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Tart Cherry

Crop Category

Fruits

Applicable Product

Description

Tart Cherry is also known as Sour Cherry or Dwarf Cherry.

Tart Cherries are native to Europe and South West Asia.

The worldwide production of Tart Cherry is around 1,149,531 tones.

The major tart Cherry producing countries in the world are Turkey, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Iran, Serbia, Hungary, United States and Uzbekistan.

In India Tart Cherry is grown in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species: cerasus

Economically Important Part

Fruits are the most economically important part of Tart Cherry.

Conditions for Cultivation

Tart Cherry is cultivated in cooler climates and needs about two months of winter temperatures below 45˚F.

Tart Cherry trees tolerate a variety of soil types, but produce best yields in rich, well-drained soil in full sun.

The ideal planting location is a raised bed to facilitate drainage.

Trees should be planted 14 to 20 feet apart with the knobby graft union 2 inches above the soil line.

Organic mulch applied around the base of the tree to within 6 inches of the trunk keeps roots moist.

Major Challenges

Biotic Causes:
- Major Pests: Caterpillars, Leaf Rollers, Beetles, Stink Bugs and Western Cherry Fruit Fly.
- Major Diseases: Brown Rot, Powdery Mildew, Bacterial Canker, Leaf Spot and Scorch.
Abiotic Causes:
- Winter Injury

Crop Schedule

Crop Stage	Products	Dosage	Method Of Application	Benefits
Inorganic Fertilizer	Geoxol.COM	50-100 g / plant	Soil Application	Rejuvenates soil for sustainable growth of crops
Organic fertilizer after stress	Mycoxol4G	10 g per liter of water	Soil Drenching	Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients
Deficiency of Zinc	Nutrin Zn	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Zn (less than 0.6ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency	Foliar Application	Corrects Zinc deficiency
Deficiency of Iron	Nutrin Fe	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 4.5 ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency	Foliar Application	Corrects Iron deficiency
Bud break	Nutrifight	2 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces incidence of diseases
Vegetative sprouting	Silixol	2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Triggers metabolic activities
Pre flowering	CalSi-B++	1 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Optimizes nutrient requirement
Fruit Setting	Silixol	2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces physiological fruit dropping
Fruit Development 2	CalSi-B++	1 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Facilitates fruit development
Fruit Development 2	Nutrifight	2 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces incidence of diseases
Fruit Development 2	Nutrin Combo	1-2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Optimizes nutrient requirement
Fruit Development 2	CalSi-B++	1 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Facilitates fruit development
Fruit Ripening	Silixol	2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Improves quality and quantity of produce
Pruning (after harvest)	Nutrifight	2 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces incidence of diseases

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