Cheapie cherry tree?

**rustylady** · 12-03-2012, 03:34 PM

Any help? Cherries: acid / Royal Horticultural Society

**Aberdeenplotter** · 12-03-2012, 06:18 PM

It's not the height that will be difficult to control. Cherry trees tend to sucker all over the place

**keepitgreen** · 12-03-2012, 06:39 PM

You can train It into a fan or Espalier along a wire. Look it up on google - I like the idea but won't ever get round to it.

I got my Morello cherry from Poundstretcher this year and it is in a big pot. It has been in the conservatory and has loads of leaves growing on it. I am trying to harden it off to go outside now.

I understand that birds don't go for Morello cherries so I hope you are not going to tell me that this was the type you had before that the birds stripped.

If you prune the tree it will only grow as big as you want it to. I don't think the Poundstretcher ones are on dwarf stock though (as it does not say on the label so correct me if I'm wrong) so I bet it would grow massive if we put them in the ground and didn't prune.

**biggreenfingers** · 12-03-2012, 07:45 PM

I bought a Cherry Stella from lidl about 4 years ago. I have it planted in my front garden and pruned the leader out to control the height of it. The cherries are absolutely beautiful from it and my son loves them. The only problem and it is a big problem, is that I think I will have to cut it down. My son is distraught as am I but its really too close to my house and don't want my house sinking into the abyss due to the vigorous roots of the cherry tree !!!!

**FB.** · 13-03-2012, 08:26 PM

biggreenfingers

If the cherry roots trouble you, dig a trench two spade depths down and sever any roots.
Most roots will be in the topsoil, no more than about 2ft down.
It will also effectively be "root pruning", which is an old technique for reducing the vigour and increasing the cropping of vigorous fruit trees.
The old technique used to involve driving a spade into the ground in a circle at the edge of the canopy spread.

**biggreenfingers** · 14-03-2012, 11:09 AM

Originally posted by FB. View Post

biggreenfingers

If the cherry roots trouble you, dig a trench two spade depths down and sever any roots.
Most roots will be in the topsoil, no more than about 2ft down.
It will also effectively be "root pruning", which is an old technique for reducing the vigour and increasing the cropping of vigorous fruit trees.
The old technique used to involve driving a spade into the ground in a circle at the edge of the canopy spread.

thanks for that advice. Wasn't aware of this for cherry trees. Will try anything to save the tree.

**Snadger** · 14-03-2012, 06:37 PM

Originally posted by FB. View Post

biggreenfingers

If the cherry roots trouble you, dig a trench two spade depths down and sever any roots.
Most roots will be in the topsoil, no more than about 2ft down.
It will also effectively be "root pruning", which is an old technique for reducing the vigour and increasing the cropping of vigorous fruit trees.
The old technique used to involve driving a spade into the ground in a circle at the edge of the canopy spread.

Seem to remember that a similar tactic is advoxcated or growing figs. In this instance I believe growing them in a sunken 40 gallon drum is recommended?

I am going to try a cheapie Morello cherry grown in a sunken, bottomless plastic water barrel.

**binley100** · 14-03-2012, 09:13 PM

Me and the birds share my morellos ..........

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