You are the first one, from the list of videos about growing from seed, who has spoken about the cherries needing to go through a winter/dormancy period and whether you the pits will break open on their own or if we have to do it for them. YOU have made the most sense out of the videos I have seen. Thank you so much for the explanation you are giving about growing cherries from seed.
best info on this topic because I have my 1st growing and did not watch any video , after it grew i want to make sure i did everything right and this video is by far on point left it on window sill it’s green and stem is strong green.
Thank you so much for the video, I'm really looking forward to including cherries to my garden. Your video was the only one I found that didn't include ripping the shell off the seed
You're most welcome and so glad that you found the video useful! Just in case, don't forget that cherry trees don't grow "true to seed"... so when your tree(s) eventually produce cherry fruit after many years... they may be as delicious as the cherries you bought to eat, but maybe not!
Jocelyn Holcomb - You can transfer them now, if they have leaves! The best time to transplant container-grown trees is as early as possible before it gets too cold; plants stop growing when the weather gets below the freezing point. The earlier you can get them in the ground, it gives them time for roots to spread out and continue growing before winter. That said, make sure you will protect the baby trees from squirrels digging them up and also from rabbits or deer eating them... ... if they were already outside, you should plant them in an area with similar sunlight patterns. If they are going from inside to outside, you have to start the process of hardening them off before you can plant them in the ground. This is a good guide on hardening off from UMD: extension.umd.edu/hgic/hardening-vegetable-seedlings You can also check out videos for the process! Good luck with your trees!
Hey thanks so much for the video! I have unshelled the seeds and put them in between moist/damp tissue papers and put them in a sealed plastic bag. Must I put them in the fridge or that’s just done for when the seeds haven’t been unshelled?
You're most welcome, Mehdi! Cold stratification (putting them in the fridge for 90+ days) is required, yes... the shells splitting open is one thing that happens after cold stratification, but another thing is that once they come out of the cold, chemicals are released that signal the embryo to grow. So yes, you need to keep them in the fridge for 90+ days in between the moist paper towels, in the vegetable crisper (the drawer for vegetables) of your refrigerator. There is risk of germinating while in the fridge, so I would check on them every week! Good luck and let us know how it goes!!!
Erald - They are perlite, which are a type of volcano rock that is processed, and it helps to aerate soil and keep the soil loose! I didn't add them, but they probably came from a potted plant's soil that I reused. It's beneficial, though!
reparo images - Yes, a year old (or several years old) cherry seeds should grow without a problem! They have a thick shell and require cold stratification, which mean that they can survive a long time and still will have good germination rates. I perhaps wouldn't try to store them more than five years. Every year, the germination rate - the number that will grow - goes down.
Im looking for instructions after the Cherry tree is approx. 5-6" tall in a 3" pot. Mine has 8 leaves on. Do I repot it into a larger pot. If so what size? Or will it survive if I plant it outside? I live in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. I grew it from a seed. Ive got 4 of them.
Hi Karen, most cherry trees are native to the northeastern USA/southeastern Canada, so they'll survive outside in PA no problem. If you choose to plant them outside, make sure to "harden off" your trees (gradually introduce them to the outdoors after all risk of frost has passed). You should repot them if you want them to grow vigorously, though it is certainly possible to leave them in their current pots and they won't grow very big. To repot, use as big a pot as you like, and be gentle with the roots. Lots of great videos out there on repotting! Hope that helps :)
I’d love to see a video about what comes next... I have successfully germinated two cherry seeds about 6 months ago, but they are still very small, maybe 3 inches tall with 4-6 leaves only and I’m not sure how to care for them from here! Thanks
I have this cherry tree update video, Katie: ua-cam.com/video/TA7k8yq2ju4/v-deo.html From the few trees I had germinate, only one or two survived... then only one survived a winter, but for some reason it died the next summer. I think it was squirrels that kept digging them up. When it's warm enough to put it outside (i.e. no more freezing temperatures), I recommend "hardening off" your cherry tree. Take it outside in the daytime for one hour on the first day, then bring it back inside. Second day, two hours, bring it back inside. Third day, four hours, bring it back inside... and keep going until you've got it outside for the whole day, then you can leave it outside overnight. Make sure to protect it from squirrels or any animals, though! If you'd like to keep it inside, well, you just need to keep it near a window and give it a light watering when the soil is dry! If you use a pot with drainage holes, then you can give it a watering until water drips out the bottom of the pot, about once or twice a week.
They say you should transfer seedlings when they have three sets of leaves... though, there is always the risk of animals digging up or chewing the seedlings. You'll need to protect the seedling when it's in the ground, with chicken wire or something. Cherry are pollinated by bees, so it's not necessary to plant them close to each other. Perhaps keep them within 25 metres of each other for increased chances of bees going from one tree to the other?
I got the recycled plastic pots, moss, peat pellets and starter trays at Dollarama, but I think I've seen the same items at Walmart. I checked Home Depot just now, and the peat pellets are available there, too (but not the "mini greenhouse", which I incorrectly referred to as "seedling pots" 😂 ). Any sort of plastic container with a clear lid would, do, though! The peat pellets are from a brand called Jiffy and are pretty common (you can get the peat pellets alone or with a starter tray). Sometimes they call it a "self-watering mini greenhouse", but if you look up peat pellets, they're easy to find.
Hi Brian! I don't fertilize any kind of seedling until they get their first pair of "REAL" leaves! The seedling has enough nutrients in it's cotyledongs (seed leaves).
Thanks, Lning! Yes, all cherry seeds from cherries have a really hard outer shell that will come off after being "cold stratified" in the fridge for 2-3 months. It'll open up naturally after being in the fridge. This protects the seed from freezing when its outside in the winter months. I've heard that you could crack open the shell yourself and plant the embryo inside directly. I haven't tried it, but I am betting it works!
hi~ i'm growing cherries in south korea. thanks for your detail processes. a question~^^ i know growing a cherry from a seed has little possiblity to have good traits from mother cultivars. so we don't use seeding but grafting(scion). i'd like to know why seeding. in case that my common sence is wrong, please correct it. thank you for your kind answer again:)
영덕키토산체리 - Hi! I wouldn't say that there's little possibility of desirable fruit, but more like 50% chance! If a seed-grown cherry tree is grown until maturity... well, it's just for fun :)
i think a peach seed will give same fruit as mother tree peacan dont give same part of the reason i believ is the prior yrs of grafting the peacan dont know who its grandparents were lol
Hi Tin! Yes, it definitely can be... you just have to make sure to dig far enough away from the trunk and deep enough not to damage the roots. It probably won't be that big after a year or two, anyway 😊 (It is best to move the tree with the dirt that the roots are in, without even disturbing the roots, if you can!)
i have some small cherries growing that i sprouted just chilled a few weeks 6-8 then placed in 1 gal pot ----dont have to change pot as much dont fill pot to start just a couple inches soil as it grows add a little soil so it dont get spindly then when it gets full swap pots if needed
I have my cherry seeds being refrigerator for 10 weeks. But it is already Fall, should I plant them now? I am planning to plant them indoor for a while then move them to my garden. Thank you.
tiratree - You should leave them in the refrigerator for at least two more weeks... or up to 3.5 more months before taking them out to plant them. If you are planting them indoors, it doesn't matter what the weather is like outside! Let's say you decide to take them out in two weeks and plant them in pots indoors... they would have a big head start when spring comes in 2021. Of course, you'd have to "harden off" your cherry seedlings when you bring them outside permanently next spring. Hardening off plants is to slowly introduce them to the strong outdoor sun... it's very important! Hope that helps!
@@virgilvandijk6449 - Yes, I believe that you should wait at least 90 days before taking the seeds out of the refrigerator. Of course, some will still germinate even if taken out now, but I've read many studies (for various types of seeds) that germination rates increase after 90 days. Normally, even in warmer parts of the world, winter (i.e. frost-free weather) lasts for at least three months. If you are itching to get your hands dirty, I might suggest planting up half now and half in two weeks? You could run a little experiment to see which seeds germinate better! Good luck!
If you're going to cold stratify them, you don't need to remove hard outer shell at all! It'll crack open soon after they come out of the cold! But, I have heard that removing the hard shell before cold stratification doesn't harm them, as long as you put them in a good medium, like moss. Someone mentioned that removing the shell precludes them from the need for cold stratification and I'm trying it out!
hey i dont know if you or others have experienced effects of non organic cherry's, its almost like a heart burn sensation or waves of suffocation i was experiencing. I took of the skin and it was no longer affecting me but i'm worried the seeds im using will be contaminated with whatever garbage their using on the commercial cherries. thanks
Sorry to hear that about your cherries, Kyle. I would say that it all depends on the particular crop. Farmers definitely use pesticides and so do organic farmers! Organic farmers, in fact, use "organic pesticides", sometimes in quantities much greater than their non-organic pesticide counterparts. The only safe thing to do is to eat "pesticide free" foods. So far, I've only found mushrooms that make that claim. There is a Canadian company, however, which is working toward technology to deliver pesticides directly to plants via bees (thus greatly reducing the quantity found on crops, in the air, in the soil). The company is called Bee Vectoring Technologies. As for the seeds of the cherries containing pesticides; I wouldn't worry about it, because if there are any pesticide molecules in the seed's cells, they will have been exchanged for new cells by the time the tree has any significant growth. I found a great post explaining it! www.gardenmyths.com/organic-seeds-why-buy-them/
@@treelife365 thanks for the great response, and I totally understand the organic thing, its a total scam/marketing tactic. only way is to grow our own :))
@@47nodoubt - You're most welcome! It's a huge marketing tactic, indeed 😅 It takes a long time for cherry trees to get to maturity (and they might not produce delicious fruit), so perhaps a grafted fruit tree? It might be $100, but it would only be a few years from maturity. Growing up, one of my neighbours had a cherry tree that they'd put a giant net over to protect it from birds!
At what stage do you transplant to the outdoors in soil? Also, how deep into the ground should it be planted? Will it need full sunlight or is partial ok? Our soil here is always damp (marshy). It doesn't really dry up until August/September.
If you have little baby cherry trees that were grown indoors, you could put them outside any time the outside temperature is similar to the inside temperatures they're used to. You need to harden them off, however, which is to slowly introduce them to the outdoors (put them outside an hour on the first day, two hours on the second, four hours on the third, etc., until you can leave them outside the whole day and night). I believe that seedlings will do better in partial sunlight, as when they're young, full sunlight is a bit too intense for them. Full sunlight for part of the day is good. If you're talking about seeds that have not yet sprouted, but have come out of cold storage/cold stratification, then put them out any time! Seeds should be buried about 1-2 cm deep in the soil. As for the soil, they probably wouldn't do so well in soil that is wet/marshy, as there would be no chance for oxygen to reach the roots. If you could, I would suggest mixing perlite/vermiculite/peat moss in with your soil so that the soil is not quite so wet all the time. You could even create a mound upon which to have your cherry trees... so the mound of soil where they growing is higher than the surrounding soil and therefore drier.
@@treelife365 Thank you. I haven't started yet, I have cherries that I want to take the pits and plant the seeds from. I want my own fruit trees and bushes along with vegetables to save trips to the market. Its a good distance away to drive. You mentioned they will go into a hibernation state, if I plant them directly outside they will adjust to the low temperatures? Some winters it does go to 0 with windchills of about -5/-10°F. Not all the time, most winter days are about 15 to 34°F up here. (That would be about normal winter temps). Given that, is it best to,start them off outside or wait until there's a sprout with leaves?
@@toni67jo - You're most welcome! In your case, you should definitely plant the seeds outside in the spot you want them to grow! Cherry are a temperate species, meaning that they actually need winter in order to germinate and then when they are of fruit-bearing age, they need winters in order to produce flowers in the spring and fruit in the autumn. If you've heard the term "cold stratification", this is putting seeds in the refrigerator to simulate winter; but it's easiest to just plant the seeds outside in the autumn and then in the spring they'll pop up on their own. Make sure to plant many more seeds than you think you'll need, as many of the baby trees won't make it or won't germinate. Maybe squirrels will dig them up. Or maybe some of the trees won't produce cherries that are as delicious... Some other trees I'd recommend for a food garden are mulberry trees (they can produce fruit in as little as 2-3 years), apple, peach, plum, pecan, hazelnut, pawpaw...
@@treelife365 Ok sounds great! Fall is coming soon. I can't wait!!! Once it actually starts growing into a tree, how soon after should it start producing edible cherries? Sorry for all the questions. Should I fertilize it or stay away and just let nature take its course?
@@toni67jo - No worries! Questions are good :) Wow, yes, fall is coming fast!!! They say cherry trees take a minimum of 7 years to produce cherries... but, it could be faster depending on tree genetics. You should fertilize your trees! I believe it's not advisable to fertilize in the first year, but after that you could.
10 weeks here it's gonna be very close to fall. When's the best time to attempt this if I wanna plant them out doors and are these cherry pits or are they opened and the seed taken out of the inside after cracking the Shell ????
These are cherry pits... no need to spend time trying to crack them open if you simply want to sew them in autumn and let them naturally come up next spring. Simply find the spot outside where you want them to grow... dig a hole trench/hole about 3 cm deep and put them in, then cover with dirt and cover the dirt with mulch. You want to somehow protect the spot from pesky squirrels whom love to dig up any fresh soil (they think another squirrel has just hidden a nut there). Then, they will be naturally cold stratified over the winter and you should see them sprouting up in spring! Make sure not to mow the area where they are. Of course, you can also do this in pots that are left outside for the winter.
@@treelife365 Thank you very much for your advice. I'm looking forward to trying this :) I just can't get enough of cherries :) ! Actually how long does it take for a cherry tree to bare the fruit ?
@@Dallasneedsu - No problem. It's rewarding for sure! It'll take about 7 - 10 years for your tree planted from seed to bear fruit... but worth the wait! Make sure to cultivate several trees, though, because you won't know how the cherries will taste - they may or may not taste like the cherry you got the seed from!
One tree per seed, Danny 😁 Normally, the rule is one plant/tree per seed; but there are some exceptions, like with avocado you sometimes get two plants and sometimes with mango, too. I'm guessing because those seeds are huge?
It will definitely germinate and grow at those warm temperatures, but it will not flower if it does not undergo winter conditions for at least three months a year. It'll survive and grow much quicker than other trees in their natural environment, however! Good luck!
@@radhakrishnapillaia6536 - Well, in the Himalayas, during the winter time (October - March), I imagine that it gets cold, below freezing. So, you need below 0 degrees celsius temperatures for at least 90 days for cherry trees to flower in the spring!
You can certainly let the cherry seeds dry out; it won't hurt them as the shell is super thick and strong. You'll still have to perform cold stratification in order for them to germinate, however! If you are talking about drying out after cold stratification, don't let them dry out!!!
The seeds are already very dry, so you do not want to wait to do this as they may get so damaged from the lack of moisture in their cells that they might just never germinate at all. Just plant them in a pot after they warm up(still inside the moist paper towel). If you dry them they die end of story lol, cheers
sjmahal5 - Grafting a known cultivar of cherry onto the rootstock of a seed grown cherry tree will guarantee that you get the type of cherry fruit you want. People do this because trees grown from seed have hardier roots that were grown in the conditions that you are going to raise the tree... and it's faster than trying to get the cutting of your preferred cultivar to grow roots (though, it is possible with air layering). Planting cherry from seed is a shot in the dark, because you do not know how the cherries will taste when the tree finally matures! It could be really sweet cherries, it could be really sour, it could be huge or it could be tiny... The best bet, however, is to see if you can acquire cherries that were grown in your local area. However, it seems that Dallas is either plant hardiness zone 7 or 8... and cherries grow in hardiness zones 5 to 7... so, if you're in 7, then you can probably find local cherries.
Mawi Mawi - I got the moss in the arts and crafts section of the local dollar store, so it should be easy to find. But certainly, you can use almost anything that will retain water; such as paper towel, toilet paper, regular dirty, newspaper, a lot of options!
Charles Fearnow Jr. - Definitely remove them from the pots and transplant into the ground... or you can move them into really large pots until they grow bigger. Since seedlings normally start growing in the Spring, no matter the size, I would start putting them outside when the daytime temperature is at least high single digits (5 - 9°C) and the night time temperatures do not go below freezing. Of course, if it's summer, you could put them out anytime. But be aware you'll need to "harden off" or acclimate the plants to outside conditions by taking them out for only a few hours each day, increasing the amount of time, until a week has passed. Full sun is not recommended! A shady area is best.
middy77 is joking around, but you can actually use any medium that will retain moisture; it can be dirt, moss, paper towels, newspaper, old cloth, etc.
The leaves of my little tree turn form green to brown and then it produces another green leave out of the top of the tree which turns also brown when it grows bigger. And this proces conitinues. This appears on both little trees IHve. What am I doing wrong?
I'm not totally sure what is happening with your trees, but it happened to mine and then they all died 😭 Anyway, it's been two years, so I hope you have big cherry trees now?!?!
Em Santos - You could get a hammer and head out to the sidewalk or other concrete; put the cherry pits into a crack in the concrete and then hit with medium power, the shell should crack without damaging the embryo inside. The best way, however, is if you have a vice (one of those things used to hold metal that you are hammering)... if you squeeze the pit between a vice very slowly, the shell will start to crack open and you can easily stop without damaging the embryo. Hope that helps! Good luck :)
I grew them in simple way, eat the cherry, throw the seed outside and when spring comes they grow very fast. they are 7 years now no fruit yet and they are large tree.too...😆
Without grafting it even if it does I'm afraid you will be disappointed in the cherries but you can graft it yourself with a little research and practice
SparkTM - I still have my cherry trees, but unfortunately most of them were almost killed by spider mites while indoors. There is one that is fairly big (as high as a can of soda) and it is outside now. I'll make an update video when I get the chance! If you plant it directly in a pot, it still needs to undergo stratification, so you could take the whole pot and put it in the fridge for three months (keep the soil moist by putting the entire thing in a bag); else, you'll have to leave it outside for the winter and wait for next spring! Cherry seeds usually take 18 months to grow: fruit in the summer, pooped out by bird or animal, stay in ground for winter, then germinate in spring.
Min K - Indeed, you can do it indoors any time of the year! When spring/summer comes and if you want to put your little trees outdoors, however, you must be sure to harden them off (i.e. only expose them to the outside weather in steps). Good luck!
One more easier way to hrow it. Fist of all dio the peeled seeds inyo the water over night. Next day take some sand. Put the seeds into the sand and water it. Now cover the pot with polithine paper Do some small holes into the paper. Now bind it airtight. Keep it in shady place. Check them after 2 weeks.
S Brian Chong I do myself I grow in this way many plants. 100 % possitive result. While dip the seeds into the water add some turmaric powder or cinnamon powder 2 pinches.
S Brian Chong Ok When you cover the sandy pot with plastic sheet. It works like polly house. So plz do 2 or 3 very very small holes into the plastic sheet after airtightining.
I just put mine in plant pot didnt even plant them just put seeds in pushed down a bit with a tiny twig 😂😂😂not expecting them to grow ..that was in early March..n it's May there growing I didn't do any of the put them in fridge thing. Now I'm searching for video what to do with them next... can't seem to find one😕😕😕😕 3 of the 8 seeds sprouted n are growing in same pot worried they mite wilt n die.. Anyone any suggestions ..in UK pls
Perhaps one month of cold was enough for them to germinate? The usual recommendation is 90 days, but hey, if they're growing, they're growing! Now that they're growing, just make sure they get enough water and sun! Not much for you to do right now until they outgrow their pots.
@@treelife365 thank u so much☺.. I had put pot on my kitchen window from the ground sun is strongest there coz it's still scattered showers hopefully thats enough as i dont want to over drown them. They about 8-9 inches tall n new baby leaves.. coming thru... ☺☺☺
@@blossom9143 - Ahhh... I see... so, you didn't even cold stratify them! Perhaps they were stored in the cold before they were sold at the supermarket. That said, seeds still can germinate without cold stratification; just that cold stratification increases germination rate. Since they're inside now... you can keep growing them inside if you want, but temperate trees like cherry, when mature, won't produce fruit unless subject to lower temperatures in winter. When they're bigger and stronger, if you do decide to put them outside, make sure to harden them off! Hardening your plants is to slowly get them used to the outside by bringing them out for an hour the first day, then back inside, then two hours the next day, then back inside... and so on until after a week you finally leave them outside the whole day...
I'm very upset cause my cherry plant dried out and in India cherry very costly! Hardly got it from market started sprouting but I don't know how it's goes may by the climate or by unsuitable soil? As I followed a tips from UA-cam but it doesn't work out! Please do suggest me!
Aruna Kamei - Cherry are a temperature tree, so it might be too hot in India, depending on where you are located. Don't give up on the tree you have now, though... it may look dead, but if you continue to water it and give it lots of shade, it will recover. Assuming you are not in mountainous regions, then it's too hot in India for a cherry tree... you'll thus need to put it in a well-shaded area and always provide sufficient water to the soil. Keep in mind that cherry trees don't bear fruit unless they've gone through winter conditions!
It's a good idea, but be aware that most cherry trees don't produce delicious fruit... they are not "true to seed". Some trees grown from seed will have delicious fruit, but you'll only know after many years waiting for them to mature!
I've heard that, too, but have never tried it. Perhaps you could try that with half of the seeds you have and then do cold stratification for the rest?
Just put it in the soil and it is gonna pop out by itself.Only the soil has to be mixed with a little bit of a ground soil and it has to be wet.Thats how i grlwed mines
I had a few cherry trees started and around a year old. Then they started dying in the fall and I thought that they would come back in spring being a deciduous tree, but they didn't.
The same thing happened to all my cherry trees, unfortunately 😭 One of them actually survived for two years, but it also died. Some of mine seemed to have disease (rust colour spots on the leaves, wilting leavs)... but I've also read that seedlings often don't survive for very long.
Bilal OULADALLAH - Thanks! The pots are from the dollar store, actually! They're biodegradable bamboo resin pots. I would probably drill some drainage holes next time.
Just sowing cherry seeds in the soil takes even a year for it to germinate..it kind of needs some pretreatment. I know it because I have tried it in my nursery
Sashi Lemla - Yes indeed... if you plant them directly in the soil in autumn, you'll have to wait until spring for them to germinate. If you'd like to speed up the process, you can use the "cold stratification" method to get cherry seeds to germinate. Essentially, you put them in moist moss in the refrigerator for 90 days and then when you remove them from the refrigerator, you plant them and they'll germinate without a problem!
can you skip the fridge step by cracking the shell first? Or is stratifying a necessary step regardless of the stage in the beginning? Other videos skip the fridge and just crack manually and then plant, some add the fridge step in with the crack open shell... lol Seems the fridge option is hit or miss on here. I always thought with stone fruit you have to add the fridge or simulate winter for the seed to propagate. I once opened a nectarine and the pit cracked open and a seed was already rooting, I planted it and it grew! I have no clue about why some you have to do the fridge step and some you dont?
Thor Mjolnir - Storing the seeds in the fridge simulates winter conditions, which causes a chemical change within the seed once it gets warm, causing it to sprout during what it thinks is spring. It's not at all necessary to crack them open, because they'll crack open automatically after stratification (and that's extra work for no good reason!). The only time you can skip this stratification process is if you apply a specific chemical treatment to the seeds... I can't recall the name of the chemical... In terms of why your nectarine was already germinated, I believe it's the same reason you often find apples that are already sprouted... because they're kept in cold storage for a time, before they are finally shipped to the supermarket and sold! It's cool when that happens, because you can plant them directly into soil.
I didn't do the fridge step, I gently crack them open with a lemon squeezer put them in a damp paper towel with Ziploc bag and let them grow, within a couple of weeks notice some of them were ready to transfer to soil I'm just waiting for the rest.
I took some fresh cherries, ate them, then cracked the pits open and although I then put the seeds in the fridge it was only for a few days. I then put them in a warm place for a few more days and they sprouted. So I don't think the seeds necessarily need a long cold stratification. This possibly suggests that cherry seeds (at least some varieties) dormancy is purely an exogenous physical dormancy i.e. the pit is the thing that gets the seed safely through winter and is the barrier preventing the seed from germinating. As opposed to say a chemical dormancy where a chemical change needs to happen in the seed embryo or a physiological dormancy where the seed embryo hasn't finished development yet. Of course the cherries I bought were refrigerated in the store and may have been refrigerated for a while which may have acted like a stratification period but I would presume it was only a few days so probably not. I have also been trying to stratify plum seeds (again from pits I cracked open) but none have germinated. So maybe plums require a long stratification whilst cherries don't seem to.
nitelite78 Dear brother there is only one easy and simple way to germinate every seed. 1- dip the seeds into the water & close it tightly. It depends on the nature of seeds. Small Medum Large. So dip them for 1/2/3/4 days. Change water after every 12 hours. Now put only sand into the pot water it & put the seeds in this sand. Cover the pot with plastic sheet. Keep it in shady place. Plese check them time to time. After 2 weeks. I personally experienced I grow wallnuts, peanuts Cardamoms in same way.
@@minsahusnain3263 I'm a beginner to garden world. THANKS for a simple explanation. I'll try your way, and will see what happen. I'm imagining if my Cherry plant is gonna be really good to me to patiently do. THANKS ALL for the explanation. It's mean really good to me to learn. 👍🏼✊
Myrna Belthius - You want to give it full sun, a lot of light. If indoors and it's not at a really bright windowsill, you could supplement its light with a bright bulb (1600 lumens) directly above. If it is outdoors, make sure its not shaded by anything. Sometimes they seem to stop growing, but then they'll start up again.
Little Kawaii Cherry - Yes indeed, you could just put the cherry seeds in a pot and leave it outside over winter and it'll grow in spring as it naturally does. Doing it in the fridge allows you to get them to grow sooner, like in January (inside the house, of course), so come spring, they'll be bigger!
why not skip the bag of grass, put the seeds into those little planters, put them in the fridge and take the whole lot out after 10 weeks, and smoke the grass?
Performance Down Under - Yes, you could definitely do that! It would just take up slightly more space in the refrigerator. You could smoke the grass in either method 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I m sorry, I couldn't watch the whole video. Two and a half min. You're just too low in the mic. So maybe at the house, not for out side. I live in NY.🤨🤨
Oh, sorry about that! I just use my cellphone to record, without an external microphone (which would be more professional and preferred). I guess you can continue watching when you get home?! Thanks for watching :)
Hi moss made in China is there anything they don't make that don't break moss made in China lol 😂😂 go a walk into your local woods/forest there's loads take a big basket and some plastic bags and pick your own and resell it to them 🙉🙈🙊😂
Glad you enjoyed the video! I support obtaining material locally... if I didn't already have this moss, I would've used topsoil (I wouldn't feel right ripping moss that's alive out of the forest).
If you have room to grow 500 hundred trees to get a decent tree ok but your waisting your time if not, a tree needs to be a good variety grafted into a good root stock or you'll end up with a small sour cherry that's disease prone 99.9% of the time
tbird475 tjk - Indeed, if one's goal was cherries, then buying a young grafted tree would be the quickest... Growing a tree from seed is all about the experience and the reward of watching something grow! The fruit would be a bonus, but the flowers, the shade, carbon sequestration, benefit to wildlife, are all valuable aspects of a tree!
Yes no very organized in making a video he didn't have seed and now he's not got the original pods wow he certainly wouldn't get a job in presenting a gardening program on TV my goodness what a boring video ....you would actually be better planting it in the bigger pot then you wouldn't shock it having to replant it 🤯🕵️but your the Gardner here 👍🥃 where's the cherries from the seed all I saw was small shoots from seed 😂😭
You are the first one, from the list of videos about growing from seed, who has spoken about the cherries needing to go through a winter/dormancy period and whether you the pits will break open on their own or if we have to do it for them. YOU have made the most sense out of the videos I have seen. Thank you so much for the explanation you are giving about growing cherries from seed.
You're most welcome, Kelli! I'm glad you found my video informative and good luck on growing your cherry seeds ☺️
Awesome video!.. nothing more satisfying then watching something grow from a seed :)
Thanks, ZenObi! Indeed... nothing is more satisfying! I love it!!!
best info on this topic because I have my 1st growing and did not watch any video , after it grew i want to make sure i did everything right and this video is by far on point left it on window sill it’s green and stem is strong green.
So glad to hear your cherry tree is growing well, eD!!! Thank you, also, for the compliments!
Thank you so much for the video, I'm really looking forward to including cherries to my garden. Your video was the only one I found that didn't include ripping the shell off the seed
You're most welcome and so glad that you found the video useful!
Just in case, don't forget that cherry trees don't grow "true to seed"... so when your tree(s) eventually produce cherry fruit after many years... they may be as delicious as the cherries you bought to eat, but maybe not!
@@treelife365 So they are similar to the loquat tree
@@beautywithdidi - Indeed, commercial loquat trees are usually grown from grafted cultivar instead of from seed!
When is the righ5 time to transfer the growing cherry tree into the ground?
Jocelyn Holcomb - You can transfer them now, if they have leaves! The best time to transplant container-grown trees is as early as possible before it gets too cold; plants stop growing when the weather gets below the freezing point. The earlier you can get them in the ground, it gives them time for roots to spread out and continue growing before winter.
That said, make sure you will protect the baby trees from squirrels digging them up and also from rabbits or deer eating them...
... if they were already outside, you should plant them in an area with similar sunlight patterns. If they are going from inside to outside, you have to start the process of hardening them off before you can plant them in the ground.
This is a good guide on hardening off from UMD: extension.umd.edu/hgic/hardening-vegetable-seedlings
You can also check out videos for the process!
Good luck with your trees!
Hey thanks so much for the video! I have unshelled the seeds and put them in between moist/damp tissue papers and put them in a sealed plastic bag. Must I put them in the fridge or that’s just done for when the seeds haven’t been unshelled?
You're most welcome, Mehdi! Cold stratification (putting them in the fridge for 90+ days) is required, yes... the shells splitting open is one thing that happens after cold stratification, but another thing is that once they come out of the cold, chemicals are released that signal the embryo to grow.
So yes, you need to keep them in the fridge for 90+ days in between the moist paper towels, in the vegetable crisper (the drawer for vegetables) of your refrigerator.
There is risk of germinating while in the fridge, so I would check on them every week!
Good luck and let us know how it goes!!!
i had tbl with sealed bag in fridge MOLD i found leaving zip loc open no mold
That's a great tip, too!
what are those white granules on that dirt?
Erald - They are perlite, which are a type of volcano rock that is processed, and it helps to aerate soil and keep the soil loose! I didn't add them, but they probably came from a potted plant's soil that I reused. It's beneficial, though!
Thank you for your easy method for the first step and more tips....to germinate the Seeds...... very clear and concise 👍✌️
Sralaine Kneer o-007 - You're most welcome! Good luck in your cherry tree growing adventures :)
Does a year old cherry seeds grow using this process? How long can i stock cherry seed without spoiling it? tia
reparo images - Yes, a year old (or several years old) cherry seeds should grow without a problem! They have a thick shell and require cold stratification, which mean that they can survive a long time and still will have good germination rates.
I perhaps wouldn't try to store them more than five years. Every year, the germination rate - the number that will grow - goes down.
@@treelife365 thank you for the prompt reply. and of course the for the valuable information...
@@reparoimages750 - No problem!
Im looking for instructions after the Cherry tree is approx. 5-6" tall in a 3" pot. Mine has 8 leaves on. Do I repot it into a larger pot. If so what size? Or will it survive if I plant it outside? I live in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. I grew it from a seed. Ive got 4 of them.
If you can please reply to my comment/questions my email is natosaki@yahoo.com
Hi Karen, most cherry trees are native to the northeastern USA/southeastern Canada, so they'll survive outside in PA no problem. If you choose to plant them outside, make sure to "harden off" your trees (gradually introduce them to the outdoors after all risk of frost has passed).
You should repot them if you want them to grow vigorously, though it is certainly possible to leave them in their current pots and they won't grow very big.
To repot, use as big a pot as you like, and be gentle with the roots. Lots of great videos out there on repotting!
Hope that helps :)
I’d love to see a video about what comes next... I have successfully germinated two cherry seeds about 6 months ago, but they are still very small, maybe 3 inches tall with 4-6 leaves only and I’m not sure how to care for them from here! Thanks
I have this cherry tree update video, Katie: ua-cam.com/video/TA7k8yq2ju4/v-deo.html
From the few trees I had germinate, only one or two survived... then only one survived a winter, but for some reason it died the next summer. I think it was squirrels that kept digging them up.
When it's warm enough to put it outside (i.e. no more freezing temperatures), I recommend "hardening off" your cherry tree. Take it outside in the daytime for one hour on the first day, then bring it back inside. Second day, two hours, bring it back inside. Third day, four hours, bring it back inside... and keep going until you've got it outside for the whole day, then you can leave it outside overnight. Make sure to protect it from squirrels or any animals, though!
If you'd like to keep it inside, well, you just need to keep it near a window and give it a light watering when the soil is dry! If you use a pot with drainage holes, then you can give it a watering until water drips out the bottom of the pot, about once or twice a week.
this looks exactly what looks like is growing in my garden - I had some cherry seeds in there and was hoping something would sprout
Nice! Make sure to keep them protected from pesky squirrels 🐿
What is the right time to transfer the seedlings to the ground? Do they need to be planted side by side with each other to cross pollinate?
They say you should transfer seedlings when they have three sets of leaves... though, there is always the risk of animals digging up or chewing the seedlings. You'll need to protect the seedling when it's in the ground, with chicken wire or something.
Cherry are pollinated by bees, so it's not necessary to plant them close to each other. Perhaps keep them within 25 metres of each other for increased chances of bees going from one tree to the other?
@@treelife365 Thank you!
@@baomin60 - You're most welcome! Good luck growing and share with us the results, if you care to!
Which Dollar Store was that? And, what did you call that starter tray w/peat pellets in the holes, with the cover?
I got the recycled plastic pots, moss, peat pellets and starter trays at Dollarama, but I think I've seen the same items at Walmart. I checked Home Depot just now, and the peat pellets are available there, too (but not the "mini greenhouse", which I incorrectly referred to as "seedling pots" 😂 ).
Any sort of plastic container with a clear lid would, do, though!
The peat pellets are from a brand called Jiffy and are pretty common (you can get the peat pellets alone or with a starter tray). Sometimes they call it a "self-watering mini greenhouse", but if you look up peat pellets, they're easy to find.
Hi Brian! I don't fertilize any kind of seedling until they get their first pair of "REAL" leaves! The seedling has enough nutrients in it's cotyledongs (seed leaves).
Yes, you are totally right!
great video! Is it the cherry seeds with shells that must be in the fridge 10 weeks before planting?
Thanks, Lning! Yes, all cherry seeds from cherries have a really hard outer shell that will come off after being "cold stratified" in the fridge for 2-3 months. It'll open up naturally after being in the fridge. This protects the seed from freezing when its outside in the winter months.
I've heard that you could crack open the shell yourself and plant the embryo inside directly. I haven't tried it, but I am betting it works!
@@treelife365 thank you very much
hi~ i'm growing cherries in south korea. thanks for your detail processes. a question~^^ i know growing a cherry from a seed has little possiblity to have good traits from mother cultivars. so we don't use seeding but grafting(scion). i'd like to know why seeding. in case that my common sence is wrong, please correct it. thank you for your kind answer again:)
영덕키토산체리 - Hi! I wouldn't say that there's little possibility of desirable fruit, but more like 50% chance! If a seed-grown cherry tree is grown until maturity... well, it's just for fun :)
i think a peach seed will give same fruit as mother tree peacan dont give same part of the reason i believ is the prior yrs of grafting the peacan dont know who its grandparents were lol
dont look at as bad to use seeds i t may better dont have to be worse thats how you come up with diff types
i also plant pecan seeds if i get 1 to sprout i am happy a new pecan tree free i never saw a pecan tree i did not like
Pecans are great, Frank! Thanks for the tips 😄
Do you need moss? Can I use dirt instead
Sport Skitz - Yes, you can definitely use dirt. Just make sure it's decently moist (not overly moist). Good luck with your seeds!
Can cherry tree remove from the ground after like a yr or two to replant somewhere else?
Hi Tin! Yes, it definitely can be... you just have to make sure to dig far enough away from the trunk and deep enough not to damage the roots. It probably won't be that big after a year or two, anyway 😊
(It is best to move the tree with the dirt that the roots are in, without even disturbing the roots, if you can!)
Very nice video, so I know steps growing cherry from seed. Thanks
You're most welcome!
i have some small cherries growing that i sprouted just chilled a few weeks 6-8 then placed in 1 gal pot ----dont have to change pot as much dont fill pot to start just a couple inches soil as it grows add a little soil so it dont get spindly then when it gets full swap pots if needed
Those are great tips, Frank! Thank you 😊
I have my cherry seeds being refrigerator for 10 weeks. But it is already Fall, should I plant them now? I am planning to plant them indoor for a while then move them to my garden. Thank you.
tiratree - You should leave them in the refrigerator for at least two more weeks... or up to 3.5 more months before taking them out to plant them.
If you are planting them indoors, it doesn't matter what the weather is like outside! Let's say you decide to take them out in two weeks and plant them in pots indoors... they would have a big head start when spring comes in 2021. Of course, you'd have to "harden off" your cherry seedlings when you bring them outside permanently next spring. Hardening off plants is to slowly introduce them to the strong outdoor sun... it's very important!
Hope that helps!
S Brian Treelife I’m in the same scenario so should I take them out in 2 weeks or longer?
@@virgilvandijk6449 - Yes, I believe that you should wait at least 90 days before taking the seeds out of the refrigerator. Of course, some will still germinate even if taken out now, but I've read many studies (for various types of seeds) that germination rates increase after 90 days. Normally, even in warmer parts of the world, winter (i.e. frost-free weather) lasts for at least three months.
If you are itching to get your hands dirty, I might suggest planting up half now and half in two weeks? You could run a little experiment to see which seeds germinate better!
Good luck!
S Brian Treelife thanks for your help
@@virgilvandijk6449 - No problem and good luck with your cherry seeds! Let us know how it goes 😁
Would wet paper towels do instead of Moss
Jayden Scott - Yes, you could definitely use wet paper towels instead of moss! Get them to be quite moist, but not dripping wet 👍
Can i take the seed casings off with tools and then put them in the fridge? will that negatively affect the process
If you're going to cold stratify them, you don't need to remove hard outer shell at all! It'll crack open soon after they come out of the cold!
But, I have heard that removing the hard shell before cold stratification doesn't harm them, as long as you put them in a good medium, like moss.
Someone mentioned that removing the shell precludes them from the need for cold stratification and I'm trying it out!
@@treelife365 Thanks Shawn!! (Insert Captain Planet emblem)
@@thegymknight - No problem! Let us know what you do and how your plants turn out!
I’ve seen other videos of this
hey i dont know if you or others have experienced effects of non organic cherry's, its almost like a heart burn sensation or waves of suffocation i was experiencing. I took of the skin and it was no longer affecting me but i'm worried the seeds im using will be contaminated with whatever garbage their using on the commercial cherries. thanks
Sorry to hear that about your cherries, Kyle. I would say that it all depends on the particular crop. Farmers definitely use pesticides and so do organic farmers! Organic farmers, in fact, use "organic pesticides", sometimes in quantities much greater than their non-organic pesticide counterparts. The only safe thing to do is to eat "pesticide free" foods. So far, I've only found mushrooms that make that claim.
There is a Canadian company, however, which is working toward technology to deliver pesticides directly to plants via bees (thus greatly reducing the quantity found on crops, in the air, in the soil). The company is called Bee Vectoring Technologies.
As for the seeds of the cherries containing pesticides; I wouldn't worry about it, because if there are any pesticide molecules in the seed's cells, they will have been exchanged for new cells by the time the tree has any significant growth.
I found a great post explaining it!
www.gardenmyths.com/organic-seeds-why-buy-them/
@@treelife365 thanks for the great response, and I totally understand the organic thing, its a total scam/marketing tactic. only way is to grow our own :))
@@47nodoubt - You're most welcome!
It's a huge marketing tactic, indeed 😅
It takes a long time for cherry trees to get to maturity (and they might not produce delicious fruit), so perhaps a grafted fruit tree? It might be $100, but it would only be a few years from maturity. Growing up, one of my neighbours had a cherry tree that they'd put a giant net over to protect it from birds!
At what stage do you transplant to the outdoors in soil? Also, how deep into the ground should it be planted? Will it need full sunlight or is partial ok? Our soil here is always damp (marshy). It doesn't really dry up until August/September.
If you have little baby cherry trees that were grown indoors, you could put them outside any time the outside temperature is similar to the inside temperatures they're used to. You need to harden them off, however, which is to slowly introduce them to the outdoors (put them outside an hour on the first day, two hours on the second, four hours on the third, etc., until you can leave them outside the whole day and night).
I believe that seedlings will do better in partial sunlight, as when they're young, full sunlight is a bit too intense for them. Full sunlight for part of the day is good.
If you're talking about seeds that have not yet sprouted, but have come out of cold storage/cold stratification, then put them out any time!
Seeds should be buried about 1-2 cm deep in the soil.
As for the soil, they probably wouldn't do so well in soil that is wet/marshy, as there would be no chance for oxygen to reach the roots. If you could, I would suggest mixing perlite/vermiculite/peat moss in with your soil so that the soil is not quite so wet all the time. You could even create a mound upon which to have your cherry trees... so the mound of soil where they growing is higher than the surrounding soil and therefore drier.
@@treelife365 Thank you. I haven't started yet, I have cherries that I want to take the pits and plant the seeds from. I want my own fruit trees and bushes along with vegetables to save trips to the market. Its a good distance away to drive.
You mentioned they will go into a hibernation state, if I plant them directly outside they will adjust to the low temperatures? Some winters it does go to 0 with windchills of about -5/-10°F. Not all the time, most winter days are about 15 to 34°F up here. (That would be about normal winter temps).
Given that, is it best to,start them off outside or wait until there's a sprout with leaves?
@@toni67jo - You're most welcome!
In your case, you should definitely plant the seeds outside in the spot you want them to grow! Cherry are a temperate species, meaning that they actually need winter in order to germinate and then when they are of fruit-bearing age, they need winters in order to produce flowers in the spring and fruit in the autumn.
If you've heard the term "cold stratification", this is putting seeds in the refrigerator to simulate winter; but it's easiest to just plant the seeds outside in the autumn and then in the spring they'll pop up on their own.
Make sure to plant many more seeds than you think you'll need, as many of the baby trees won't make it or won't germinate. Maybe squirrels will dig them up. Or maybe some of the trees won't produce cherries that are as delicious...
Some other trees I'd recommend for a food garden are mulberry trees (they can produce fruit in as little as 2-3 years), apple, peach, plum, pecan, hazelnut, pawpaw...
@@treelife365 Ok sounds great! Fall is coming soon. I can't wait!!! Once it actually starts growing into a tree, how soon after should it start producing edible cherries? Sorry for all the questions. Should I fertilize it or stay away and just let nature take its course?
@@toni67jo - No worries! Questions are good :) Wow, yes, fall is coming fast!!!
They say cherry trees take a minimum of 7 years to produce cherries... but, it could be faster depending on tree genetics.
You should fertilize your trees! I believe it's not advisable to fertilize in the first year, but after that you could.
10 weeks here it's gonna be very close to fall. When's the best time to attempt this if I wanna plant them out doors and are these cherry pits or are they opened and the seed taken out of the inside after cracking the Shell ????
These are cherry pits... no need to spend time trying to crack them open if you simply want to sew them in autumn and let them naturally come up next spring.
Simply find the spot outside where you want them to grow... dig a hole trench/hole about 3 cm deep and put them in, then cover with dirt and cover the dirt with mulch. You want to somehow protect the spot from pesky squirrels whom love to dig up any fresh soil (they think another squirrel has just hidden a nut there).
Then, they will be naturally cold stratified over the winter and you should see them sprouting up in spring! Make sure not to mow the area where they are. Of course, you can also do this in pots that are left outside for the winter.
@@treelife365 Thank you very much for your advice. I'm looking forward to trying this :) I just can't get enough of cherries :) ! Actually how long does it take for a cherry tree to bare the fruit ?
@@Dallasneedsu - No problem. It's rewarding for sure! It'll take about 7 - 10 years for your tree planted from seed to bear fruit... but worth the wait!
Make sure to cultivate several trees, though, because you won't know how the cherries will taste - they may or may not taste like the cherry you got the seed from!
Do you get a bunch off cherries or just one if you plant one seed?
One tree per seed, Danny 😁
Normally, the rule is one plant/tree per seed; but there are some exceptions, like with avocado you sometimes get two plants and sometimes with mango, too. I'm guessing because those seeds are huge?
Is it possible to grow wild himalayan cherry at a temperature of 20 - 30 degree Celsius
It will definitely germinate and grow at those warm temperatures, but it will not flower if it does not undergo winter conditions for at least three months a year. It'll survive and grow much quicker than other trees in their natural environment, however! Good luck!
Winter conditions??
Do you mean rainy season....
@@radhakrishnapillaia6536 - Well, in the Himalayas, during the winter time (October - March), I imagine that it gets cold, below freezing. So, you need below 0 degrees celsius temperatures for at least 90 days for cherry trees to flower in the spring!
Can I dry them first before I plant them in pot .
You can certainly let the cherry seeds dry out; it won't hurt them as the shell is super thick and strong. You'll still have to perform cold stratification in order for them to germinate, however!
If you are talking about drying out after cold stratification, don't let them dry out!!!
The seeds are already very dry, so you do not want to wait to do this as they may get so damaged from the lack of moisture in their cells that they might just never germinate at all. Just plant them in a pot after they warm up(still inside the moist paper towel). If you dry them they die end of story lol, cheers
Great video. You explained the process very well. Thanks
Bob Tedford - You are welcome and I am glad to have been of service :)
Do this cherry not need grafting....?
Im here in Dallas Tx what type of cherry seed I need, please elaborate . Thanks
sjmahal5 - Grafting a known cultivar of cherry onto the rootstock of a seed grown cherry tree will guarantee that you get the type of cherry fruit you want. People do this because trees grown from seed have hardier roots that were grown in the conditions that you are going to raise the tree... and it's faster than trying to get the cutting of your preferred cultivar to grow roots (though, it is possible with air layering).
Planting cherry from seed is a shot in the dark, because you do not know how the cherries will taste when the tree finally matures! It could be really sweet cherries, it could be really sour, it could be huge or it could be tiny...
The best bet, however, is to see if you can acquire cherries that were grown in your local area. However, it seems that Dallas is either plant hardiness zone 7 or 8... and cherries grow in hardiness zones 5 to 7... so, if you're in 7, then you can probably find local cherries.
Have some cherry pits saved up and will prepare them sometime at the end of December, 2022! 🙂
Sounds like a good plan, john! Good luck and come back to update us 😁
Do you have to use the moss? Is there anything else you can use??
Mawi Mawi - I got the moss in the arts and crafts section of the local dollar store, so it should be easy to find. But certainly, you can use almost anything that will retain water; such as paper towel, toilet paper, regular dirty, newspaper, a lot of options!
thank you
I use regular paper towel... It does the job... They germinate and then I put them in the potting soil
When to transplant them on the ground? Or you leave them on the pots all the way? Mindy
Charles Fearnow Jr. - Definitely remove them from the pots and transplant into the ground... or you can move them into really large pots until they grow bigger.
Since seedlings normally start growing in the Spring, no matter the size, I would start putting them outside when the daytime temperature is at least high single digits (5 - 9°C) and the night time temperatures do not go below freezing. Of course, if it's summer, you could put them out anytime.
But be aware you'll need to "harden off" or acclimate the plants to outside conditions by taking them out for only a few hours each day, increasing the amount of time, until a week has passed. Full sun is not recommended! A shady area is best.
S Brian Chong thank you very much for the prompt info
Charles Fearnow Jr. - No problem!
2:30 put cherry seeds into a bag of weed & place in refrigerator😆😄😅😂
middy77 - How did you know the secret to Canadian cherry trees?!?!
Really? We can do that and it will grow?
middy77 is joking around, but you can actually use any medium that will retain moisture; it can be dirt, moss, paper towels, newspaper, old cloth, etc.
The leaves of my little tree turn form green to brown and then it produces another green leave out of the top of the tree which turns also brown when it grows bigger. And this proces conitinues. This appears on both little trees IHve. What am I doing wrong?
I'm not totally sure what is happening with your trees, but it happened to mine and then they all died 😭
Anyway, it's been two years, so I hope you have big cherry trees now?!?!
@@treelife365 Nope... they died...
Hello, how can you crack the shell manually?
Em Santos - You could get a hammer and head out to the sidewalk or other concrete; put the cherry pits into a crack in the concrete and then hit with medium power, the shell should crack without damaging the embryo inside.
The best way, however, is if you have a vice (one of those things used to hold metal that you are hammering)... if you squeeze the pit between a vice very slowly, the shell will start to crack open and you can easily stop without damaging the embryo.
Hope that helps! Good luck :)
I grew them in simple way, eat the cherry, throw the seed outside and when spring comes they grow very fast. they are 7 years now no fruit yet and they are large tree.too...😆
Try cutting off some of foliage
Some cherries need another cherry species to cross pollinate in order to produce fruit. Are your trees all the same type?
Without grafting it even if it does I'm afraid you will be disappointed in the cherries but you can graft it yourself with a little research and practice
Do you have any this year?
7 years old tree still no fruit, how long does it takes to grow fruit :(
Do you have an update on this? And can i plant them basically in the pot? I mean, to take the seed and plant it. Without putting it in the fridge
SparkTM - I still have my cherry trees, but unfortunately most of them were almost killed by spider mites while indoors. There is one that is fairly big (as high as a can of soda) and it is outside now. I'll make an update video when I get the chance!
If you plant it directly in a pot, it still needs to undergo stratification, so you could take the whole pot and put it in the fridge for three months (keep the soil moist by putting the entire thing in a bag); else, you'll have to leave it outside for the winter and wait for next spring!
Cherry seeds usually take 18 months to grow: fruit in the summer, pooped out by bird or animal, stay in ground for winter, then germinate in spring.
Thanks a lot 💕 you are the best man
SparkTM - No problem! Check for my update video soon :)
SparkTM - Update just for you!: ua-cam.com/video/TA7k8yq2ju4/v-deo.html
Can I grow the plant's seed anytime during the year?
Min K - Indeed, you can do it indoors any time of the year! When spring/summer comes and if you want to put your little trees outdoors, however, you must be sure to harden them off (i.e. only expose them to the outside weather in steps). Good luck!
Awesome!!! I'm planning to grow Japanese Apricot/Japanese Green Plum. Hopefully, it works.@@treelife365
@@minkuan5194 - It will work for sure, same procedure as for growing cherry! Let us know how your trees are when they grow!!!
@@treelife365 You bet ya. :)
One more easier way to hrow it.
Fist of all dio the peeled seeds inyo the water over night.
Next day take some sand. Put the seeds into the sand and water it.
Now cover the pot with polithine paper
Do some small holes into the paper.
Now bind it airtight.
Keep it in shady place.
Check them after 2 weeks.
fatima saeed - Thanks for the great tip!
S Brian Chong
I do myself
I grow in this way many plants.
100 % possitive result.
While dip the seeds into the water add some turmaric powder or cinnamon powder 2 pinches.
S Brian Chong
I'm from Pakistan.
@@minsahusnain3263 - Those are great tips, Fatima! Thanks again. I think I'll try it with some olive seeds I have!
S Brian Chong
Ok
When you cover the sandy pot with plastic sheet.
It works like polly house.
So plz do 2 or 3 very very small holes into the plastic sheet after airtightining.
Thank you so much...I'll try to plant cherry seeds asap...Love...cherries...
You're most welcome! Make sure to plant lots and lots of cherry seeds... most of mine died :(
I just put mine in plant pot didnt even plant them just put seeds in pushed down a bit with a tiny twig 😂😂😂not expecting them to grow ..that was in early March..n it's May there growing I didn't do any of the put them in fridge thing. Now I'm searching for video what to do with them next... can't seem to find one😕😕😕😕 3 of the 8 seeds sprouted n are growing in same pot worried they mite wilt n die.. Anyone any suggestions ..in UK pls
Perhaps one month of cold was enough for them to germinate? The usual recommendation is 90 days, but hey, if they're growing, they're growing!
Now that they're growing, just make sure they get enough water and sun! Not much for you to do right now until they outgrow their pots.
@@treelife365 thank u so much☺..
I had put pot on my kitchen window from the ground sun is strongest there coz it's still scattered showers hopefully thats enough as i dont want to over drown them. They about 8-9 inches tall n new baby leaves.. coming thru... ☺☺☺
@@blossom9143 - Ahhh... I see... so, you didn't even cold stratify them! Perhaps they were stored in the cold before they were sold at the supermarket. That said, seeds still can germinate without cold stratification; just that cold stratification increases germination rate.
Since they're inside now... you can keep growing them inside if you want, but temperate trees like cherry, when mature, won't produce fruit unless subject to lower temperatures in winter.
When they're bigger and stronger, if you do decide to put them outside, make sure to harden them off! Hardening your plants is to slowly get them used to the outside by bringing them out for an hour the first day, then back inside, then two hours the next day, then back inside... and so on until after a week you finally leave them outside the whole day...
I'm very upset cause my cherry plant dried out and in India cherry very costly! Hardly got it from market started sprouting but I don't know how it's goes may by the climate or by unsuitable soil? As I followed a tips from UA-cam but it doesn't work out! Please do suggest me!
Aruna Kamei - Cherry are a temperature tree, so it might be too hot in India, depending on where you are located. Don't give up on the tree you have now, though... it may look dead, but if you continue to water it and give it lots of shade, it will recover.
Assuming you are not in mountainous regions, then it's too hot in India for a cherry tree... you'll thus need to put it in a well-shaded area and always provide sufficient water to the soil.
Keep in mind that cherry trees don't bear fruit unless they've gone through winter conditions!
I'm going to buy my self some cherries and try this methods , it is hard to find fresh cherry seller in my country
It's a good idea, but be aware that most cherry trees don't produce delicious fruit... they are not "true to seed". Some trees grown from seed will have delicious fruit, but you'll only know after many years waiting for them to mature!
I heard you could just crack the shells so you don’t have to put them in the refrigerator at all
I've heard that, too, but have never tried it. Perhaps you could try that with half of the seeds you have and then do cold stratification for the rest?
@@treelife365 stratification needed at least 2 months in refrigerator.
@@MrToni99 - Yes, indeed! The longer the better, I heard. Even three or four months.
This guy is hard to understand but plants his seeds after a month from eating the cherry with good success..
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Just put it in the soil and it is gonna pop out by itself.Only the soil has to be mixed with a little bit of a ground soil and it has to be wet.Thats how i grlwed mines
growed
Yes, that's a good method, too! You'd have to plant them in the autumn, outside, of course. They require cold stratification 😁
I had a few cherry trees started and around a year old. Then they started dying in the fall and I thought that they would come back in spring being a deciduous tree, but they didn't.
The same thing happened to all my cherry trees, unfortunately 😭
One of them actually survived for two years, but it also died.
Some of mine seemed to have disease (rust colour spots on the leaves, wilting leavs)... but I've also read that seedlings often don't survive for very long.
@@treelife365 Going to try again, it's all I can do. I really want a cherry tree or two growing in my yard.
Sorry, Eric, didn't see your reply until just now. I hope you have a cherry tree going!
Thanks for the excellent video.
Kathleen Byers - You're very welcome!
great video buddy.. did you buy those pots online?
Bilal OULADALLAH - Thanks! The pots are from the dollar store, actually! They're biodegradable bamboo resin pots. I would probably drill some drainage holes next time.
You mean the pot??
Just sowing cherry seeds in the soil takes even a year for it to germinate..it kind of needs some pretreatment. I know it because I have tried it in my nursery
Sashi Lemla - Yes indeed... if you plant them directly in the soil in autumn, you'll have to wait until spring for them to germinate. If you'd like to speed up the process, you can use the "cold stratification" method to get cherry seeds to germinate. Essentially, you put them in moist moss in the refrigerator for 90 days and then when you remove them from the refrigerator, you plant them and they'll germinate without a problem!
I have tried stratification method too n they are germinating...it's just simple stratification with sand n not cold stratification
can you skip the fridge step by cracking the shell first? Or is stratifying a necessary step regardless of the stage in the beginning? Other videos skip the fridge and just crack manually and then plant, some add the fridge step in with the crack open shell... lol Seems the fridge option is hit or miss on here. I always thought with stone fruit you have to add the fridge or simulate winter for the seed to propagate. I once opened a nectarine and the pit cracked open and a seed was already rooting, I planted it and it grew! I have no clue about why some you have to do the fridge step and some you dont?
Thor Mjolnir - Storing the seeds in the fridge simulates winter conditions, which causes a chemical change within the seed once it gets warm, causing it to sprout during what it thinks is spring. It's not at all necessary to crack them open, because they'll crack open automatically after stratification (and that's extra work for no good reason!). The only time you can skip this stratification process is if you apply a specific chemical treatment to the seeds... I can't recall the name of the chemical...
In terms of why your nectarine was already germinated, I believe it's the same reason you often find apples that are already sprouted... because they're kept in cold storage for a time, before they are finally shipped to the supermarket and sold! It's cool when that happens, because you can plant them directly into soil.
I didn't do the fridge step, I gently crack them open with a lemon squeezer put them in a damp paper towel with Ziploc bag and let them grow, within a couple of weeks notice some of them were ready to transfer to soil I'm just waiting for the rest.
I took some fresh cherries, ate them, then cracked the pits open and although I then put the seeds in the fridge it was only for a few days. I then put them in a warm place for a few more days and they sprouted. So I don't think the seeds necessarily need a long cold stratification. This possibly suggests that cherry seeds (at least some varieties) dormancy is purely an exogenous physical dormancy i.e. the pit is the thing that gets the seed safely through winter and is the barrier preventing the seed from germinating. As opposed to say a chemical dormancy where a chemical change needs to happen in the seed embryo or a physiological dormancy where the seed embryo hasn't finished development yet.
Of course the cherries I bought were refrigerated in the store and may have been refrigerated for a while which may have acted like a stratification period but I would presume it was only a few days so probably not.
I have also been trying to stratify plum seeds (again from pits I cracked open) but none have germinated. So maybe plums require a long stratification whilst cherries don't seem to.
nitelite78
Dear brother there is only one easy and simple way to germinate every seed.
1- dip the seeds into the water & close it tightly.
It depends on the nature of seeds.
Small
Medum
Large.
So dip them for 1/2/3/4 days.
Change water after every 12 hours.
Now put only sand into the pot water it & put the seeds in this sand.
Cover the pot with plastic sheet. Keep it in shady place.
Plese check them time to time. After 2 weeks.
I personally experienced
I grow wallnuts, peanuts
Cardamoms in same way.
@@minsahusnain3263 I'm a beginner to garden world. THANKS for a simple explanation. I'll try your way, and will see what happen. I'm imagining if my Cherry plant is gonna be really good to me to patiently do. THANKS ALL for the explanation. It's mean really good to me to learn. 👍🏼✊
How much sun does it have to have? One of my baby cherry plant that just started coming out stopped growing ?
Myrna Belthius - You want to give it full sun, a lot of light. If indoors and it's not at a really bright windowsill, you could supplement its light with a bright bulb (1600 lumens) directly above. If it is outdoors, make sure its not shaded by anything.
Sometimes they seem to stop growing, but then they'll start up again.
Thank you for the video!
Radu Adrian Puiu - You're welcome! Glad it was useful for you :)
How did Cherries grow naturally? Why don't you just stick them in a pot when it is winter almost and watch them grow? Isn't that a little easier?
Little Kawaii Cherry - Yes indeed, you could just put the cherry seeds in a pot and leave it outside over winter and it'll grow in spring as it naturally does. Doing it in the fridge allows you to get them to grow sooner, like in January (inside the house, of course), so come spring, they'll be bigger!
Thanks.
Gonna keep my holy weed "moss" in the fridge and show the cops this video if they find my stash
Zubair Khan - Yes! Please show them this comment as well: cherry seeds grow best in moist weed 😂
@@treelife365 😂😂😂😂
why not skip the bag of grass, put the seeds into those little planters, put them in the fridge and take the whole lot out after 10 weeks, and smoke the grass?
Performance Down Under - Yes, you could definitely do that! It would just take up slightly more space in the refrigerator.
You could smoke the grass in either method 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
dont fill those yellow pots so full so as it grows you can add a little soil and it want be spindly
Great tip, Frank! Thanks 😊
"Moss"..sure..
"Moss" is a secret Canadian thing for gardening! Fully legal!!!
@@treelife365 Lol..Great Vid! Keep it up!
@@FJ-kh4bf - Thank you so much and hope you liked it :) Take care and stay safe!
@@treelife365 u too my brother!
I m sorry, I couldn't watch the whole video. Two and a half min. You're just too low in the mic. So maybe at the house, not for out side. I live in NY.🤨🤨
Oh, sorry about that! I just use my cellphone to record, without an external microphone (which would be more professional and preferred). I guess you can continue watching when you get home?! Thanks for watching :)
On gangstas
Maybe?
Hi moss made in China is there anything they don't make that don't break moss made in China lol 😂😂 go a walk into your local woods/forest there's loads take a big basket and some plastic bags and pick your own and resell it to them 🙉🙈🙊😂
Glad you enjoyed the video! I support obtaining material locally... if I didn't already have this moss, I would've used topsoil (I wouldn't feel right ripping moss that's alive out of the forest).
If you have room to grow 500 hundred trees to get a decent tree ok but your waisting your time if not, a tree needs to be a good variety grafted into a good root stock or you'll end up with a small sour cherry that's disease prone 99.9% of the time
tbird475 tjk - Indeed, if one's goal was cherries, then buying a young grafted tree would be the quickest...
Growing a tree from seed is all about the experience and the reward of watching something grow! The fruit would be a bonus, but the flowers, the shade, carbon sequestration, benefit to wildlife, are all valuable aspects of a tree!
I fell asleep
That is so nice! If you are laying in bed and are having trouble drifting off... just listen to my video 😍
Borrrrinnng
You might like gardening when you are older 😉
waste of time. you will not get fruit
You'll get a tree, though!
You may get fruit, you never know (fruit is just a bonus) 😁
Yes no very organized in making a video he didn't have seed and now he's not got the original pods wow he certainly wouldn't get a job in presenting a gardening program on TV my goodness what a boring video ....you would actually be better planting it in the bigger pot then you wouldn't shock it having to replant it 🤯🕵️but your the Gardner here 👍🥃 where's the cherries from the seed all I saw was small shoots from seed 😂😭
0:53 - Voilà! Les graines...
Thank you for your compliments on my very first how-to gardening video 🙏