When should I plant a cherry seed into the ground? Which season?

Answer 1

It's much easier to buy a tree and transplant it. First, many of the cherries you buy at the grocery are hybrids, and a hybrid seed will usually revert to a parent plant. Second, the trees you buy have a few years growth to them, therefore you get fruit more quickly. I would recommend the National Arbor Day Foundation as a source for any trees (dirt cheap if you are a menber, still quite reasonable if you aren't) and also for growing/care info.

If you still want to go the seed route, the suggestion to plant and grow in a container for a while is a good one.

Answer 2

Stop and think about it. When do cherries fall off trees? Do they sprout and come up? When do they come up? Now you have all the seasons for planting, germinating and growing. PS It is best done in a controlled enviorment, then transplanted into the ground.

Answer 3

You will need to buy the following items a bag of soiless mix, 2 florescent shop lights and 1 shop light fixture, enough light weight chain (thing dog chain) to be able to hang the light fixture from the ceiling so that it will be no more than 1" from the tops of the seedlings. A seedling flat preferably with a dome lid. A mister for watering the seeds/seedling (get a 1 quart pressure sprayer) You can get all of this at any box store garden center. Plant seeds in the flat filled with the soiless mix. Plant no more than 3 seeds per cell. Water lightly with the sprayer set on fine mist. Put the dome over top and put the seeds on top of your fridge as that is usually the warmest place in the house. Check daily for germination. Once the seeds have germinated (takes 5 to 12 days depending on how warm things are (the warmer it is the faster things will germinate) it is time to get them under the lights that you have already hung from the ceiling. Take the dome off of the flat and hang the lights so they are no more than 1" away from the tops of the plants. raise the lights as the plants grow so they are always about an inch away. This will insure they plants are stocky and bushy and do not get weak and leggy (which will happen if you use sunlight through a window). Oh yeah, if more than one seed came up in each cell choose the best looking one and destroy the rest by cutting them off at soil level (don't pull them out as this will harm the roots of the plant you want to keep). Do not over water but try not to let the cells to dry out completely Keep the plants at 70F to 80F for best growth. Start no more than 8 weeks before you plan on transplanting 10 days before transplanting (which should be after the threat of frost is gone and the garden soil is at least 70F-meaning warm to the touch) start hardening off the seedlings. this means bringing them outside for longer and longer periods until they are out doors 24/7. This is extremely important to do as plants that are not hardened off generally die a day or two after being transplanted. Start by putting the plants out out of wind and direct sunlight for 4 hours a day and increase that daily until they are in full sun and out all day and night. I do this in cold frames but you can do this with no such protection. Transplant the seedlings deeply so only the top 4 leaves are out of the ground. This will allow the entire stalk to make roots and will make for a stronger plant. Mulch well with straw as soon as the plants are in the ground. I like to see 6" around the plants which will cover them a bit but they will grow over the mulch. The mulch keeps soil born diseases at bay, keeps weeds down and also moderates soil temp and water evaporation. Mulch is very important for successful tomatoes. If you are growing indeterminant tomatoes you will need to stake them. These get too big for tomato cages (which are made for the determinant maters that don't get very big). I use 7" fence stakes pounded into the ground. Some people make rebar cages for their big plants. Indeterminants can grow up to 12' long and will weigh well over 100 pounds when loaded with fruit.

Answer 4

Fall or Spring

Answer 5

in the fall usually then ofcourse comes the test of time!

Answer 6

in the fall