growing fruit trees from a seed (pit)?

[Joe_W]

So say you are sitting there eating a peach or a plum and your down to the pit, can you take said pit, toss it in a pot of dirt and water and wait for it to grow or what?

[trampas]

more or less, yes.

typical germination rules apply

[ev13wt]

Originally Posted by Joe_W

So say you are sitting there eating a peach or a plum and your down to the pit, can you take said pit, toss it in a pot of dirt and water and wait for it to grow or what?

If this is the general education level in the USA, I don't wonder anymore why its so hard to win a war...

[Joe_W]

Originally Posted by trampas

typical germination rules apply

you mean I won't wake up tomorrow and have a giant peach tree? Why not, worked that way for James!!

Originally Posted by ev13wt

If this is the general education level in the USA, I don't wonder anymore why its so hard to win a war...

fuck off and die

[Oxjockey]

Originally Posted by Joe_W

So say you are sitting there eating a peach or a plum and your down to the pit, can you take said pit, toss it in a pot of dirt and water and wait for it to grow or what?

I tried it with cherry pits and it was a no-go. Next time, I'd leave the flesh of the cherry just for grins. You generally need to stratify them, but maybe not for a warmer climate?

[trampas]

Originally Posted by Joe_W

you mean I won't wake up tomorrow and have a giant peach tree?

I cannot go into detail on the web, i might get labeled a farmer.

[Co Pilot]

maybe you need to keep it on your kitchen window sill in a glass of water with some toothpicks til it sprouts.. like an avocado pit.

[Joe_W]

Originally Posted by Co Pilot

maybe you need to keep it on your kitchen window sill in a glass of water with some toothpicks til it sprouts.. like an avocado pit.

Thats exactly what I was wondering!!

apparently ev13wt knows but he ain't telling

[HighToy]

here you go..

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/treesfromseed.html

I was thinking the same with a cherry seed.

[ev13wt]

With the plum its neccecary to dry the "seed" first. You can also remove the hard part of some of them and dry the rest. Then plant em all and it should work.

The peach doesn't need drying, but it will take at least 6 months for ANYTHING to sprout.

:-)

[HighToy]

site for the cherry tree peeps..

http://www.seedman.com/prunus.htm

[TxCruzr]

Originally Posted by HighToy

here you go..

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/treesfromseed.html

I was thinking the same with a cherry seed.

I'm gonna go grow me some quacamole

[Joe_W]

3-4 months???? fugget about it

[maxotude]

Originally Posted by Co Pilot

maybe you need to keep it on your kitchen window sill in a glass of water with some toothpicks til it sprouts.. like an avocado pit.

Shantae' didn't think this could be done when she was younger... Gramma proved her wrong and this experiment became Shantae's science project.

[sceep]

my avacado pit tree is now almost 2 years old.. and almost 2' tall. once it sprouted it started taking off.

[korda]

I did it with lemon seeds and got a tree out of it. I bet it's around 9 or 8 years old but only about 3' tall. I've kept it indoors in a smallish pot. I'm an apartment dweller so I don't really have a way to plant it. It even survived a 25' fall out a window once.

[ncl]

We planted a grapefruit seed about ten years ago in a pot. We now have a grapefruit tree that is ~12-13 feet tall (yes, we have re-potted over time) and doesn't produce fruit

[Benzz0]

Originally Posted by sceep

my avacado pit tree is now almost 2 years old.. and almost 2' tall. once it sprouted it started taking off.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm guacamole!!!

[ROKN ZJ]

Originally Posted by Joe_W

3-4 months???? fugget about it

I've grown all kindsa fruit from pits. The easiest is a mango. Just eat the mango, and pull out the seed pod thing. Then you have to cut that open and get the actual seed. Then wrap it in a wet napkin. Keep the napkin wet, and replace it once in a while. After a few days or a week you should see something growing out of it. Eventually figure out which way's up and plant it. It won't fruit for a while, but you also won't waste a couple months hoping it'll grow in the first place.

As for avacados I've never gotten the toothpicks and water to work, for me I just stick em in dirt and water them, and despite what some people may think, that works.

Hal