Cherry Leningradskaya black

Blooming cherry trees in their garden are the most beautiful sight and the dream of any gardener and gardener. To see this and to complement it and also enjoy a wonderful, tasty and healthy harvest, one should seriously enough approach the choice of a variety and follow all the rules for planting and further care for this crop. Recently, the Leningradskaya Black cherry has been very popular. Moreover, in the unfavorable and unusual climate of the Leningrad Region, this variety perfectly shows its good endurance to bad weather and diseases, and also gives out an excellent and tasty harvest.

Cherry Leningradskaya black: variety description

Cherry Leningradskaya black: photo of the variety

This variety was bred by breeders from the Leningrad region, and therefore received this name. The Leningradskaya cherry variety feels great in a climate in which cold and rather humid winters are present. Gardeners, in turn, praised its excellent frost tolerance and ability to produce a decent and tasty harvest, even in adverse weather conditions.

Let's start examining the black cherry of the Leningradskaya variety with a description of its characteristics. The growth of a tree of this species is medium, and thus you can easily remove the ripe crop. This cherry usually begins to give ripe fruits in mid-July. The tree bears fruit for about two months, which is good news. The variety has a fairly high yield level. With proper care, you can get up to 40 kilograms of a delicious harvest from each tree. The ripe berries of Leningradskaya cherry are consumed fresh, used in the preparation of compote and jam, as well as wine is made and frozen for the winter. Ripe berries of this variety are endowed with a very dark, almost black color, the inner part is quite dense in structure with a stone that is not completely separated from the pulp. The berries are very sweet, with a slight sourness. The fruits of this variety have many useful substances and various vitamins, which are preserved throughout the entire period of fruit ripening. An important advantage of the fruits of the Leningradskaya Black cherry variety is their good commercial qualities and excellent transportability.

Cherry variety Leningradskaya: the secrets of growing varieties

If you follow all the rules and features of planting, Leningradskaya cherry will give you a wonderful and large harvest, and also reduce the likelihood of infection with various diseases.

When growing the Leningradskaya black cherry variety in regions with a more severe climate and weather surprises, planting a seedling should be done in the last days of April. During the summer period, the young tree will get stronger and take root in a new place and it will be easier for it to survive the winter cold. In the southern regions with the most favorable climate and a rather warm winter period, planting can be done in the fall. The most important rule is that from the moment of disembarkation to the first frost, about 1.5 months should remain.

For planting a seedling of a cherry variety, the Leningrad black place with a close occurrence of groundwater is categorically not suitable, since the water can damage the roots of the plant, bring them to rot and subsequently to the death of the tree. Therefore, if you do not have such a site, then it would be better to land on a hill, or to fill in a small mound for planting yourself.This cherry variety is very demanding on lighting, so the planting site for a young tree should be sufficiently illuminated by the sun, preferably from all sides. This location will help increase yields and make the fruit ripen faster. If you plant Leningradskaya cherry in a place where there is a shadow, then it will develop rather poorly, the plant will get sick and the yield will greatly decrease. It is better to buy a seedling for planting in a specialized nursery, or in proven farms. Before purchasing a seedling, carefully examine its root system for damage and signs of disease.

Consider the main rules for planting a young cherry tree of the Leningradskaya black variety:

• First of all, you need to know that the Leningradskaya black cherry variety should be planted on a warm and windless day, without precipitation.
• For a seedling, a hole is preliminarily prepared, with a depth of at least 70 centimeters.
• Prepare the soil in advance. To do this, the soil should be mixed with rotted manure and compost, plus about 20 grams of potassium salt should be added to this.
• Before planting a seedling in open ground, it is pre-prepared. To do this, the roots of the plant are soaked in a growth stimulant (for example, Kornevin) for about one hour.
• The bottom of the hole is sprinkled with prepared soil in half and the seedling is placed in the center, while straightening all the roots, and covered with the remaining soil.
• In order to maintain soil moisture, it can be mulched. Many gardeners advise, when planting a seedling, to make additional support for a young tree. This will greatly help the plant in windy conditions.

Care rules

Cherry Leningradskaya black: photo of the variety

If you take care of this plant with high quality and in a timely manner, then the Leningrad black cherry in two years will be able to please you with the first ripe and tasty fruits. The main care measures are feeding, watering, pruning, mulching and, of course, preventive measures against diseases and dangerous pests.

In the first year of a seedling's life, after planting, the irrigation procedure is performed quite often, but this is not done abundantly, so that there is no waterlogging of the soil and the roots of the plant are not affected. A day after each watering, the soil must be loosened and weeded at the same time. To keep moisture in the soil longer, it is mulched with fallen leaves or sawdust. When a tree grows, watering is less frequent. These procedures are carried out as the soil dries up, but during the flowering period this procedure is mandatory, as well as during the formation of ovaries and during preparation for the winter period.

For every adult Leningradskaya cherry tree, there are 4 buckets of moderate temperature water. In preparation for the winter period, the area around the tree trunk should be mulched with humus, fallen leaves and peat. This will serve as an excellent insulation for the tree for the winter.
In the first year of the tree's life after planting, you need to cut off bad and damaged branches, but the crown should be formed from the second year after planting.
Those fertilizers that were applied during the planting of a cherry sapling of the Leningradskaya Black variety should be enough for a tree for two years. Then they begin to feed the cherries twice in one season, with mineral and organic fertilizers. In the spring, nitrogen fertilization is best, and in the fall, potash and phosphorus supplements should be added.

Cherry Leningradskaya: reviews of gardeners

Gardeners say that the Leningrad black cherry is distinguished by its high immunity to most diseases and pest attacks. But preventive measures are still mandatory for culture. Gardeners who leave positive reviews about the Leningrad black cherry variety are treated with fungicides and Bordeaux liquid.When attacked by harmful insects, folk (for example, garlic or onion infusion, wood ash) and chemical preparations (for example, Karbofos or Fufanon) are used.