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apple trees from seed
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:43:49 -0700, "DEM" wrote:
I found a couple of old apple trees that produced the best apples I had since a child. I have always wanted to try planting apple seeds and now with these two wonderful apple seeds, I did just that. I have two apple trees (same tree) that grew almost 3 ft in one year! I'm ready to plant them in the ground as soon as the weather cools. The other apple seeds that I planted, are just now popping up in my make-shift hot box. My question....will these trees produce anything near to their mother plant? I have other dwarf apple trees and I'm not worried about pollination. But I don't know what if any type of apples these trees will produce. Is a seed a seed and will it keep growing and be like the mother seed from which it came? Donna in WA Maybe, odds are against it. You best bet is to get a branch of the tree which you enjoyed the fruit and graft it onto a well-established apple tree. You want a tree with an excellent root stock for starters, then you can graft (up to ~150) varieties onto it. |
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