Growing Apple Trees from Seed
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My apple seeds are germinating, what next?
Comments (24)Wonderful discussion. I'm not as obsessive with this apple tree growing experiment(yet,)as I am with other things that I grow. Like as was mentioned, my son and I are just having fun planting something in winter and seeing what happens. Two Empire seeds germinated in the frig, and we planted them together in a 4" pot of Jiffy mix, and have them on a heating pad. If a couple more seeds germinate we might do the same thing with them also. We don't have a lot of room, and in all likelihood won't be living here 10 years from now. Bottom line.....we're just having fun. Hopefully we'll get something that we can plant outside, and like you say, point at it and say, "remember when...." That would be fun! Now if you want to talk serious, just get me talking about my tomatoes and blueberries....See MoreGrowing apple tree from seeds!!!
Comments (11)By all means plant the seedlings your son is growing. You are in San Francisco, and apples are really easy to grow in California, we are lucky in Northern California in that we don't have to spray much. Seedlings usually produce good fruit for backyard orchardists. While your seedlings may not bear bland, perfect looking commercial grade apples, you most likely will get much more interesting fruit than what you can buy at the store. However, keep in mind what Mark said above, if your apples came from Washington State, chances are they may be pollinated by crab apples. If they were grown locally, your chances are much better as it's not common practice to use crab apples as pollinators in California. Most heirlooms are chance seedlings anyway, including even some contemporary commercial apples such as golden delicious and mcintosh. So have fun! If by some remote chance one of the trees doesn't produce good fruit, you can always have someone graft it over for you to another variety you like. But try planting all the seedlings you have, because it will greatly increase the chance that you will really find a new gem of an apple....See MoreQuestion regarding spacing of apple trees growing from seed
Comments (1)In a row and 2-3 ft. tall the first year sounds like root suckers....See MoreGrowing Apple Trees from the Seed
Comments (12)I know some people who grew all the fruit trees in their yard from seed. It's usually not the best idea and you have to have a lot of patience (are you willing to wait 15 years?). The normal rootstocks found on fruit trees make the trees become much more productive much earlier in their lives (like after 3 or 4 years) by dwarfing them to some degree, the plant's energy is then diverted to fruit production rather than growth. In the wild, apple trees can get to be very big. Usually I wouldn't recommend growing from a seed unless it's a very rare variety and there's no other way to source the tree other than by seed. Or by people who are willing to take a chance and are trying to breed a new variety, who know what they are doing....See More- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
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