How to grow a peach tree from a seed.

A peach tree is a beautiful addition to the landscape.The pink flowers are very attractive in the spring and the summer fruits create anticipation for many luscious pies, cobblers, and preserves to come.If you're patient, you can turn your peach snack into a future fruit-bearing tree.While planting peach seeds will not result in a tree identical to the parent plant that produced the peach you ate, the resulting tree could be a chance seedling with characteristics even better.

On a friend's farm, you tasted the sweetest peach you have ever tasted.The same kind of peach can't be grown in that pit.The way peach trees reproduce is the answer.A peach seed comes from the male pollen of one plant and the female flower ovule of another plant.Both parents will have characteristics of the offspring seed.Professional growers are able to control the type of peaches they grow by attaching a desired variety onto a mother rootstock.If you grow a peach seed, you may end up with a tree that is more hardy than the parents.As a fun part of the process, embrace this uncertain outcome.

Peach seeds need special preparation before they can be planted.In nature, when ripe peaches drop to the ground, some seeds end up germinating, while others succumb to mold and mildew.You should clean and treat your seed to prevent mold growth because you want better odds.

Carefully scrub away any fruit that clings to the pit with a toothbrush.The seed should be put into a bleach solution with 10 parts water to one part bleach.Allow the seed to air dry and then apply a fungicide to it.

Mother Nature provides a cold treatment for peach seeds that allow the embryo to develop and mature before it can be Germinated.You have to give the same conditions for your seed to grow.One of the longest treatments for peaches is about four months.The ideal temperature for the treatment is between 35 and 50 degrees.If you keep your peach seed apart from other produce in the refrigerator, it will emit ethylene gas that can have a negative effect on the seed's viability.

The peach pit's wrinkled covering isn't part of the seed.The endocarp covers the seed, which is smooth.It is possible to crack the endocarp with a nutcracker or pliers.