I Have Cherries

[Nyboy]

Growing up there where 2 semi dwarf cherry trees in our yard. We where never allowed to clime any of the trees in our yard, but I never listened. Every spring they would be covered in pink flowers, later as the cherries ripened I would clime and eat them. As a adult I wanted my own cherry trees and tried to grow one. Failure after failure tree would die. I was sure it was my slow draining heavy clay soil. I tried sweet, tart, ornamental cherry all died. i ordered from Stark bro cherry grafted to roots that could handle clay. planted on mounds nothing worked. For years I kept tiring always failure. last year I gave 1 more try with a tart cherry. Last night i went up to country house. This morning I checked the orchard 1 tree was covered in small yellow fruit, I did not remember what tree it was luckly tag was still on it. Tart cherry This is the only cherry that made it though winter and fruited.

 

[thistlebloom]

Hey, that's great! Do you remember what variety it is?

 

[Nyboy]

I will have to check the tag. Wish I would have seen tree in flower.

 

[Nyboy]

Now if only I could get a paw paw to live

 

[Jared77]

Now if only I could get a paw paw to live

Baby steps....

 

[Rhodie Ranch]

whats a paw paw? besides that which you work on in your shop.

 

[catjac1975]

Growing up there where 2 semi dwarf cherry trees in our yard. We where never allowed to clime any of the trees in our yard, but I never listened. Every spring they would be covered in pink flowers, later as the cherries ripened I would clime and eat them. As a adult I wanted my own cherry trees and tried to grow one. Failure after failure tree would die. I was sure it was my slow draining heavy clay soil. I tried sweet, tart, ornamental cherry all died. i ordered from Stark bro cherry grafted to roots that could handle clay. planted on mounds nothing worked. For years I kept tiring always failure. last year I gave 1 more try with a tart cherry. Last night i went up to country house. This morning I checked the orchard 1 tree was covered in small yellow fruit, I did not remember what tree it was luckly tag was still on it. Tart cherry This is the only cherry that made it though winter and fruited.

I admire your tenacity.

 

[Nyboy]

Paw paw is a native fruit tree. Taste like banana very creamily. It does not travel well so you don't see it at market.

 

[seedcorn]

If you haven’t picked the cherries, you haven’t won yet.

 

[AMKuska]

We planted a cherry tree too! We planted it last year and thought it was dead. This year it has proudly put out a single branch of leaves. I hope some day to see flowers!