I live in a very natural, wooded setting, Steve, and the one I'm talking about is a young cherry that came up by the garage, I can't remember exactly when, because it's just one of many. I started cutting off small branches to feed cats, and noticed that pruning it just made it make more new growth, but since I keep repeatedly pruning the new growth off, it never gets any taller or wider. Maybe the trunk will get bigger? There's another one I used that's in my 'yard' inside the fence, but not as much because it got tent caterpillars who pruned it so much there wasn't that much left for me to cut. As long as you have WBC, you'll have some type of lepidoptera and seedling trees coming up all over - the seeds must have a high viability rate, because seedlings are everywhere in the spring. WBC is one of the pioneer type trees, meaning that it comes up on its own on cleared or cutover land. MissSherry

True! Good point, Ken. It may cloud the bounce with more pulp exposed, but I would think it will still taste good and you can always strain it. I didn't pit mine at all when using fresh, so you may just want to leave the pits in until it's finished. Deanna

I've transplanted fully fruiting large indeterminate plants several times. Just don't water immediately before you do this transplant. That's to make sure the roots and growing medium (mix) can remain together and not crumble away. Get some help to tend to the stems and foliage while you do the heavy work. Here's what I'd do. Go back to that Home Depot and look around the garden supplies for a ~15 gallon container. They used to sell a blue tub for about $6.00 and it had rope handles. Drill some holes in the sides about 2 to 3 inches above the bottom. Don't drill directly into the bottom. Now, place the tub in its final assigned position. Put about 3 to 4 inches of fresh potting mix into the tub. Now, take a flat piece of wood or metal (the small paint paddles work fine) and make sure the plant's root ball and mix is not stuck to the sides of the 5 gallon bucket. Grab the tomato plant's stem way down close to the top of the growing medium in the 5 gallon bucket and gently lift the plant out of the bucket. Place the plant's root ball into the center of the new tub and stand it up. Now add new potting mix all around, filling the new tub up. Pack (tamp) it in to firm up the whole thing. Now water it in, reinstall any support systems, and you're done. Depending on how much foliage you have to deal with, you may need someone to help support the branches while you remove the plant from the bucket and set it into the tub. I've done a Yellow Pear before. The last plant I did was a Cherokee Purple. Ted

Well so far I have 20 quarts of pitted cherries in the freezer. I still have a grocery sack filled to the top with cherries to deal with ( I am going to pit and dry these) My neighbor has a dehydrator and so do I so will get both of them going tomorrow. I still have another tree that needs to get picked so will pick those for freezing or eating fresh. After I get done with the cherries the apricots will be ready. A neighbor here in town has a huge apricot tree that he does nothing with the fruit so will pick those. Then on to the veggie garden, apples, pears, peaches, plums, and chockcherries. I also have a mulberry tree to pick from if I get the chance before they are gone. Want to know the funny thing about all this..... I don't have even one fruit tree in my yard. These are all harvested from others that don't want the fruit and don't want the mess in the yard, so their loss is my families gain. Stacie