http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/rosemoorgarden/archive/2009/07/01/losing-the-cherries.aspxWe grow a number of sweet and acid cherries at Rosemoor. Every year we have a fantastic show of blossom on the sweet cherry ‘Sunburst’, which is a fan trained tree on the wall in the veg garden, but every year just as the young cherries are forming theyCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Debug Build: 30415.43)http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/rosemoorgarden/archive/2009/07/01/losing-the-cherries.aspx#40214Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:26:04 GMT067b4958-8d6e-4ae0-88b5-4af491fdf8f2:40214PlantMadNige<p>Your pictures tell a sad story. &nbsp;I&#39;ve had a number of enquiries about this problem - more than usual - this summer. &nbsp;I&#39;m not sure that a cause has been identified yet. &nbsp;Even in areas where conditions for a good fruit set were ideal, June drop has been excessive and early summer rainfall would have prevented drought stress in most areas, I suspect.</p> <p>One thing we suffered in the East of England was a prolonged dry period during mid spring. &nbsp;That might have caused problems. </p> <img src="http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/aggbug.aspx?PostID=40214" width="1" height="1">http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/blogs/rosemoorgarden/archive/2009/07/01/losing-the-cherries.aspx#40068Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:24:47 GMT067b4958-8d6e-4ae0-88b5-4af491fdf8f2:40068bogweevil<p>This is called &#39;running off&#39; and research at East Malling. This work was done by the RHS&#39;s own plant physiologist, Tijana Blanusa, before she joined the Society, so you could ask her for how to get better results, hang on, she has put it on the RHS website: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0606/cherrydrop.asp">www.rhs.org.uk/.../cherrydrop.asp</a> &nbsp;Bogweevil</p> <img src="http://mygarden.rhs.org.uk/aggbug.aspx?PostID=40068" width="1" height="1">