How do you plant cherry seeds so they grow into a potted plant?

Cherries are a very popular fruit in daily life. Whenever they come into season, many people buy some to take home and make desserts, and some, after eating them, even plant the pits as potted plants. So how do you plant cherry seeds as a potted plant?

1. Prepare the seeds

Wash the cherry seeds left over from what you've eaten, then pick out the healthy, plump ones and crack the outer shells with your teeth to take out the seeds inside.

2. Choose the soil and sow

For the soil, try to choose a lightweight nutrient soil. This kind of soil is fairly loose and airy, which suits seed germination. Garden soil is not recommended, because it is fairly compact and has poor air and water permeability. Once chosen, simply sow the seeds into the soil.

3. Encourage it to sprout

To encourage the potted cherry to sprout, you can cover the small flowerpot with cling film, which helps it sprout quickly. When it sprouts, we can transplant it into a large flowerpot. At first it does not need very full sunlight, because direct sunlight is instead bad for its growth.

4. Apply fertilizer

When we care for the potted cherry, we can apply fertilizer to it as appropriate. After fertilizing, the potted cherry will grow very quickly. When the potted cherry has grown for one month, we should also apply fertilizer to it once. The main purpose of applying fertilizer is to let the potted cherry grow more quickly and make the fruit it bears sweeter.

After completing the above steps, you also need to strengthen routine care, such as watering and light. You should know that a potted cherry grows very slowly, and it is a woody plant, so when we grow a potted cherry, we need to wait a long time.