They’re very good cherries although we should try to improve their size and seed to flesh ratio.
Does anyone have a good way to remove the seeds for making jam?
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I agree it would be nice if someone tried to improve them. I do have a couple white varieties that are supposed to be improved, but haven’t fruited yet. I know small seedy fruit isn’t the next big thing for the masses, but personally my favorite fruits to grow are those that are small and conducive to snacking while working outside. Pits or seeds aren’t a problem if you have somewhere to spit them.
Also if some strains are reliably self fertile that would be nice to know.
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I think some Japanese plum varieties can pollinate them and vice versa. It’s not a ton tho.
Oh I see there are some Japanese ornamental cherry trees with 100m but I doubt they’re the pollinator since almost all flowers I had set fruits. But it could be. I didn’t observe if they flowered at the same time. I’ll check it next year.
What are people’s experience with optimal soil pH for nanking cherries? USO extension specifically stars they prefer alkaline soil. Nurseries list an acidic to neutral pH.
Either way I don’t think they are particularly picky
I’m taking out a blueberry and was thinking of what I have that might want an in ground spot. But, I heavily amended the soil to drop the pH, so if they prefer alkaline, I can’t imagine it would grow great in super acidic. At least, that’s what I was trying to ascertain. Not picky is good, but I don’t want to put it in if that’s super suboptimal.
My Nankings do fine in acidic soil.
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No we need to find friends in poland or Ukraine and get an import license. When I searched a while back I found even more cultivars then this
Also Japanese cherries will likely have a hard time. Many many prunus are labled cherry when they are closer in relation to plums. Nanking are one of them.
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