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How to Plant Fresh Bing Cherries From the Store

Cherry trees are widely used in landscapes as ornamental and functional plantings. The non-fruiting varieties are used for their masses of spring blooms in shades of pink and white, while fruiting cherry trees provide sweet or tart edible fruit after the flowering is over. The Bing cherry is a sweet cherry variety. Its firm-fleshed fruit is among the most grown sweet cherries in the United States, cites Andrew F. Smith in "The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink" (2007). You can grow your own Bing cherries at home by planting the seeds from store-bought fruit.

Things You'll Need

  • Small pot
  • Medium-sized pot
  • Potting soil
  • Bing cherry pits
  • Vermiculite or peat moss
  • Small plastic bag
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Instructions

    • 1

      Remove the seeds from freshly bought Bing cherries during summer. You do not have to remove the hard shell from the pit. Fill a small plastic bag halfway with damp vermiculite or peat moss.

    • 2

      Mix the seeds in the vermiculite or peat moss, close the bag, and place it in the refrigerator at 41 degrees Fahrenheit for at least six to eight weeks. This chilling process is referred to as cold stratification and is essential to germination of cherry seeds.

    • 3

      Fill a small pot with well-draining potting soil. Remove the cherry seeds from the refrigerator, and plant them at a shallow depth. It is a good idea to use more than just one seed, because not all seeds will produce plants.

    • 4

      Place the pot in a sunny window. Water regularly to keep the soil moist.

    • 5

      Transfer seedlings to individual medium-sized pots, and let plants get well established before you transplant them to permanent sites in the garden.

    • 6

      Plant the seedlings in well-draining, moist soil in a site that gets at least eight hours of daily sunlight. Do not plant in low-lying areas, since these are likely to develop frost pockets that can damage early spring blooms of sweet cherries like Bing.

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