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Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 21:18
| Hi folks! I have a small (4") wild cherry tree that is right in the middle of where I'm trying to develop a small orchard. I have left this tree because I've been told that it could help cross-pollinate some of my fruiting cherry trees (I've planted 2 species of sour and 2 of sweet cherry). I would love to hear from some of you all whether that is even true (can wild cherry really pollinate fruit cherries)? (There are other wild cherries nearby that will remain if I graft this one). But the real purpose of this post is to ask if you all think I can cut the wild cherry tree a few feet above ground and then graft a fruit cherry onto it (via a bark graft/rind graft). I think I've read enough to know how to do the graft and the size of the wild cherry would probably work out based on grafting videos I've seen..BUT CAN A WILD CHERRY accept a fruit cherry graft? BTW...I have no idea what kind of wild cherry it is. Others nearby on my land that look just like it do produce really tiny, inedible wild cherries and grow VERY large. Thanks for helping. |
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- Posted by windfall_rob vt4 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 22:10
| If it is a pin cherry, then yes you can graft succesfully to it. Although I do not know how well rind grafting will work. But you can (and I have) cut them back and then graft to the watersprouts that emerge the following year. If it is native Black Cherry it will not graft successful. Pin cherries rarely reach any size so I suspect it is a black chery, but there are a few other native cherries that may work. |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 22:41
| Best to try and see one year, you might be out of luck...like windfall mentioned, even with pin cherries, it took me close to 20 years to find out that I have two species, one will take the graft, the other not! |
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- Posted by thecityman 6a (My Page) on Mon, Nov 4, 13 at 23:17
| The level of expertise here amazes me....Thank-you both! Is there any tips for telling what kind of wild cherry I have? Also, if I try it and it doesn't work, will the graft just die and/or not take, or will it "take" but just not bear fruit. If I post photos of the tree would it help you all know it it is a pin or a black? But the other wild cherry trees just a few feet from this one are probably almost 50 feet tall...we are talking LARGE trees so I'm guessing black. DANG!!!! I am crushed if this won't work...I was all excited because the wild cherry is in the perfect location in my orchard for a fruit cherry AND it is so healthy and established (4"-6") it would have been PERFECT. But knowing how big it will get based on nearby ones I can't leave it. What about the pollination thing? will wild cherries pollinate fruit trees? |
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| So glad I didn't cut down my wild cherries yet. I have three (presumably) wild cherry trees on my property. The fruit looks like a regular cherry, but the flesh to pit ratio is very low and the flavor starts off cherry and then leads into a crappy aftertaste. Instead of destroying them, I will try to graft from my Minnie Royal and Royal Lee cherry trees. Nothing to lose. |
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- Posted by strudeldog 7 NW GA (My Page) on Tue, Nov 5, 13 at 6:58
| The weeping ornamental Yoshino type tree at my old residence put up seedlings everywhere, and I grafting several to NorthStar (Pie Cherry) with a bark graft 100% takes. I know not wild cherry but folks might have have the seedlings about as well. Not certain how the tree will perform long run on this rootstock. |
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- Posted by konrad___far_north 3..just outside of E (My Page) on Tue, Nov 5, 13 at 22:23
| If not compatible you can expect many things like,...not growing at all, graft can grow for a while, couple of weeks, month, then dying off, or it can grow good for some years, heaving fruits and then unexpectedly dying off. You can graft some vigorous branches several feet away from the trunk, not heavier then your thumb, or prune it heavy, let water sprout form and graft on these the following year closer to the trunk. I don't think black cherry is helpful for your pollination of sweet cherries, also, most likely not flowering the same time, I would graft self fruitful cherries. |
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| I tried whip grafting 50 Evans Bailey scion onto northern Wisconsin black cherries, or choke cherries. I had about 50% take and hope a few make it this spring. the native tree is very vigorous and needs constant attention. I will give it one more year and let them go from there. I did it as a test. anyone try it ? |
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| tcm, Greatest likelihood is that your cherry is P.serotina, the native wild black cherry; it's everywhere here. I've never seen pincherry in this neck of the woods. Or, if I did, I didn't recognize it. I'm not aware that serotina will cross-pollenize - or even bloom in synchrony with - any of the 'edible' cherries. Evans/Bali is a great cherry for Konrad and folks in really cold climates - I've seen the photos to prove it. But let me save you some more grief, at my own expense: don't waste your time with it where you are; it's a 'dog' here in our hot zone 6 setting. |
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