Cherry Zhivitsa: description and characteristics of the variety, yield and cultivation

For the first time, the Zhivitsa cherry variety was bred by Belarusian breeders. The hybrid was obtained due to the crossing of the Spanish variety Griot Ostheimsky and Denisena yellow cherries.

Features of the variety

Zhivitsa is considered one of the most popular varieties in Russia. If you study the description of the variety, it becomes not difficult to understand why the hybrid is so beloved among gardeners.

Hybrid Zhivitsa refers to frost-resistant varieties. The fruiting period is medium early. The tree begins to bear fruit in late June - early July. The plant is not tall, grows up to 2.5 m in height.The crown is compact, the density of the branches is medium. Flowering begins in May. Sap is a productive variety, up to 150 kg of cherries are harvested from one mature tree.

The fruits are oval in shape, the average weight is 3-4 g. The flesh is burgundy, the peel is a rich red-scarlet color. The taste of the fruit is sweet and sour.

Fit features

Before you start planting a seedling, you need to choose the right place for planting and follow all the rules for planting cherries. The entire productivity of the tree depends on planting a young seedling.

Choosing a seat

As a rule, it is recommended to plant seedlings near sheds or walls of houses. In winter, more snow accumulates in these places, and frosts are not terrible for cherries.

Choose open sunny areas with a slight dimming.Planting cherries in the shade is not recommended. Most often, the southern slopes are considered favorable. Preference should be given to loamy or sandy soils. If you plant Zhivitsa on clayey dense soils, then you will not have to wait for a good harvest. On such soil, the tree does not bear fruit well.

Since the Zhivitsa variety is self-fertile, other varieties of cherries are planted nearby. The best pollinating trees of Zhivica include:

• All varieties of cherries.
• Cherry Vyanok.
• Seedling 1.

In addition, bees are attracted to the garden to increase pollination.

Pick up time

You can plant a seedling twice a year - in spring and autumn. Each landing period has its own advantages and disadvantages. In the central latitudes, preference should be given to autumn planting.Seedlings should be planted until mid-October. During this time, the cherry will have time to take root and survive the frost.

Cherry is planted in the north in spring. Favorable terms are mid-end of May. During the summer, the tree will get stronger and will not freeze during the first frosts.

Features of care

Care includes:

• Water.
• Fertilization.
• Pruning the tree.
• Loosening the soil.

Despite the fact that Zhivitsa belongs to unpretentious hybrids, she still needs minimal care.

Irrigation

Trees are watered infrequently, no more than 5 times per season. Before each moistening, the soil is loosened. For one watering, no more than 7 buckets of water are poured into the soil.

Cherry watering:

• During bud swelling.
• After flowering.
• During fruit formation.
• Before the harvest.

The trees are watered only with warm water. Excessive soil moisture and drying of the earth should not be allowed.

Feeding

The first time fertilizers are applied in the second year after planting a seedling. In the spring, nitrogen-containing top dressings are added to the soil to activate bud growth. With the onset of flowering, phosphorus, potassium and nitrogen are added to the soil.

With the onset of fruiting, urea and nitrophoska are introduced into the soil. In autumn, before the onset of cold weather, the soil is mulched with a thick layer of peat or humus. Once every 5 years, the earth is mixed with lime.

Cutting

An important point in care is pruning and crown formation.In the spring, part of the shoots and branches are cut off. Leave 5-7 skeletal branches. In addition, the skeletal branches and trunk themselves are thinned out. In autumn, dry, damaged branches are pruned and root shoots are cut. Cut branches are burned away from the garden.

Diseases and pests

To prevent the appearance of diseases and parasites, cherries are examined several times a season. Most often, the tree suffers from clasterosporiasis, gray rot and anthracnose. From these diseases, trees are sprayed with Bordeaux liquid, blue vitriol or Nitrafen.

Insects include cherry fly, slimy sawfly, aphids and weevil. From a fly, cherries are treated with Aktara. The sawfly is destroyed with the help of Calypso. From the weevil helps "Fufanon". Aphids are destroyed with the help of Nitrafen. In addition, a decoction of onion peel helps.

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