Planning for fall/winter planting of fruit trees this coming winter. Getting four varieties of peach trees, I’ve started 36 wild plums, and am looking into also getting a couple cherry trees. Anyone have experience/success growing cherries in east Texas? Anywhere near or similar geography to Fairfield/Freestone county?

I have my grapes and berries mostly in. Have six bee hives being delivered in the next few weeks. Next phase is the fruit trees.

They grow wild in the piney woods and do well in our acidic soils. The places I regularly see them are Loamy sands. In forestry school they taught us they do not produce fruit until around age 10.

Thank you Sir

I grow

Bing
Stella
Lapnis
Black tartarian

If u grow them from cuttings / purchase from
Reputable nursery , they will fruit 2nd year

Anyone else with experience growing cherries in Texas?

My grandparents had black cherries and bing cherries in their orchard up in the panhandle. Produced pretty good for decades. All I know is that you have to have two types in your garden otherwise they won't pollinate, hence why they had two varieties. Past that all I know is that they taste good. My mom would turn out killer pies and kolaches with them.

Get a soil test. Talk to the growers of these varieties and see what specific soils they like. Specifically, Ph and what they recommend fertilizer(s), fungicides, pesticides, etc. If you're outside the high Ph/calcium/clay soils you should be fine east, of I-45, maybe. Wouldn't hurt to get an actual agronomist involved on your size. My local Nutrien has one. Not worth his time to come look at my lawn as he's an AG guy, but I talk to him about this and that when I pickup products.