How to Plant Cherry Pits: A Detailed Guide to the Planting Method

Cherries are women's favorite fruit. Generally, when they hit the market, many people buy them in large quantities to make all kinds of desserts, and the leftover pits can also be grown into small potted plants. So how do you plant cherry pits?

1. How to plant cherry pits?

1. Clean the flesh and debris off the surface of the cherry pits, then soak them in warm water at 40-50 degrees for about 12 hours, and rinse with clean water.

2. Place the cleaned cherry pits in plant ash and then water them. The amount of water should be sufficient, and the depth to which the plant ash is moistened should reach 2 cm.

3. After about 20 days, the cherry pits will sprout and emerge from the soil. They need plenty of sun and light, and the soil should be kept moist.

4. After about one month, you can start fertilizing. Fertilizing should be done often but in small amounts, and decomposed organic fertilizer is best.

2. Are cherry pits toxic?

1. Yes, they are toxic, and they contain amygdalin, which has strong potential toxicity. However, this substance is also widely distributed in the seeds of Rosaceae plants such as almonds and apple seeds. This bitter substance can produce cyanide after hydrolysis, and cyanide poisoning can indeed cause symptoms such as headache, nausea, and vomiting, and in severe cases can lead to difficulty breathing, or even death.

2. It should be noted that the amygdalin content in cherry pits is much lower than in bitter almonds. Even if you chew 5 of them, it is hard to have a severe poisoning reaction. Once a cherry pit is chewed or bitten through, it will automatically produce hydrocyanic acid. And if you bite open the pit without thinking while eating cherries and keep it in your mouth without spitting it out, you have likely swallowed hydrocyanic acid. Mild hydrocyanic acid poisoning symptoms include headache, dizziness, confusion, anxiety and palpitations, and vomiting. A large amount of hydrocyanic acid can cause difficulty breathing, high blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, and kidney failure.

Overall, cherry pits are very easy to plant. Just clean off the debris on the surface, then soak them in water for a period of time, then take them out and plant them in plant ash, and later take good care of watering and fertilizing.