a cherry seed? If so, how do you do it?
2006-08-14 14:12:48 · 6 answers · asked by happy1 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Yes, you can definitely grow a tree from a cherry pit. I would suggest that you get a small pot of soil and plant the pit about 2 inches deep. Keep it well watered but not soggy. It will take quite a while for the seed to germinate; you may not see anything until next spring. Once it does sprout, you can keep it in the pot until the roots start to fill it, then either repot in a bigger pot or plant it in the ground.
There are 2 things to be aware of in growing a cherry tree from a pit. One is that it will take years and years before it will be mature enough to flower and set cherries. The other thing is that after waiting all those years, it may or may not have cherries like the one the pit came from. The reason is that most cherries need a cross-pollinator, which means that the blossoms need to be visited by bees that were already in another variety of cherry blossoms. For example, a deep red Bing cherry may have been cross-pollinated by a yellow Ranier cherry, so the fruit that grows from the seed may have some characteristics of each of its "parents."
So growing a cherry tree from a seed can be a really interesting experiment if you have 5 or 10 years to wait!
2006-08-14 14:35:24 · answer #1 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it can. Those cherry seeds aren't cultured from labortories, and they will to grow like any sort of seed in nature. it's best to bury the whole seed in the ground for about 2 inches. Have plenty of fertalizer around it, and on top, and just wait. Plant it like right in Spring.Make sure it gets watered.
2006-08-14 21:23:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is possible. Wrap the seed in a wet towell and keep it in a windowsill until it starts to sprout, keeping it moist. Kind of like an avacado seed. Try it . It may work. Good luck.
2006-08-14 21:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by miso1cat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not??? Everything has to start from a seed.
2006-08-14 21:20:25 · answer #4 · answered by winona e 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
certainly it can...what you think all the other cherry trees came from?
You'll need soil, sunlight and water...and then some years of patience!
2006-08-14 21:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by azeera_2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.treehelp.com/howto/howto-propagate-fruits-and-nuts.asp heres how to propagate. good luck
2006-08-14 21:35:49 · answer #6 · answered by Bighorn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋