by page4 » Wed Feb 08, 2023 9:11 pm
Unlike apples, it takes far less long to eat your first peach after planting a seed. It takes about 5 to 7 years, which is very quick.
Don't expect your peaches to be as big as the ones you find in the store. They will be much smaller.
Also, I use seeds from locally grown peaches. Don't use seeds from peaches that are not locally grown, they might not be able to tolerate the cold in winter (I am in Upstate New York where the winters get very long and very cold).
Planting peach seeds is pretty much the same as planting apple seeds from scratch, so I'll repeat part of what I wrote in the apple seed planting topic.
First, dry the seed. I usually dry my peach seeds on a piece of paper towel or a napkin.
After a few days, put the dried seeds in the freezer and freeze them for at least a week.
Next, remove the seeds from the freezer, put them on a piece of moist paper towel, and then put the paper towel with the seeds in a plastic ziploc bag.
Put this in the fridge for a week.
You might see that some of the seeds are starting to sprout after a week.
Now you are ready to plant them. I usually plant them in a small pot first, like really small. Once the seeds sprout, I transplant them to a bigger pot.
I keep the pots in my greenhouse until the middle of summer (I start planting seeds in wintertime).
Once the plants are well established - they grow fast- I plant them outdoors.
I protect them from the deer by means of little fences. They must be protected when they are small.
Unlike apples, it takes far less long to eat your first peach after planting a seed. It takes about 5 to 7 years, which is very quick.
Don't expect your peaches to be as big as the ones you find in the store. They will be much smaller.
Also, I use seeds from locally grown peaches. Don't use seeds from peaches that are not locally grown, they might not be able to tolerate the cold in winter (I am in Upstate New York where the winters get very long and very cold).
Planting peach seeds is pretty much the same as planting apple seeds from scratch, so I'll repeat part of what I wrote in the apple seed planting topic.
First, dry the seed. I usually dry my peach seeds on a piece of paper towel or a napkin.
After a few days, put the dried seeds in the freezer and freeze them for at least a week.
Next, remove the seeds from the freezer, put them on a piece of moist paper towel, and then put the paper towel with the seeds in a plastic ziploc bag.
Put this in the fridge for a week.
You might see that some of the seeds are starting to sprout after a week.
Now you are ready to plant them. I usually plant them in a small pot first, like really small. Once the seeds sprout, I transplant them to a bigger pot.
I keep the pots in my greenhouse until the middle of summer (I start planting seeds in wintertime).
Once the plants are well established - they grow fast- I plant them outdoors.
I protect them from the deer by means of little fences. They must be protected when they are small.