Q.New To Gardening & Just Bought Two Cherry Trees. We Have A South Facing Balcony Height Est 6ft 5in. Will The Cherry Trees Thrive A
nd grow fruit or is a balcony much too small for them? Summer Sun Cherry Tree.
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Judging from the information in the first photo, they should be OK on the balcony for about five years before outgrowing it. They need full sun so set them closest to the sunlight and rotate the plants about a quarter turn each week so all sides get sun. Also, they will outgrow the pots quickly and you will need to go up one or two pot sizes at a time.
You said you bought two; did you get different cultivars that bloom at the same time? The label said part fertile so that means you need a second pollinator plant of a different variety, same species (such as Lapins, Stella, or Van), to get a bumper crop. You can still get a small crop without a pollinator plant. Hopefully, the nurserymen helped you with that. Here is more about growing them:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/137913/prunus-avium-summer-sun-(d)/details
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/cherry/cherry-tree-care.htm
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/cherry/when-to-fertilize-cherry-trees.htm
