fruits that are true to seed
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Comments (5)Thanks kiddo but I'm not quite that brave... I limit myself to one new weird fruit a year LOL. I was looking for traditional fruit trees such as apples, cherries, pears and peaches. Also, chesnuts and hazelnuts. Thanks, though....See MoreApple trees started from seeds--need for grafting ?
Comments (19)Hi Margaret, In my case, I'm assuming that the old apple trees on our property came from seed, not from grafting (although I've seen old grafted trees where there's little evidence of the original graft--at least to my untrained eye). I think you're asking whether the *seed* from an apple off a tree that was itself grown from seed will be more likely than a seed from a grafted tree to grow a new tree with similar characteristics (?). I'd say that it will likely share some characteristics with the original tree, but (as with any apple tree grown from seed) will also express characteristics from whatever tree happened to pollinate it. The seeds will always be a genetic lottery. If you want to grow a bunch more trees just like the original, you'd want to cut some fruit wood off your old apple tree and graft those onto rootstocks. Doing so may be worth it--maybe you've got a "lost" variety or something great that's never been discovered....See MoreWill the seeds from a single fruit produce identical plants?
Comments (7)If you plant seeds from a Flavor Grenade - they most likely won't be one of those.... That's an interspecies hybrid.... No telling what you will get.... There are some really old "Land race" varieties of self fertile fruit - that more or less come up reasonably true... assuming they came out of a fairly good sized block of the same trees... A good example of this is the Indian Cling peach.... But... Unfortunately, you just have a pretty darned good chance you won't get the *Same* as the parent... That's why folks graft or do vegetative propagation.... But.. Don't let that stop you from trying it out.... While it may not be identical - it may very well be worthwhile none-the-less... Thanks...See Morecitrus true from seed
Comments (21)Hi Christi-- Can take many weeks to sprout from seed, and I find that it varies depending on what you're growing. What seems to really help is heat--you can use a seedling mat or whatnot; I plant into peat and use a desklamp with a 40 watt bulb over it as a heat source. Works fine. I had planted some and left them in a windowsill in the fall, and I would say it took a good 60-90 days to sprout. I don't have any experience with fruit grown from seed, apparently many citrus *can* take many years to flower and fruit--there is info on this forum for that--though Key limes and calamondins can be more rapid, flowering in a couple of years. So you may want to try either of those. If you want a plant that can fruit quickly and don't want to mail-order, you can see if you can get hold of a cutting from a mature tree in a trade or something--then root it and it should be able to flower relatively quickly. HTH....See Moreboizeau
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