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Winter cherry solanum

FallonFallon Posts: 74
Does anyone know of the seeds inside the berries from this plant,  solanum,  can be used to start new plants. All the berries have fallen off my plant .If the answer is yes, when is best to plant them indoors. Does this plant survive outdoors in cold Scotland?

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I don't know the answer to your question, but here in Essex, a few days ago I was admiring a front garden that had about 20 of them covered in berries.
    I thought I would grow some this year and see how they perform.

    I know they're not hardy plants so a certain degree of frost will kill them, but we've had only a handful of frosts here this winter amd no proper cold weather.

    Hopefully we'll both get an answer :)

    Billericay - Essex

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    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    said to only be hardy from 1-5C, so pretty tender.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    So probably not ideal for outside in Scotland.

    I have read that the right time to sow is early Spring (March). Then they flower in summer and berries form and colour-up during Autumn that should persist for a couple of months or so.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Pete.8 said:
    So probably not ideal for outside in Scotland.


    Indeed - they wouldn't even last a mild winter like the current one, or even autumn!
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FallonFallon Posts: 74
    Thanks for all the replies. Does anyone know if the seeds from the berries can be used to grow new plants? 
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I can't think of any reason why they shouldn't.
    I'm fairly sure they're not a hybrid, so saved seed should come true if you save some seed from very ripe berries.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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