Cherry tree

[tammykins1968]

Can you grow a cherry tree from a pip of an eaten cherry? and if so how do you go about it?

[Lesley Jay]

Hi Tammy, yes you can, but if the eaten cherry was a 'named' variety then it will not grow true - just like F1 variety veggies. You need to wash the cherry pip to remove any flesh then put it between damp kitchen paper in a freezer bag, in the fridge for about three months. It needs a period of cold ( stratification) before germination. Don't let it dry out. Then sow the pip in a pot, keeping it in the house. Fingers crossed!!

[tammykins1968]

Originally Posted by Lesley Jay

Hi Tammy, yes you can, but if the eaten cherry was a 'named' variety then it will not grow true - just like F1 variety veggies. You need to wash the cherry pip to remove any flesh then put it between damp kitchen paper in a freezer bag, in the fridge for about three months. It needs a period of cold ( stratification) before germination. Don't let it dry out. Then sow the pip in a pot, keeping it in the house. Fingers crossed!!

thank you I will try that. but may still buy a young tree for next spring? i suppose thats when you would replant.?

[Lesley Jay]

Originally Posted by tammykins1968

thank you I will try that. but may still buy a young tree for next spring? i suppose thats when you would replant.?

Hi Tammy, it all depends what you buy. Container grown trees can be planted throughout the year but bare rooted trees need to be planted when the tree is dormant which is normally from November until March.