What difficulties did the cherry tree face in growing up?

Answer 1

Cherry trees, like most plants that produce plant parts (fruit, leaves, bark, roots, seeds, etc.) that are not poisonous, face many difficulties. The chief among them being that the plant is edible by other creatures. The more species of animals, insects, etc. out there that find the plant tasty, the more damage it is likely to suffer from having those tasty plant parts scraped, punctured (especially in the case of insects) or outright removed.

In the case of the cherry fruit itself being removed, that is also a good thing if the fruit was ripe since whatever ate the fruit will likely deposit the cherry seeds on the ground (along with some nice organic fertilizer aka 'scat' if the creature ate the fruit seed and all) where it can get buried and have a chance of becoming a new cherry tree.

Oddly enough, the ripe fruit is the only edible part of the plant for most animal and insect species, so the majority of the feeding damage to the plant happens to the fruit as it develops.

Cherries are in the Prunus genus and are related to plums, apricots, peaches, etc. and share many of the same potential problems including bacterial and fungal infestations if conditions are right for them.

When the seed is first deposited on the ground, it must be covered with a thin layer of mulch and soil soon before it roasts in the sun. Most of the places where cherry trees grow do not have intensely hot summers, so this is rarely a problem if the tree is growing in its natural habitat, but can be severe if its parent plant was transplanted to a more desert climate. If it is covered in time, then the seed must soak in water periodically and never dry out completely in order for germination to occur. From the time it germinates until it grows into a young tree with a tough outer bark, it will be highly susceptible to physical damage as well as the bacterial and fungal problems. Like all trees, it will suffer if the place where it begins to grow ever becomes less hospitable (drier, hotter, colder, soil becomes compacted - removing the air pockets that roots need to breathe etc) than it was when growth began.

Answer 2

+As it is with the majority of trees in the genus Prunus, they developed strong roots, This is an asset in high wind conditions. But, at least for the cherry tree, this asset can quickly become a life-threatening liability if it has taken root anywhere within hatchet-throwing distance of George Washington.

Answer 3

The difficulties that the cherry tree face in growing up were that- it was not watered. It was suppressed by the tall, wild grass. Goats ate it's leaves. Grass cutter scythe it and split it apart.

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