Sweet cherry tree needs different type for pollination?

[ChelswannabeGT]

So I planted a bing cherry tree last year and bought another this year because I was told it needed another sweet cherry tree pollinator and that the same type of tree would work well now I am reading that it needs a different kind of sweet cherry tree to pollinate! Is this true??? I hope not I’m about out of space and energy for all these trees.

 

[Logan]

So I planted a bing cherry tree last year and bought another this year because I was told it needed another sweet cherry tree pollinator and that the same type of tree would work well now I am reading that it needs a different kind of sweet cherry tree to pollinate! Is this true??? I hope not I’m about out of space and energy for all these trees.

Yes it needs a different one, sorry.

 

[oneeye]

You could just buy yourself a container grown sweet cherry and place next to the two you have planted. However timing the blooming is very important and it may be too late. "Windsor cherry" would make a super pollinator for Bing as far as blooming times matching.

 

[Chuck]

Study this link carefully. Its a little confusing but well worth the time and effort.

Pollination – Sweet Cherry | WSU Tree Fruit | Washington State University

treefruit.wsu.edu

 

[ChelswannabeGT]

You could just buy yourself a container grown sweet cherry and place next to the two you have planted. However timing the blooming is very important and it may be too late. "Windsor cherry" would make a super pollinator for Bing as far as blooming times matching.

lol that is exactly what I did, my husband is picking it up right now and just gonna let it hang out beside the other ones this year.

 

[Chuck]

lol that is exactly what I did, my husband is picking it up right now and just gonna let it hang out beside the other ones this year.

Timewise, I hope the variety he bought is compatible. If it blooms too early or too late all is for naught.

 

[ChelswannabeGT]

Timewise, I hope the variety he bought is compatible. If it blooms too early or too late all is for naught.

he bought one compatible and it’s blooming with the others! Fingers crossed