Dwarf Barbados cherry in bloom ... again!
roselee z8b S.W. Texas
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No Cherries Again This Year?
Comments (8)I grafted the Stella and self-Fertile Bing that were from my home depot bought ultradwarf cherries (Gisela 5) and grafted these unto my large trees including the potted Craig's Crimson. Those cherry scionwood are blooming like crazy even though they are just one year grafts. They even beat the Craig's Crimson's in terms of flower density. I have Yellow Spanish, Chistabalina, Rainier (regular non-patent), Early Burlat, Merton Late and others grafted last year on the Home Depot ultradwarf trees and are also blooming now, but it might impact their growth. I want them to grow big first. I have just purchased several Krymsk 5 rootstocks and are supposed to be good substitute for Gisela. I will have fun grafting experimentation on them come fall season or late winter after they grow bigger. If they are satisfactory in my yard, I will chop off my tall cherry trees. Would love to try to graft peaches and plums onto the Krymsk 5 and see if they will be okay. Has anyone tried this? Krymsk 1 will surely take on peach, plums and apricots, I don't know if the same is true of Krymsk 5 which is listed as compatible for all cherry types. At only $3.25 each (order of 5 or more), they sure beat the prices of ultra-dwarf at Home Depot which are sold at $17 each....See Morefrustrated with cherry trees not blooming (pics)
Comments (9)LL, I also have been heavily pruning my cherries and I got a small bloom in year 3, and the first good bloom last year (4th year). These are mostly on Gisela 5. So even with G5 if you are keeping it small with heavy pruning it may take more than a year or two. This year they are all blooming very strongly all over, including trees on Mazzard, Mahaleb and GM 61/1. Note that the non-G5 trees did not bloom much if at all in past years so for me they are a year or two behind. If your trees are like mine you may be better off keeping what you have than starting over -- its a tough call. You may also be leaving too much wood on in terms of the density of branches when you prune. Try to keep 1' or more distance between all but the short limbs. Also make sure you summer prune twice a summer, or the tree will be too vigorous to want to settle down and start fruiting. (The principle here is practicing size control without summer pruning leads to delay in fruiting: the tree will be focused on leaf replacement instead.) It took me several years to get the hang of proper cherry pruning and this may have set me back a bit. Scott...See MoreBarbados Cherry and More from the SA Botanical Center ....
Comments (35)R -- I had a good time reading all the posts about the trip to the Botanical Center. But that first line had me confused...."when Jolana and Patty came to town..." I thought I must have had to much to drink since I couldn't remember a thing about it ! ( I saw your post later correcting this. It was really Tammy.) Love the way you mention your mulch guy in your posts. I know for a fact that he's a terrific guy to have around !! patty p.s. did someone really take a cherry ???...See MoreCaesalpinia Pulcherrima (Pride of Barbados, Dwarf Poinciana)
Comments (18)Thanks much, halfway and Tom B. So, the reason why you don't see photos posted here by me is that I'm one of the leading dorks of the world. I don't know exactly what my problem is, but I just don't ever want to slow down enough to take photos, post them here and everywhere else, etc. Weird, I know! The Caesalpinia is still just a dream for me, Halfway. I'm wondering if it would perform more or less similarly to the popcorn cassia, being from the same (huge) plant family and all. I talk to the folks at Top Tropicals all the time about my mad schemes too. I should be hearing back from them too today. In any case, this is all about next year.....next growing season, that is, here in WI. For whatever reason, ornamental horticulture is a very trend-driven thing. I'm actually ok with that, and usual am riding the trends anyway, but this query represents my efforts to be outside of all that, doing and showcasing things that literally nobody else is doing! And so it is. The flame vine info is most helpful. My crew persons sure don't want to deadhead those vines! Sure, they may have to anyway. It's on their list of many things! But the advice I've received from you guys is priceless. Thanks a lot. It seems like the vine pushes waves of blossoms. For example, even before we planted our stuff-in the greenhouse-they were full of blooms. Then, after being placed out into the early-summer coolness of WI, they went into straight vegetative growth. About a month ago, they just exploded in blossoms and are now seemingly going into a resting or vegetative stage again. Truth be told, I'm evaluating them this season. It was a cinch to get them, due to the excellent contacts of the grower who supplied our stuff this year, so that's not an issue. It's always about, is this or that plant "good enough" for our relatively short season. I don't waste my time with something that's any less than excellent, or try not to anyway. Thanks again, and Halfway, I look forward to further reports! +oM...See Moreroselee z8b S.W. Texas
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