Today I'll be showing you a peach tree I grew from seed 8 years ago, and growing more peach trees from seed using several different methods, to see which method works the best. The video covers a 1 year long journey of harvesting, germinating and growing peach pits from start to finish. This will be the second generation of peaches I've grown from seed, from these beautiful red flesh 'sanguine' peaches which are an heirloom peach variety great for home orchards and gardens.

Peaches are a great fruit to grow from seed because in most cases the fruit will come true to the parent tree, giving you a high quality harvest. It only takes around 3 -4 years to start harvesting your own peaches which is reasonably fast for seed grown fruit trees. I think it's that extra bit satisfying too if you grew the peach trees from seed yourself!

Today we'll learn about the anatomy of the seeds, how to stratify peach seeds to get them to germinate, as well as some mistakes to avoid. We'll also cover questions like - how long does it take for peach trees to fruit from seed, why won't peach seeds germinate, do peaches grow true to type, how to select the best peach seeds to grow, can you skip stratification for germinating peach pits, and how to plant peach trees in your garden, orchard or food forest.

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Research paper regarding effects of stratification and mechanical treatments of peach seeds:
Szymajda, Marek, et al. "Stratification period combined with mechanical treatments increase Prunus persica and Prunus armeniaca seed germination." Dendrobiology 81 (2019). - Paste this into Google scholar to download PDF

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Hey, my name is Kalem, and this channel features all sorts of unusual and exotic fruiting plants with tips of how to successfully grow them. I'm interested in all things gardening and love growing my own food and all types of edible plants.
I live on a 2 acre piece of land in New Zealand where we are turning a grass paddock into and abundant, edible paradise! So come along on this journey with me as I experiment with growing, and try to push the limits of what I can grow in my area. I'll share with you my successes and failures so hopefully you'll learn from them and have a go yourself! Come learn with me and Subscribe to join this awesome community :)

0:00 7 year old Peach tree grown from seed
0:53 Tasting the peaches
1:58 Things to know about the seeds
3:31 Can you skip Winter chilling the seeds?
4:36 2 methods of planting the seeds
5:25 6 month after sowing seeds - Early Spring
5:39 Mid-Spring update
6:15 Planting Peach tree in the garden - Late Spring
6:54 Late Summer Update & Results
8:00 2.5 year old peach tree fruiting
9:26 8 year old peach tree fruiting :)

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