The best we can do in this case is work with these plugs and see what happens. Juliet has very good genetics but I wanted to post this because other growers will experience this same thing. We need to figure out long term as a fruit growing group what works the best for us. It would be a difficult challenge for a new fruit grower to get this package in the mail and not have on hand the things they need. There was not a plant over 4" in the package but most of us would think there would be five 8" plants and 3 scrawny plants. Whats worse is i think a lot of this is about shipping costs and high demand for juliet! Juliet should demonstrate that its a tough plant but the plants in general are not in great shape. The plants are at a huge disadvantage. Hopefully with a little tlc they will be ok. In my area on a normal year these plants would be in really big trouble. This is why we do these test crops before we order 1000+ plants from a nursery. I wanted to plant out a field of at least 2 acres of them next year but in this case that wont work for me as i plant out bushes now. Eventually i need 5-10 acres of cherry bushes to supply demand in this area. As your aware @39thparallel is a nursery / fruit grower who orders thousands of trees and bushes and was doing a test as well to determine what he will order from them in the future as well. Thankfully we did not combine an order for 5 or 6 thousand plants and attempt to field plant these! The need for sour cherries everywhere is very high for wine, cooking, juice etc… my buyers all have one word for cherries which is they want “MORE”! Long term i hope i find a supplier for larger juliet plants at a reasonable price. In the meantime i will evaluate these and determine how they adapt to Kansas. I will post later on if my efforts work out at this thread Juliet Cherry
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