cherry tree advice any one please thanks

[nots so bad lad]

Hello people

Hello people thanks for helping between you lot and another forum allotments 4 all i have got some answers the label on the tree is in three differant lanuages it was supplied from holland plant in spring or autum harvest in may to july A bloke in belgium says he as one and planted it on its own self fertile most people and books says sweet cheeries need a pollinater so might have to buy another sweet one any way jaxom going give your link a go mate thanks people

Ps mine does not say weather its fertile all double dutch this one

[Lesley Jay]

Jaxom the Morello cherry isn't a sweet one so is not compatible. What we need to find out is when the Hedelfinger is in flower because we need a variety that flowers at the same time.

[nots so bad lad]

Hi its him again just had mail from belgium chap says its self fertile like is but my only query is that is is a hedelfinger riesenkirche ?mines just says hedelfinger wot do you people think? take is word and go fill my boots ? If nothing fruits in a few years thats my answer again?

[Nicos]

yes... plant it, enjoy the blossom and see if it fruits...if it doesn't, then you know what to ask for for Xmas!!!(it'll probably end up being a self-fertiliser after all that! and then the birds will eat the fruit!)

[Lesley Jay]

I have just Googled Hedelfinger Riesenkirche and only 3 items came up. NSBL plant it and keep your fingers crossed. I have read so much about cherries in the last couple of days I think I will have to buy a cherry tree myself. If I remember right if it's not self fertile you will still get a bit of fruit but when you cut it open there will not be any stone. So in a couple of years you will know.

[Melbourne12]

I know this has also been discussed on other forums, but I'm sure that Hedelfinger isn't self-fertile. It's undoubtedly an old-fashioned variety, and self-fertile cherries are quite recent. All that I can find is that it's a "Lambert type" cherry, but I'm not sure which of the four pollination groups that puts it into.

My suggestion is to buy one of the popular self-fertile varieties like Stella, which will also act as a pollinator for the Hedelfinger.

[Lesley Jay]

Melbourne you will be right. With the Hedelfinger variety being over 200 years old it will not be self fertile.

[nots so bad lad]

glad to see the discussion is still going

Never thought it would cause so much bother i am of to allotment committe meeting next week see if any body there Knows?

Watch this space or i watch it we will get the answer sooner or later thanks again

[Green Thumb Annie]

I never posted to this site, but I saw your note. I have found this information valuable. This information comes from Sweet Cherry Pollination Considerations for 2001 published by Dept of Horticultural Sciences at Cornell University in NY, USA.

Hedelfingen is a mid-to-late blooming, sweet cherry. It is compatible with Van, Regina, Lambert, Windsor, Vogue, Sam. You cannot use another Hedelfingen. It is self-incompatible.

The chart that I have also lists mid-season bloomers as possibly compatible. These are as follows: Napoleon, Valera, Kristin, Ulster, Bing, Emperor Francis, Hartland, and Schmidt.

Also, be sure if you plant a second tree that you allow sufficient space for growth. The larger trees should be about 20 ft apart. Check the spread as specified for the type you buy.

Good luck.

[Nicos]

Thanks for that (mystery solved!) and welcome!!!

[nick the grief]

Well done GTA, & welcome to the vine.

[rustic]

also went to wilkinsons this week , came away with a morello and a hedelfinger, we have several wild cherry trees that feed the birds, last year i actually got a couple of ripe ones for the first time in 40 years!. anyway will plant both and hope.

[Rac]

i also have a Hedelfinger cherry, just planted last week, the leaves are a bit droopy, can anyone tell me if this is normal or do i have to feed it or water it more, this is my first planting of a fruit tree so any advice will be most welcome.

[hilary'smum]

The only polinator I could find is EARLY RIVERS for Hedelfinger. However my search for an early rivers to polinate my 5 hedelfinger Riesenkirsche has been unsuccessful so far.

[sugar]

Can't you find a Kordia or Regina cherry? These are good outstanding cherry trees that will both fertilize Hedelfinger and flower at the same time... They are better pollinators then Early Rivers for Hedelfinger (the latter will flower a bit earlier then Hedelfinger)