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koshki · July 3, 2012

I have grown Black Cherry for a couple years now...in a container due to my wheelchair. Every year, it has grown over the top of 7' of cage and back down a few more feet, making a very precarious plant that tends to blow over in a storm. Plus I think it was more prone to disease because I couldn't get much air flow in through the plants.

This year I topped it when it reached the top of the cage (almost two weeks ago already). I'm hoping that by removing the growing tips it will sprout more suckers that will fruit inside the cage. It was very, very hard for me to cut off future tomatoes, but I tried to do it when only leaves were showing, lol!

July 3, 2012	#6
koshki Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Grosse Pointe Shores, MI Posts: 127	I have grown Black Cherry for a couple years now...in a container due to my wheelchair. Every year, it has grown over the top of 7' of cage and back down a few more feet, making a very precarious plant that tends to blow over in a storm. Plus I think it was more prone to disease because I couldn't get much air flow in through the plants. This year I topped it when it reached the top of the cage (almost two weeks ago already). I'm hoping that by removing the growing tips it will sprout more suckers that will fruit inside the cage. It was very, very hard for me to cut off future tomatoes, but I tried to do it when only leaves were showing, lol! __________________ Katherine