better and faster, the smaller it is and the smoother its cut surface is.
winter protection
Particularly low winter temperatures in the absence of snow cover can lead to root damage in the flat-rooted cherry trees. Therefore, a tree leaf made of leaves or mulch to protect the roots is appropriate and recommended. To avoid frost damage, it is also advisable, especially with pillar cherries and young trees, to wrap them with suitable winter protection material.
Tips & Tricks
"But in the garden someone says: I can wait.
Is anyone, you hardly know him again, he has become so thin: the cherry tree.
Is not he sleeping? Trust one to the gnome!
Today at noon at one there was a check Sunshine:
In it - I saw that clearly -
with his buds the old boy fingered
a little cautious and sprinkled on how to taste bath water.
And over his wrinkles went a smile. "