Tart cherry vigor vs sweet cherry vigor

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I grow montmorency, juliet, and carmine jewell on their own roots. @39thparallel gifted me an early richmond on its own roots. I prefer cherries on their own roots and have far better luck with them that way. I have plenty of mahaleb rootstocks and a north star, but the results are not the best. Growing sweet cherries is possible, but the results are disappointing at best. I grow mahaleb on mounds.

Carmine Jewell Cherry Yields increasing with age

I’ve noticed substantially higher cherry numbers this year as Carmine Jewell ages. Anyone else seeing this trend? I would say the yields have doubled every year since they started bearing. I normally don’t see those types of fruit increases from one year to the next. Here’s a few pictures so you know what I mean. [image][image][image][image]

Carmine jewell

Montmorency

Grafting sweet cherries

Sweet cherry grafts

The sweet cherry grafts are starting to take it looks like! [image][image]