Sowing calendar · Trees and shrubs
Cherry
Prunus avium · Cerejeira, Cerezo, Cerisier, Kirschbaum, Ciliegio, cereja
Calendar
Calendar for mainland Portugal.
- PlantNov–Feb
- FloweringMar–Apr
- HarvestMay–Jul
- Spacing
- 600 cm between rows · 500 cm apart
- Sowing depth
- 0 cm
- Harvest after
- First crop after ~4 years
- Water need
- medium
- Frost
- hardy
- Life cycle
- tree
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Seed saving
- hard · keeps ~1 years
Notes
Needs cold winters, which is why it thrives in Fundão, Resende and the interior. Rain at ripening splits the fruit; net against birds.
Months for mainland Portugal. In the app, sowing and planting follow your own local climate and the forecast.