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| I put up a lot of peaches today. Can these seeds be planted to grow peach trees? If yes, how do I clean and store the seeds and when should they be planted?
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| Janet, I don't remember where this came from but it was in my fruit file. I would ry it, what the heck jolana You will need to keep the pots watered during the winter months if it doesn't rain occassionally. The seeds should sprout naturally in the spring once the weather conditions become favoraable. |
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| Hi Jolana, Wow that was fast Jolana I thought I was the only one up this hour. Now the question is what do I do with all these seeds till January? Is there a seed inside the pit or do I plant the whole pit? After putting up 4 large boxes of peaches today even if it doesn't bear the same kind of fruit is fine. If a tree grows from it I'd be happy. Thank you |
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| When they dry they open up, I hope it works, that woould be really cool to grow a fruit tree from seed, lol |
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| All I do is take the seed and bury them. Not all of them will germinate but you will get enough to play with. I have quite a few fruit trees that I have started from seed. While it is true that they will not be like the parent I have some really good fruit trees that I did not have to buy. They will usually start to produce in 4 or 5 years. At this time you can judge whether or not they are keepers. If the fruit is not good you can always use them as rootstock and graft a good peach onto the roots. Fun project. Patsy |
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| I found this site ….. http://www.pickyourown.org/peachpickingtips.htm For the kids! How to plant a peach pit (also works with nectarines and apricots). If you save a peach pit you can grow your own fruit tree. 1. Clean the pit and store it in the refrigerator in a plastic bag until September or October. 2. Place the pit about five inches beneath the soil surface. 3. In the spring, your tree will start to grow and should be visible by July! 4. Keep the tree watered and fertilized (fruit tree spikes from Wal-Mart, HomeDepot, etc.) and you'll have fruit in 2-3 years! |
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| Thanks Janet. Where did you get a peach that was good enough to plant, lol not at the grocery store, huh? 2-3- years? Most big trees you buy,don't fruit that soon. I'm gonna do it if I can get a good peach, lol |
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| Thanks Janet. Where did you get a peach that was good enough to plant, lol not at the grocery store, huh? 2-3- years? Most big trees you buy,don't fruit that soon. I'm gonna do it if I can get a good peach, lol |
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