Cherry trees
 

Has anyone grown cherry trees from seeds and then grafted onto the root
stock?

Any advice, comments?

Cherry trees
 

FarmI wrote:
Has anyone grown cherry trees from seeds and then grafted onto the root
stock?

Any advice, comments?



Why would you want to do that? I can guess because the seeds (really
pits) happen to be handy. There is always the problem of growing any
fruit tree from a seed. Genetically, you will not get the same fruit
like the one the seed is taken from. With some fruit like apples,
forget it. Perhaps with a cherry tree, you may have a better chance,
but why take it? There are many good sources of cherry scion available
from a nursury or even a friendly neighbor. As long as the root stock
is compatible with your cherry (Prunus). technically you should be able
to graft onto it.

Sherwin

Cherry trees
 

"sherwin dubren" wrote in message
FarmI wrote:
Has anyone grown cherry trees from seeds and then grafted onto the root
stock?

Any advice, comments?

Why would you want to do that? I can guess because the seeds (really
pits) happen to be handy. There is always the problem of growing any
fruit tree from a seed. Genetically, you will not get the same fruit
like the one the seed is taken from. With some fruit like apples, forget
it. Perhaps with a cherry tree, you may have a better chance,
but why take it? There are many good sources of cherry scion available
from a nursury or even a friendly neighbor. As long as the root stock is
compatible with your cherry (Prunus). technically you should be able to
graft onto it.

????

By grafting onto the rootstock, I meant grafting a scion onto the seedling
root stock. I didn't have in mind grafting a seedling scion onto another
seedling rootstock.