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I was wondering whether I could get some advise regarding a very old cherry tree on my lottie.  When I first took it over I thought that it was a peach tree.  Well needless to say, the birds got most of the cherries!  So is it even worth having as it is too big to net.

I want to know if it is natural that a tree gets higher than the greenhouse and if this is now too old.  The tree stumps is well over 30cm and looks old.  Do I remove it or do cherry trees live forever.  I also have a dead plum/damson tree which I have put on my "To Do List" for the Autumn to remove.

What are your thoughts / opinions?

Jenni

Older Cherries tend to get too big... I'm growing some new ones on a dwarfing rootstock... If your getting nothing from it then get rid of it!
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My cherry tree is planted in the wrong? position now pretty much in the shade of the walnut tree-it struggled to get to 8ft but it bears fruit and is small enough to fleece. Next door, Maggie is wondering about having her 20ft tree taken out because although it looks stunning when in blossom she cannot net it and never gets a cherry.

A bit off the main topic but are there self fertile dwarf cherries available?

Saddad-our posts crossed-any more info on dwarf varieties?

cleo, we have a dwarf, well, 7ft max, stella chery tree, self fertile, we got 2lbs off it this year and just top it to keep it within bounds  :)

Several cats., like Marshalls offer them Cleo... reckon they can be kept below 8'
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I have Summer Sun, which is about 7 years old now and is kept to 6 ft reasonably easily. It's self fertile but there are many cherries around here anyway. The fruit is very large and sweet.

I also have Stella on dwarf root stock - bought 4 years ago and trained (well sort of) as a fan against a sunny wall - so successful that this year I bought another and will attempt to train that as well.  There is absolutely nothing like large ripe cherries eaten while still warm fro the sun. Incidentally I protect it from the birds using old net/voile curtains -  don't rip in the wind and cheaper than enviromesh....

Thanks for the info all. Mine is called `Inga` and it`s good but not really in the right place. I`m tempted to get another on dwarf stock and train it up against a west facing wall