1st time growing Black Cherry etc advice please

16 years ago

I had planned to plant this in a pot and hang it from the the heaviest, longest "arm" I could find, screwed to my garage wall, then letting vines hang down and prune to a few branches. Would mulch and put a can with holes punched in it and a water bottle fitted to it with top cut out for ease of watering.

However, I read that they have very long vines. Are they heavy? Will this work? Will I need to cut the vines short?

I have a small urban area with little space and am trying to fit in some other heirlooms I've never tried. I am also hoping to grow Caspian Pink by tying it with strips of old panty hose to fishing line tied to the heaviest, longest "arm" I could find screwed to my garage wall. Again, advice would be appreciated it.

Since tomato plants are said to be poisonous and I have three wire-haired dachshunds, I am putting one of the plastic collars used for winterizing roses around Caspian Pink. I guess if Black Cherry gets low enough I'll have to cut the vines back just so the dogs can't reach it. Problems, problems.

My first-time Cherokee Purple will be in 5 gal. bucket with holes in it places in a big plastic pot with the tallest wire cage I can find and near a fence so it can be tied to the fence. I can put the plastic collar around this also.

Just for fun I am going to try upside down with Sweet Baby Girl in a green plastic shopping bag, inserted in the side, not the bottom, using cut off top of pop bottle. I have threaded fiashing wire through the shopping bag up to the handles, will put some herbs or flowers, probably parsley in top in holes through newspaper put on top. I read that the original had foam on the bottom so have foam from laptop box I can put in bottom. I will have to tie the handles together and tie it to the tallest shepherd's crook I can find, heavy brick at the bottom and tied to nearby fence. It will also have the can with holes punched in it and a water bottle fitted to it with top cut out for ease of watering sticking out of the top.

Caspian Pink and Cherokee Purple will also get a can with holes punched in it and a water bottle fitted to it with top cut out for ease of watering.

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Comments (10)

mulio
16 years ago
the dogs would need to eat a LOT before getting poisoned. They'd like stop, and starting yacking up, way before that point.

The plant will get big and heavy. For its best production it needs a large container for good root growth. That container with wet soil will be heavy let alone the plant. One would need some good anchor screws.

If it is hot and windy you will need to water it everyday.
catman529
16 years ago
From my experience black cherry grows huge, so be prepared for that. It can get heavy too. Caspian pink is also somewhat tall but not as thick-growing as black cherry.
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tn_veggie_gardner
16 years ago
Uh oh...I seem to have made a mistake then putting 1 Black Cherry plant a piece in some very large hanging baskets. Any ideas on how to remedy this now? They have been in them for a bit over 2 weeks & definitely have already rooted into their new homes. If they grow really long, i'd hate to have a messy bunch of strings & stakes trying to hold them up. I can take a few pics of them later if that would help. LMK.

- Steve
athenainwi
16 years ago
Don't worry about poisoning the dogs. I've got a dachshund (of the long haired variety) and she's never taken in interest in my plants. Tomato leaves don't taste very good or smell good to them so it would be unlikely that they'd even try any.

Black Cherry does get big and I'd hate to try to hang it. If you have room to put it in the ground somewhere I'd recommend that.
roselane
16 years ago
I agree about your dog not eating the tomatoes. My dog goes for my lettuce, carrots, and raspberries, but never touches my tomato plants even though I have more of those than anything. Also want to second that Black Cherry can get huge! Keep in mind that, since you are going to be watering a lot, you are likely to wash out a lot of nutrients, so be sure to keep the fertilizer coming, but not so much that you get lots of plant and no tomatoes!
teach
Original Author
16 years ago
So glad I posted here before doing anything! I'll shift Black Cherry into the ground. Should Caspian Pink go into the hanging basket or into the 5-gal. container I had planned to put Cherokee Purple into? Maybe Cherokee P. should be the one to go into the hanging basket. Too bad I don't have more ground space.
teach
Original Author
16 years ago
Well, I just got my plants from E & R, an Amish company in Indiana.I wasn't able to insert a picture but have posted a link to a picture of them. See how much smaller the Black Cherry plant is on the far left? Next to it is Cherokee Black, which is taller. Then you will see a Caspian Pink out of its 3-pack and a Sweet Little Girl (already with bloom) out of its 3-pack.

Surely they didn't send the wrong, mislabeled plant. Does it start out so small and then make up for it big time?

I thought these were a good deal. No minimum purchase. The two 3-packs were $1.99 each and the individual plants were $2.25 each. It was the shipping that was killing: $8.35, for a grand total of $21.33 for 6 plants (I also got two ground cherry plants.) But $3.56 a plant isn't bad.

Here is a link that might be useful:
Bets
16 years ago
Teach,

Cherry tomatoes grow quite fast. I always plant the cherries last when starting seeds indoors since they will catch up, and even pass, the ones started earlier.

Bets
homegardenpa
16 years ago
Heh, wish I had seen all this Black Cherry information before I had planned out my garden. I just figured it was like any other cherry and hadn't seen any comment on size. I'm growing mine in a 7 gallon container. We'll see how it works out.

I'm growing all my cherries in contaiers this year and leaving the garden for the larger OP types.
ruet
16 years ago
Black Cherry gets huge, we're talking 10-15ft vines in all directions you'll allow. Wonderful plant.