my backyard has a concrete area between the two areas with land, so if i were to get a bing cherry 50 feet away in the next area for cross pollination, would they produce fruit? my yard is pretty bare of pollinators but i could try to improve that… i want the rainer cherry to grow on top of where i buried my dog, only issue is the space, we already have three peach trees in this side of the yard so there is only so much space. i really want a rainer tree over her grave, the fruit looks so beautiful. is it worth a try?
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100 feet your fine. The second year in the ground you can graft a Bing branch to the Rainer and a rainer to the bing if you want.
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i ended up buying a 3 in 1 tree with bing black tartarian and lapins and a rainer cherry. in a year, can i graft a rainer cherry into the 3 in one? would that effect tree negatively?
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With any grafted tree your going to find some cultivars are more vigorous and grow faster and larger. You have to trim those branches bck more to keep the tree in balance. And so that you do not lose your other cultivars to the one taking up the majority of the energy. But otherwise Multi graph trees are great. If only to have a polinator close by.
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i see. while grafting is there anything i could potentially screw up? looks pretty straight forward in what i researched. the rainer tree is already fruiting but aesthetically the 3 in 1 looks better. the rainer rootstock is wider than the graft and im afraid with growth it may be disproportionate. the trees r sold to bare fruit within a year, a 15gal pot, but the summer in SoCal will bake everything soon. i read grafts fail if they dry up in the sun. any advice would be appreciated
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- you identified the dominate limb. Thats the one thats the one your going to be more agressive trimming back. 2. Thats the one your going to be grafting new branches too. 3. its past grafting season. you have plenty of time to research. 4. forget bearing in a year, train that tree and you will enjoy more fruit in 3 years.
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