About the beautiful cherry baby on your site

The baby is a small, unpretentious, resistant to many diseases cherry tree has long been known to gardeners in Russia. And although this variety delivers some inconvenience with pollination, Malyshka continues to recruit her admirers and is actively rooting in personal plots in different regions of our country.

Cherry Malyshka: variety description

Cherry Baby: photo

The variety was bred with the Saratov Experimental Station of Horticulture (1995) The event happened with the inclusion in the State Register and recommendations for cultivation in the Lower Volga region. The authorship of the variety belongs to the breeders Kruglova, Dymnova and Kaverin. The full name of the variety is "Saratov baby".

This hybrid cherry-sweet cherry variety is distinguished by good winter hardiness, good yield, resistance to coccomycosis and moniliosis, and excellent taste.

The cherry tree "Baby" is fast-growing, has a compact, spherical and slightly spreading crown. The height of the trees reaches 2.5 meters. This table variety has a smooth brown bark and arched branches. The variety is winter hardiness. Leaflets are large enough with curved plates. Cherries are formed in bouquet branches.

The cultivar is self-fertile, thus pollinating plants are required. Pollination is carried out with the help of "Lyubskoy", "Turgenevka", "Molodezhnaya", etc.

One high-quality cherry "Malyshka" weighs about 5 g and is slightly flattened in shape. Fruits are dark red with thick skin and maroon flesh.

The glucose content is about 8%, the acid content is less than 1.5%. The content of ascorbic acids - in a ratio of 8 mg / 100 g. The variety was given a tasting rating of 4.4. The variety bears fruit in the 3rd or 4th year. One mature tree gives up to 15 kg of berries. Flowering begins from the 15th of May, and the ripening of berries - at the end of June.

About the pros and cons of the variety

The advantages of the variety: possesses compactness, frost resistance, large yields, early ripening, excellent presentation, good taste, suitability for transportation, resistance to some fungal diseases, suitability for freezing. The berries of the Malyshka cherry variety contain essential oils and pectins, which actively break down fat. There are 50 calories in 100 grams of cherries.

Minuses: Saratov cherry Baby needs pollinators.

Cherry Baby: tree photo

Vichy variety Saratov Malyshka: landing

Landing start with preparation. If you plan to plant in the spring, but start preparatory work with the planting holes in the fall. Suppose you missed autumn and were not able to prepare the landing holes in advance. Then you need several weeks for the pits to settle, i.e. the structure of the soil (its microflora) was restored and subsidence occurred.

About the timing of planting

In the south, it is customary to plant cherry seedlings in autumn (mid-October) so that it takes root before frost. In the spring, this cherry is quickly activated.

But in the northern latitudes, cherries are planted exclusively in the spring, so that over the summer it grows wood, which will be useful for it to endure the winter cold and develop further. In the spring they are planted before the buds bloom. Transplanting cherry seedlings Baby from a pot or closed container, with a clod of earth is possible in the summer.

On choosing and preparing a landing site

The cherry tree is very responsive to good lighting. It is best to choose a place for it that is not shaded by buildings or tall trees. Of course, nothing bad will happen if the cherry is partially shaded. But in this case, its branches will stretch towards the sun, and the buds will appear precisely on the shoots that are in the sun. And, of course, the yield will not be the same.

It is important to have an idea of ​​the groundwater level. If the depth is less than 2 meters, it is risky, but you can plant cherry trees on loose mounds.

The ideal pH value for a cherry tree is six.

Acidic soils are destructive for it, therefore, in this case, it is necessary to regulate the acidity of the soil by adding lime, gypsum or dolomite flour to it.

It is known from the experience of gardeners that vines, raspberry bushes, and strawberries are excellent companions for cherries. And on the contrary, you should not make an apple or pear tree neighbors. These plants are not compatible.

The place intended for cherries must be dug up, weeds, especially perennials, must be removed. Next, you need to level the surface of the soil so that there is no stagnation of water, and mark the holes. Since the "Baby" is not tall, the sufficient distance between the seedlings is no more than three meters. It is important not to forget to plant pollinating varieties for Saratov cherry Malyshka.

About preparing a pit for planting

The size of the cherry planting pit depends on the soil. If the soil is loose, then the depth of the pit should be 0.5 m and its diameter is about 0.6 m.With dense soil that retains water, the pit should be 0.6 m deep and 0.8 m in diameter.

The soil is removed from the pit and divided into 2 parts. The first part is from the upper fertile layer, the second is from the lower one. Humus or compost (1: 1) and a little ash are added to the first part, and all this is poured back into the pit. Next, pour in water (about two buckets). And in this form, they leave the pit for a while.

About the planting process step by step

• Remove the top of the soil so that it is at the level of the root collar of the plant.
• Form a hill in the middle and place a plant on it. Straighten the roots of the seedling, placing them in a free way, they should not be twisted and pinched.
• Place a peg for each seedling.
• Gently sprinkle the roots with earth so that no voids remain.
• Pour 0.5 buckets of water into the hole to make the soil more dense.
• Continue adding soil. If the enriched soil runs out, then you can use the soil from the lower layer.
• Slightly compact the soil near the stem of the seedling and tie it to a peg.
• Water the planting and after a while, when the water is absorbed, mulch the soil.

How to choose cherry seedlings Baby

Choose cherry seedlings Baby - with responsibility. The most ideal option is to find nurseries or specialty stores where you can buy one-year-old seedlings, as they will take root better than others. One-year seedlings should be about 1 m in height, on a seedling - from 8 to 10 branches, roots up to 0.25 m long. There should be no spots, growths, thickenings, scratches and broken branches on the roots and trunks.

The vaccination sites should be carefully inspected. They are higher than the root collar by about 5-15 centimeters. This is where the trunk is slightly curved.

You can arrange a small test for elasticity and quality. The branches and roots of the best seedling are so elastic that they do not crunch when bent into rings. If there is a crunch, then the plant is overdried, and it is not worth buying.

As mentioned above, the Malyshka cherry variety needs pollinators for an excellent harvest. When purchasing this variety, do not forget to purchase suitable pollinator varieties right away.

About caring for "Baby": about watering, loosening, weeding and mulching

It is not difficult to take care of cherries, but all these simple procedures in the complex give excellent results.

If you have just planted cherries, do not forget to water them often, especially in dense soil, the above-root surface of the earth should be moistened. Especially the first two months. Then it should be watered - every 14 days. And when the tree is completely rooted, it should be watered 4 times per season - during the main phases of development for the plant (flowering, ripening of cherries, during harvesting, pre-winter preparation).

Watering is carried out based on the age characteristics of the cherry: a one-year-old will need two buckets, an adult tree - from 5 to 7 buckets of water (in a normal summer). During a dry summer period, additional watering is required, and during a rainy summer, watering may not be required.

Watering is finished by loosening. They loosen the soil after completely absorbing water and drying out the soil. That is, there should not be any crust on the soil surface. This is especially important for cherries, as they will not develop normally without a certain amount of air for the roots. It is not for nothing that it is recommended to plant it in light soils.

Having a cherry on your site, you should always remember that after any rain or watering, the soil on the surface forms a crust, which is an obstacle to oxygen on the way to the roots. Without air, their nutrition becomes difficult or completely stops. And due to the resulting cracks, moisture loss occurs.

Due to regular loosening, not only oxygenation of the roots occurs, but also weeds are removed. Weeding work is essential, as the weed takes on a large amount of moisture, thereby creating wet areas where fungal spores, pathogens and parasitic insects can develop.

Loosening of the trunk circle should be shallow (from 8 to 10 cm) so as not to touch the roots, and at the base of the trunk of a young plant - no deeper than 2-4 cm.

On autumn days, they do not loosen, but dig up a near-trunk circle so that the soil freezes less. In the spring, they also dig up the ground in the trunk circle instead of loosening it in order to get rid of harmful insects that have successfully overwintered.

Do not forget about mulching, as moisture is retained with the help of mulch, and later it becomes a useful fertilizer. You can mulch with compost, sawdust, straw and even cones, which, among other things, look very beautiful.

Cherry varieties Malyshka: photo of a tree

How to properly fertilize cherries Baby

Cherries should be fed almost simultaneously with watering. From spring days to mid-summer, nitrogen fertilizers are indispensable. They contribute to the growth of green mass. You can use urea or ammonium nitrate (the amount is indicated in the instructions), organic matter in the form of mullein, chicken manure (in the form of infusion) or vermicompost is also suitable.

Fertilizer from mullein and chicken droppings is done as follows: you need to fill it with water (ratio 1: 3) and leave for a week.

The resulting ready-made infusion must be diluted ten times with water (1 l / 1 bucket of water), and from the litter - twenty times (half a liter / 1 bucket of water).

The diluted composition is irrigated at the rate of 1 bucket / 1m2.

An infusion is made from vermicompost at the rate of 3 glasses per 1 bucket of water. Insist 24 hours. Without dilution, watered as well.

This method is suitable for 1st and 2nd feeding. When the crop is harvested, nitrogen fertilization is no longer required. For the 3rd and 4th feeding, superphosphate is required. Check the dosage on the package.

Superphosphate can be replaced with ash at the rate of half a liter per 1m2.

Fertilizers are applied in three ways:

• Spread fertilizer evenly over the diameter of the trunk circle and slightly loosen the ground.
• Small grooves are made in a circle, starting from a half-meter radius. Fertilizers are added to them and sealed with a flat cutter. The most extreme groove should be 0.5 m further than the crown projection, since the size of the root system of the "Baby" is quite large.
• Dissolve the fertilizer in water and water.

In all three cases, after fertilization has been applied, the plants are watered.

Some additional feeding guidelines are as follows:

• The cherry tree is not fertilized for 2 years from the moment of planting;
• You should do without dressing in the case of an annual growth of shoots of more than 0.5 m;
• Remember that an overfed tree does not tolerate the winter cold;
• Organic fertilizers (in the form of manure or compost) are added one bucket per square meter for about 1 p. / 3-4 years;
• Once every four years, lime is added along the near-stem diameter (0.4 kg per 1 m2);
• If the tree was originally planted in acidic soil, then every year the acidity indicators in the diameter of the trunk circle are determined. In case of increased acidity, it is corrected.

Cherry Baby: preparing for winter

For Saratov cherries, Cold Babies are not a problem, even the kidneys do not freeze. However, preparatory work for the winter period is still required.

To begin with, they protect the trunks of immature trees from rodents. As a protective material, you will need burlap strips from old tights. They are used to bandage the trunks. Also for these purposes, plastic bottles (put on the trunks) or wire mesh (wrapped around the barrel) can be useful.

The protective structure is removed when the snow begins to melt; not later, so as not to undermine the bark.

In the fall, trunks with skeletal branches are whitened in order to prevent winter burns of the bark and for immunity to pests. Bleached with a lime solution (a small amount of copper sulfate is added to the solution - 10 g / 1 bucket).

Cherry Saratov Baby: how to cut?

The formation of a crown for a cherry tree is simply necessary in order to eliminate damaged and unnecessary branches. If this is not done, then due to the rapid thickening of the tree, the tree will bear little fruit.

Sanitary pruning is done as soon as broken and diseased branches appear.

Formative pruning is carried out for several years in the spring to grow a strong trunk and skeletal branches. Since this variety is undersized, restrictions on its growth are not needed, and the formation is carried out only with the help of branches.

Formative pruning begins in the 2nd year after planting. The growth of such a tree during this period will be about two meters with 10-12 lateral branches.

You need to start pruning from the lower branches. Select a sturdy branch about 0.4 m above the ground and shorten it by a third. This branch will be the first skeletal one. Further, a little higher (10-15 centimeters) of the previous one, find another strong branch directed in the other direction and also cut it off. So gradually, choosing skeletal branches one by one, prune them. As a result, the formation of the lower tier with skeletal branches will turn out.

Next in line is the second tier. For "Baby" it is, as a rule, one branch, located 0.6-0.7 m higher than the third, this is the fifth skeletal branch. It is formed, and the rest of the growth, which is below it, is removed by cutting along the surface of the trunk, leaving no hemp. At the next cutting, all sprouts that have appeared on the stem are also removed.

By next spring, several lateral shoots will appear on the skeletal branches, and already from them the 2nd row of skeletal branches will be similarly formed. By their number, it turns out 3-4, directed in different directions. As a rule, they grow 0.5-0.6 m from the trunk of the tree, and the remaining branches growing up or down, or in the center of the crown, are pruned.

In the future, every year in the spring, all shoots of the same year are shortened by a third. This will make them branch out better.

As soon as the first fruits appear, the trunk is cut 0.2-0.25 m above the skeletal branches. Cut over the kidney that is directed to the side.

There is also the concept of anti-aging pruning. It is carried out 1 year after the appearance of fruits. Its goal is to clear the middle of the crown from dried and obsolete branches.

Saratov cherry - Baby: diseases and pests

No fruit tree is immune to disease. The cherry variety "Baby" is no exception. To detect this or that disease, you need to be attentive and quick to take action.

About diseases of the cherry tree and its treatment

About the fungal disease Klyasterosporiosis It is known that diseased leaves and wood are the source of infection. The disease manifests itself in small red-brown spots on the leaves, and later a crimson edging appears on them. The development of the disease continues with necrosis of leaf plates, holes are formed on them, and as a result, leaves fall off.

Treatment consists of cutting off the affected leaves and branches and covering the sections with a solution of lime. Copper and iron vitriol is also added to such a solution. Also, the diseased tree is treated with a 1% solution of Bordeaux liquid (in severe cases - with a 3% solution and repeatedly).

For fungal disease Rust the leaves of the plant are covered with swollen spots that resemble orange-brown rust.

Treatment consists in the immediate collection and destruction of the affected leaves, as well as in the use of the drug "Hom" (before and after flowering). For the treatment of one tree, the drug is diluted in a ratio of 40 g per 5 liters of water and watered abundantly. After harvesting, they are treated with Bordeaux liquid.

When scab leaves the plants become covered with brown spots, curl, begin to dry and become discolored. The fruits do not grow in size and dry up.

The fight against this disease begins with the destruction of leaf debris and damaged fruits. The soil must be dug up and loosened. And again, Bordeaux liquid (1%) acts as a medicine, it is treated by the plant at the time of budding, after flowering and harvesting.

About pests of the cherry tree and measures to combat them

Unfortunately, cherry trees are attacked by insect pests. And here you cannot do without timely processing of trees and soil.

From the cherry fly larvae appear right in the fruit. From a massive invasion of this pest, the entire crop can die. The danger is that the fly can easily overwinter in the surface layer of the soil.

The necessary measures for this pest are:

• repeated loosening of the soil in the near-trunk circle, starting from the time of snow melting;
• it is necessary to fight aphids, as it is cherry fly food;
• spraying from the moment of flowering acacia using "Karate", "Iskra", "Lightning" at least twice with an interval of 14 days.

Slime Sawfly Larvae feed on the upper surface of the leaves, which causes them to dry out. If the sawfly attack on a tree is too active, then the leaves become so damaged that the tree is not able to be ready for the winter cold.

They fight this pest by digging up the trunk circle in spring and autumn, spraying trees and soil with urea (0.7 kg per 1 bucket of water) until the buds open. Spraying with "Kemifos", "Fufanon" is also carried out at the rate of 10 g per 1 bucket of water.

The Hawthorn butterfly is the worst enemy of the cherry tree, or rather its larvae. If you do not get rid of them in time, then the invasion of caterpillars of this butterfly can eat all the leaves on cherry trees, leaving them completely naked.

As necessary measures to combat this pest, use the simplest collection of caterpillars by hand, processing with Metaphos, Theofos, Alatar, Kinmiks, Inta-Vir, using the instructions. Just do not process cherries during flowering.

About harvesting

The ripening of the Malyshka cherry variety is quite early and occurs in a friendly manner. Fruit should be picked in dry weather, preferably in shallow containers.Although the Saratov cherry - Baby does not wrinkle and is well transported. The harvested fruits should be protected from direct sunlight. The shelf life of fruits is not long, no more than 10 days in the cold.

This cherry variety has a wonderful taste. It is wonderful to enjoy it immediately, fresh, as soon as you remove the cherry from the branch. This berry is also good in the form of jam, jam, compote, juice, liqueurs and liqueurs, it is wonderful in dried, dried and frozen form. Delicious fillings for dumplings, pies and various desserts are made from it.

Cherry Malyshka: reviews of the variety

Alena, Samara region: "Our cherry" Saratov baby "is regularly freezing from winter ..."

Maria, Tula: “My cherry“ Baby ”was bought by me at VDNKh in 2015, a standard tree about half a meter, stuck. Now we have already managed to harvest a small crop, the size of the cherries is average, but the taste is amazing! "

Mikhail, Republic of Mordovia: “I am satisfied with my Saratov Baby! The tree is small, compact, large tasty fruits. The variety ripens early. But coccomycosis has already been picked up. I realized that this requires more attention and prevention. "

Mikela, Saransk: “I planted a two-year-old Malyshka variety last year. The tree is quite strong, it has taken root well, but there are still not enough flowers, and there are no berries at all. Will wait"

Cherry varieties "Saratovskaya Malyshka" attracts both professionals and amateur gardeners with their diminutiveness, unpretentiousness, excellent taste, as well as their wonderful properties - frost resistance and the ability to give a stable early harvest.