'Karina' Cherry Tree
The Highlights
- Big, dark heart-shaped black cherries with a lovely firm bite
- Sweet flavour ideal for eating fresh from the tree or for baking and preserves
- Self fertile variety does not require a pollination partner
- Large yields and regular cropping
- Late season variety - ripens from mid July
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching.
The Highlights
- Big, dark heart-shaped black cherries with a lovely firm bite
- Sweet flavour ideal for eating fresh from the tree or for baking and preserves
- Self fertile variety does not require a pollination partner
- Large yields and regular cropping
- Late season variety - ripens from mid July
- Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching.
Care Guide
Good pest and disease resistance
Shows good resistance to the main pest and diseases for cherries including cracking. You may see some damage from aphids and caterpillars, which can both be washed away with soapy water. Birds will eat the cherries if given the chance so take steps to prevent this like using a fruit net or bird scarers. Reduce the risk of bacterial canker by pruning to improve airflow and removed rotting organic matter nearby.MORE
Water in well
Water in thoroughly when planting. For bare root trees, you won't need to water regularly, only in dry spells when needed. You should be able to tell because the leaves will start to wilt and droop. If a container grown tree, it will need more watering until its roots are established. It should be watered every other day or so for the first few months. Then reduce to twice a week until autumn. In the second year it should have an established enough root system to support itself, just water when required as explained above for bare roots. When watering a tree it is important to give a good soaking. It is better to water heavily and less frequently than little and often as this encourages the roots to grow down into the ground.
Full sun
Plant where the tree will receive around 6-8 hours of sunlight daily in spring/summer.
Any soil except sandy
Prefers fertile well draining soil. Can also tolerate clay soil but you will need to take some steps to improve drainage in the winter. They like deep soil and they don't tolerate either sandy or badly draining soil.
Feeding not required
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Planting Calendar
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