OKIE

I would plant the seeds directly outdoors. That is the way I did it in the past. If you can allow the tree to grow right where it germinates it will do the best. trees attempt a straight down tap root in many cases and so you want them outdoors.

My peaches germinate great outdoors. I might plant them in the fall and they go through a very cold frozen winter and come up great in the spring. it might take 2 years to break through the hard shell or you can crack the shell a little. all depends. I plant plenty of seeds so that I do OK.

I love apricots. You might consider trying some apricot seeds.

necterines do well but I have mold problems on necterines. the peaches work better. I find the necterines to be strong growers. Here we have high humidity. Necterines might be perfect for Oklahoma because it should be dry in the summer. Necterines harvest fairly early as do some peaches.

You can also try some cherry seeds. I am getting cherrys now for a couple of years.

I have tried to germinate a few seeds in pots with no luck. I find directly outdoors is best. I think I fail in the pots because somewhere along the line I let them dry out too much.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me Johnny Appleseed was doing his planting before the hybrids had been developed so his seeds would produce true to form.

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Originally posted by Jackieflowerseed:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me Johnny Appleseed was doing his planting before the hybrids had been developed so his seeds would produce true to form.

Before COMMERCIAL hybrids, yes, but anytime 2 varieties within a genus "cross" the result is a "hybrid".

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I'll get even with you Mary.

But I'm quite sure you'll still be smiling nicely, am I right? *wink*wink*

Neat thread. I have grown many trees from seed, including apples, plums, apricots, peaches and a variety of shade tree types. As has been said though, you are not likely to get an identical fruit to the parent tree. An apple grown from seed will be a standard sized tree and may take 7 or 8 years to bear fruit. Apricots will start to bloom at an earlier age.

I used to throw the peelings and cores of the apples we prepared for apple slices, back out into the garden. Next year there would be many seedlings come up. Those that were not in the way I left grow the season then moved them to the windbreak next spring. Some of these had pretty good fruit, but most were not too good. The birds and deer ate them any way.

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Jackieflowerseed

you are incorrect. Since most fruit trees do not breed true to seed even if breed to of same variety. there is no such thing as an stable apple tree variety. That is why most fruit trees are grown in current manner.

Johnny Appleseed is buried in Fort Wayne,IN. I don't know about the apples but we visited his grave in the fall one year. I stole some seeds from some lovely Coreopsis type flowers on his grave. (I don't know flowers that well.) Our "Johnny Appleseeds" have spread and come back every year. I've shared the seeds w/ others as a fun thing.