Quote Originally Posted by SideShow Bob View Post
Sheesh,
I can?t even get wild Yucca seeds to sprout and you are asking about designer cherry seeds??..

But I was reading up on getting Rainer cherry seeds to sprout and it was mentioned to winter them in the freezer, and after thawing crack them with pliers before planting. But the weather is to severe for them to survive outdoors. So I gave up.
I think Rainier cherry trees can't handle the altitude here, nor the extreme weather. Montmorency, Stella, and North Star all seem to do well here. There's a lot of tips and tricks to getting trees and seeds to sprout and take, especially in the godawful "junk soil" that comprises our neighborhood. I would have jumped all over a North Star, but they sold the last one before I got there. Dangit.