I seem to have terrible luck when drying cherry bowls. Here is my process. After tree is felled, I Anchorseal. Then cut the blanks and rough out. After rough out, I Anchorseal the whole blank and wrap in newspaper. Let dry for a few months and return and finish. This is how I do all my bowls and have little to no problem with Walnut or Maple. I have probably done 200-250 like this with good results. However, out of every 10 cherry rough outs, I would be lucky to get 3 or 4 with no cracks. My heated basement shop is pretty dry, that's why I have to Anchorseal and wrap in paper.
Does anybody have any advise other than using DNA to have a lower mortality rate on cherry? Thanks