The influence of an inocultion height on growth and development of sweet cherry trees

Abstract

The article presents the results of the study of an inoculation height influence on sweet cherry growth and development of the cultivar ‗Gastsinets‘ on the rootstock VSL-2. The trees planting scheme was 4.5 x 2 m with planting density of 1111 trees/hectare. There were studied the variants with inoculation height of 20, 40 and 60 cm from the soil level. A control variant was at 20 cm from the soil level. As a result of the 2009-2011 investigations it has been established that growth and development of sweet cherry trees in the first years after planting in a nursery depend on inoculation height. There was also marked the weakness of the trees growth vigour up to 10.8 % as well as the decrease by 18 % of a cross sectional area of the stem in comparison with the control. There wasn‘t distinguished a negative influence of the given agro method on blooming, shape and fructification of sweet cherry trees.