Harvesting cherries from the tree

What you need:

• ladder
• bucket
• Meat hook

Every year in late summer you can harvest the fresh red cherries from the tree. Whether sour cherries or sweet cherries, freshly harvested they are a pleasure in all variations. But harvesting cherries straight from the tree is not that easy and should not be carried out recklessly.

A ladder for harvesting the cherries 

• First, get a ladder, if you don't have one, borrow one from your neighbors. If possible, this ladder should be a step ladder, as this does not have to be leaned against the tree itself to harvest the cherries.
• If necessary, a large normal ladder can also be used, but in any case it may only be leaned against very solid branches and should be held by another person if possible.
  
• The ladder, no matter what type, should be large enough to harvest the upper regions of the tree. Often it is precisely there the fruits that are most likely to be ripe and can therefore be harvested earlier.
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Off to the bucket with the cherries

• Use a bucket with a handle for the cherry harvest and secure it with the help of one Meat hook on the ladder by placing one end on the ladder step and the other on the bucket handle attach.
  


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• Now all you have to do is harvest the cherries: to do this, take the end of the stalk between your thumb and forefinger and pull gently. These are already detaching from the tree together with the cherries.
• Usually the cherries are paired, that is, two stems with cherries are anchored at one point on the branch. Loosen this spot and put the cherries in the bucket.
  
• When the bucket is full, empty it into a larger container or use the next and get back up the ladder. The lower sections of most cherry trees do not require a ladder and can be harvested while standing.