How to Grow Chokecherries in your Garden

 How to Grow Chokecherries in your Garden


Chokecherry flower


Chokecherry 🍒 fruits

Chokecherries' scientific names are Prunus maackii and Prunus virginiana. Common names include western chokecherry, bitter-berry, Virginia bird cherry. They are small trees that grow 6 m tall, leaves oval 5cm wide, 9cm long.

The flowers have racemes and emit a strong heady aroma. The fruits have an astringent bitter taste, unripe-red, ripe a darkish color. They measure 12mm long, 10mm across. The seeds are toxic and dangerous to goats, sheep, and horses.

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Things You Need

There are a few things you need to propagate chokeberry. You need a rooting medium, plastic bag.

Others are sharp knives or shears, glass covering, containers or pots. More include sawdust, damp peat moss, rooting hormone, and buy a spray bottle, mister.

Rooting medium

Plastic bag

Sharp knife

Shears

Glass covering

Container or pot

Sawdust

Damp peat moss

Rooting hormone

buy a spray bottle and mister


Uses of Chokecherries

Chokecherry is very toxic to animals with segmented stomachs. The fruit is made into jam or syrup however the bitter taste requires lots of sugar. The bark is used in traditional medicine to treat stomach maladies.

* Made into jam

* Syrup

* Treatment of stomach maladies


Growing Chokecherries from Seeds



Chokecherry seeds


Chokecherry Planting Instructions

Chokecherry shrubs grow most abundantly in moist soils but are adaptable to a variety of soil mediums in the soil pH arena of 5.0 to 8.0. Cold hardy to USDA zone 2, wind-resistant, moderately drought and shade tolerant, chokecherry planting instructions are pretty minimal as it is not particularly picky about where it is situated. That said, in nature, growing chokeberry trees are often found near water sources and will, thus, be most lush with adequate irrigation while full sun also promotes fruiting. 

Once you obtain the seeds refrigerate for 3 months. The best time to plant them is in early spring. Select a well-drained potting container and fill it with potting soil. Soil preference is loamy, medium to light soil.

The seed requires full sun to germinate and regular watering. Bury the seed 1 inch deep and keep the soil moist. Once they grow 9 inches transfer outdoors and leave adequate space for a mature plant.

It takes about 20 months to germinate. Weed regularly to avoid competition for soil nutrients. Control the infestation with benomyl spray and prune dead or fungal infected branches.


How to Grow Chokecherry from Wood Cuttings

Chokecherries are small trees or shrubs with dark bark and white flowers. Propagating from seeds is slightly challenging with little guarantee of a good result. However, woodcutting is a better option for successful germination and rooting.

The first step is to use a sterile rooting medium in a sterile pot. The medium can contain peat moss, perlite, sand, and vermiculite. Then select a parent plant and cut.

Use sterile shears to remove 5 inches slant cut from shoot tips below a node. It prevents drying out, place the cutting in a plastic wrap. Make sure you remove leaves from the bottom of cutting at least 2 inches.

Then trim the base of the cutting. Dip cutting end in rooting hormone to encourage speedy rooting. Then insert the lowest leaves and stick cutting in the rooting material. It is better to place in the rooting medium of sawdust or peat moss.

To prevent the soil from drying out, water regularly to maintain moist soil. Place the pot where it will receive sun with slight shade. The ideal temperature for growth is 65F. Use heating coils to encourage faster rooting in slighter warmer soil and It takes several weeks to root.

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