How to Grow a Cherry Blossom Tree From Seed

Here is a really good guide to growing a cherry tree from seed, I will summarize the information below.


 1. If you are growing a cherry plant from seed, you will probably have to wait 5 to 10 years before the tree blossoms. Depending on the variety of the seed you have, the cherrys may or may not fruit because only self-pollinating cherry trees fruit. Other cherry varieties must be cross-pollinated in order to fruit.

2. This can be an interesting experiment or just a fun thing to do with your loved one, like how me and Calvin have planted our tree. We did it for fun and by caring for the tree together, it has created a wonderful bonding experience for us. It has shown me a surprisingly nurturing side of Calvin and my insistence on careful observation has also spawned this blog.

Overall, it can be a fun project for anyone.

The Steps are Easy.

1. First either collect the pits from cherry's you've eaten at home or order cherry seeds online. Make sure to choose seeds that are not dried out to plant. If the seed looks and feels brittle it is probably dried out. Fresh seeds from cherry fruits should be fine.

2. Plant the seeds 2 inches deep in a soil and perlite mix or a mulch based soil. The soil needs to be loose and moist,so that the roots can grow properly. Dense soil can potentially harm or kill and cherry tree.
   

3a. If you are planting outside, plant each seed about 12 inches away from each other and plant in the fall. The seeds will straitify over winter and sprout in the spring.

3b. If you are planting in a pot, place about 2-4 seeds per pot to insure at least one seed germinates. Place pot in the refrigerator for 4-6 weeks to stimulate stratifying in the winter. Or you can plant the seeds in the fall and place the pot outdoors. After the stratification process in the refrigerator, move your pot to a warm, sunny area, the seed should sprout within a couple of weeks. If you plan on planting it indoors, it does not matter what time of year you plant your seeds, as long as the seeds has been properly stratified, it will sprout. We planted in april, placed in the fridge for about 5 weeks, our seed sprouted in May.

- Make sure the soil is remains moist, but not dripping wet. Water soil as you see fit, once every two weeks perhaps.


* Side Note: We planted love tree in april from a kit that had a perlite mixture, our seed germinated fine. However, we did re-pot love tree into a 8qt pot (much larger than the 10 oz growth chamber provided by the kit. Love tree does seem to have stopped growing, we are not quite sure what is going on. It might just be wintering, we're not sure.) To remedy this situation we have used toothpicks to poke holes in the soil surrounding love tree, hoping to provide some ventilation that way. We are using a pot with a drainage system, so love tree won't be overwatered.

4. Continue caring for you cherry tree and expect to enjoy cherry blossoms or fruits in about 5-10 years. =D

I hope everyone will be sucessful, in their cherry seed planting adventures.

Calvin made a Cherry Tree Planting guide in a microsoft word .doc, that you can download. I will upload that soon.

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