my cherry-less cherry tree

mags112 · #1 (**permalink**) 13-06-2008, 12:10 AM

I planted a cherry tree in my garden about 20 years ago. Every year it blossoms and cherries start to form but none of them ever ripen properly. They just wither and die on the branch. Does anyone know why this happens and if there is anything I can do about it?

wildherbalian85 · #2 (**permalink**) 13-06-2008, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mags112

I planted a cherry tree in my garden about 20 years ago. Every year it blossoms and cherries start to form but none of them ever ripen properly. They just wither and die on the branch. Does anyone know why this happens and if there is anything I can do about it?

Better luck going else were as there don't seem to be many people in here that know much about cherry tree's - i say this because we have 100's of them round our way that never usually fruit, some of which are are older then 20 years and for at least 10 years have never fruited. The strange thing though this year around half of these tree's have fruited and are heavily ladened with cherries. I asked in here about why this was happening and going on the lack of response im guessing nobody knows.
With regards to cherries not ripening - has the tree got good nutrients?
Are the cherries getting enough sunlight - they need sunlight to ripen??

Other then that i don't know - sorry.