treevet

If you went out in the woods in most places in Ohio, you likely got a choke cherry (wild cherry=Prunus Virginiana) sometimes called Bird Cherry as birds clean off the pea size cherries. Biggest problems for them are tent caterpillers, and borers when stressed as in transplanted. Water a lot during the key periods of mid august to late when there is no rain for weeks and no water in the ground and they are losing mass water through the leaves. Water weekly otherwise (Sunday is a good day to remember ) unless it rains. As for tent caterpillers, wait until just after sunset and pick tents off and grind under your foot. They all return from feeding at that time. They should be just gaining momentum right now as they hatched about a week ago. (if you got them and it is obvious). Borers will be evidenced by hard jelly like substance on trunk and branches and at this point you may want to give up and find another to transplant, preferably in early fall.