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Fri, May 2, 14 at 13:25

I bought 5 cherry tree seeds from an ebayer in Michigan. I only managed to get one seed to germinate and eventually growing into a small seedling tree last summer. I planted it in the ground in the fall. It has made it through our first winter here in nc, looks great, but I noticed yesterday it has some small red ants on it. they don't appear to be eating the leaves and I am wondering if I should spray with something to kill them. I know ants are good for peonies but don't know about cherry trees. any help out there for Michigan cherry tree....

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Posted by floral_uk 8/9 (My Page) on
Sat, May 3, 14 at 11:13

I doubt they will have any effect on the cherry. However they might be 'farming' aphids. Blast off the aphids with the hose and the ants will go way. BTW you do know that a cherry tree from seed will not be the same as its parent, don't you? So I hope you weren't expecting fruit or pretty pink flowers. Buying cherry tree seeds was really not a good bargain unless it was a species. You'd get the same results sowing the pits of cherries from the fruit bowl.

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