Growing cherries apples pears etc form store bought fruits

[Outlaw9]

Was just wondering how to go about growing fruits form the fruits I have bought at the store. Like do I have to save the seeds and let them dry for a while and how do I get them sprouted and and all info will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Manny]

You do not have to let them dry. They need to be "stratified" in the refrigerator for a couple of months. The seeds are immature when taken from the ripe fruit and the "stratification" simulates the dormancy period of winter during which the seeds will mature. However!! The fruits that you buy in the store are most likely hybrids and the seeds will almost never resemble the fruit from which they are taken. Why invest 5 to 7 years in a poorly growing fruit tree that may or may not bear usable fruit? It would be a somewhat interesting experiment with a couple of trees but don't plan on building a cheap orchard using those saved seeds--------I'm sure you would be disappointed.

[Outlaw9]

Hey Thanks Manny. Was mainly just wanting to experiment. Would the refrigeration be necessary for other seed such ass melons and cucumbers and stuff.

[swamp man]

Originally Posted by Outlaw9

Hey Thanks Manny. Was mainly just wanting to experiment. Would the refrigeration be necessary for other seed such ass melons and cucumbers and stuff.

I've never heard of those particular type of melons,but they do sound delicious. A good resource for saving the veggie seeds it seedsave.org.Sorry,I dunno how to post a link.
Nick

[Manny]

Originally Posted by Outlaw9

Hey Thanks Manny. Was mainly just wanting to experiment. Would the refrigeration be necessary for other seed such ass melons and cucumbers and stuff.

Yes, in a way. The seeds of the cukes and melons need to be air dried for a couple of weeks and then they would be mature enough to sprout, but-------you should put them, after the drying, into envelopes and store them in a closed container in the refrigerator to keep them dormant and usable for years to come. When you are ready to plant just take out the number of seeds you require and put the rest back into the refrigerator. Just realize that these seeds too may be hybrids and will not always resemble the parent fruit. On the subject of "stratification" be sure and "google" it in order to do it properly.

[FarmboyBill]

Ive got around 50 or so peach seed i saved dry for a good year. Would they still work? Ive never heard of that kind of melon either, But ive seen some people whos a_ _ was as big as 2 melons LOL That breed of melon probably would have a gritty taste lol

[Spinner]

I've grown lemon trees from store lemons. When I planted them I just put them under the dirt right out of the lemon. They started growing, but didn't last long enough for me to find out if they would produce. They were only about 6" tall when they went MIA during a storm last year.

[wy_white_wolf]

Originally Posted by Outlaw9

Was just wondering how to go about growing fruits form the fruits I have bought at the store. Like do I have to save the seeds and let them dry for a while and how do I get them sprouted and and all info will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Need to research the fruits that you try. Most apples and pears are Hy-brids so propably will not get anything that looks or tastes like the parent.

[Oxankle]

Outlaw;
The great cost in fruit trees is your time, the labor of tending the orchard and the years it takes to get from seed to fruit.

Since you have no way to know whether a tree from seed will ever produce a fruit that you can eat you will be far better off, and a lot quicker, to just go buy what you can afford each year until you have all you want. You want to have fruit BEFORE you die.

[Lynne]

We planted peach pits about 15 years ago from peaches we bought(Elberta?) and what years that we actually get peaches they are great tasting. We made the mistake of planting them on the south side of the hill so frost hits them 2 out of 3 years after bloom. Last year we planted 2 more on north/west side to see if that helps. We started the first seeds in pots then transplanted the ones that grew.

[Outlaw9]

Originally Posted by Lynne

We planted peach pits about 15 years ago from peaches we bought(Elberta?) and what years that we actually get peaches they are great tasting. We made the mistake of planting them on the south side of the hill so frost hits them 2 out of 3 years after bloom. Last year we planted 2 more on north/west side to see if that helps. We started the first seeds in pots then transplanted the ones that grew.

I wonder how long fruits in the stores have been hybrids? If they where hybrids back then or not? I would like to plant them just for fun to see what happens. Not put to much time or effort in them just experiment I guess.

[tyusclan]

Even if the particular variety of fruit is not itself a hybrid, fruit trees are pollinated by bees and other pollinators, and will bring pollen from several other varieties to your tree. That will produce a hybrid or, at the very least, a different variety than what your particular tree variety is. This is why fruit trees almost never produce true from seed.