Late cherries.

[wildherbalian85]

Is it just me or are the cherries taking their time to ripen this year???

We're over half way through June and their still small little green things. . . . they should be plump and orange to red colour by now.

[Beekeeper]

Mine are just beginning to colour up now here in Hampshire so guess it will be a fight with the birds as to which of us get to eat them, but i expect as usual the birds will win.

Ian

[wildherbalian85]

Originally Posted by Beekeeper

Mine are just beginning to colour up now here in Hampshire so guess it will be a fight with the birds as to which of us get to eat them, but i expect as usual the birds will win.

Ian

I'm located in hampshire too, but most of the usual tree's are a long way of still, i'd guess at least another 2 weeks.

[wildherbalian85]

It would seem that the late and dry spring has doomed a lot of the cherries and wild plum around here, went to visit my fav plum tree yesterday and found that it had very few plums on it, of the ones that were on it most were dried up and rotting.... there was a couple of plump unripe green ones that should be ripe within fortnight or so.

I also took note of the semi developed shrivveled rotting apples on this exotic apple tree i know of, i say exotic because the apple is red through and through

[Susie]

I have a young cherry tree and this is the first year it has flowered. It now have the grand total of one cherry on it, which is in the process of turning red.

[artdemole]

Cherry tree I purchased last year only had one cherry which dropped off after strong wind.This year, had several flowers but the cold and late frost got at it.Have now got 2 Meter reed fence to help ward off northerly wind across the valley.