"Dwayne" wrote in message ...

"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
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Having just finished a yummy bag of cherries, I wondered if it would
be possible to grow a cherry tree (or two) from the stones. Has
anyone tried this with success? We have an unheated greenhouse, if
that helps.


Just lay them in your compost pile and cover them up with compost. Next
year some should come up as trees and you transplant them in the spring.
They will probably not be the same cherries as you bought, but they will be
edible.

(Posting order re-arranged.)

But will they be fleshy enough to bother with? Wild cherries aren't,
and that may be what you'll end up with. The reason I mention this is
that while growing trees to fruiting maturity from pips is great fun,
if you haven't got an acre or two of ground and ten years to spare,
it's probably better simply to buy a tree of a recognized variety
known to do well in your area.

Peaches are noted for coming pretty well from seed; but I just don't
know about cherries. I know all too well what it is to be desperate to
do gardening and sometimes not have the money even for a packet of
seed, and you can have wonderful fun within those limits*; but if
twenty quid or so is there, and you want a fruit tree, it's the best
way. You won't end up behind the rich guy if you can only put in one a
year, and you may give your trees better love and care and so end up
ahead of him.

*(actually *more* fun, looking back, because of the sense of
achievement -- those wildflower seeds and scrounged or nicked cuttings
gave the best plants ever! Anybody who won't give a polite stranger a
cutting or a few seeds is no gardener, so you should never be shy
about asking.)

Mike.