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Nov 15, 2023 7:49 AM CST
Name: Ken Isaac
Bountiful, Utah, USA (Zone 7a)
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JoanVickers said: Could you please teach me how to plant fruit trees from seeds and pits?


Fruit trees?
Considering the considerable amount of time from seeding to fruiting, and the care and space required to grow the tree out to fruiting size, I'd just go buy grafted ones from a reputable nursery (like Valley Nursery in Uintah) to be sure you end up with a great fruiting tree in a few years.

Yeah- not the answer you wanted.

Sure you can grow fruit trees from seeds, but because of the genetics of pollination, common fruit trees won't produce fruit with the characteristics of the parent tree's fruit- it will likely be disappointing when/if it does fruit- but you wont know until many years from now. Some call a seedling fruit tree 'wild fruit.'

"But," you say "that's OK!"
Alright-
Try this link:
penn State Extension said:
The seeds of all common tree fruits (apple, pear, peach, and cherry) require a chilling period before they will germinate and form new plants. The chilling period, known as dormancy or after-ripening, occurs after the fruit portion is ripe. During this period the embryo develops until it is mature. The necessary after ripening could be accomplished by the following two systems....

Read more...
https://extension.psu.edu/grow...


Giant catalpas?
I have volunteers in my yard from a neighborhood tree- probably bird sown.
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