Hello there, my little brother is trying to grow a peach tree. I live in California Bay Area. My mom recently bought some peaches from the Farmers Market and my brother who ate one of those peaches and kept its seed. Here is how the seed looks like:
https://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2909/dsc02900am1.jpg
When he first got the seed, it didn't root yet, it was still a normal seed. THen 3 or 4 days later it started rooting. I just want to know how long should the "root" be so it can be ready to plant into the ground? From a scale of 1-10 and be honest, do you think it will grow?
Well this is the first time I have seen this pretty neat. But I would wait until it gets leaves and a stock to plant so spring would be a good time because with winter coming and it activily starting to grow could stop it from growing at all and kill it. It will mostly likely grow under the right condidtions but its mother tree will be far better in quailty because it will most likely not come true to type. But still way cool keep us posted especialy with pics.
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Yes, with fruit not coming true from seed;
The genes of the initial fruit tree are combined with the genes of the fruit tree that pollinates it.
There can be a small chance that the new tree will be the same as the initial parent tree (the female gametic donor) but most likely the offspring will either be a combination of the two parent trees or (to a lesser extent) either the female or male tree. (With masked genes (always) in recessive form)
Anyway, I would give it a try anyway because you really never know what you'll get.
The genes of the initial fruit tree are combined with the genes of the fruit tree that pollinates it.
There can be a small chance that the new tree will be the same as the initial parent tree (the female gametic donor) but most likely the offspring will either be a combination of the two parent trees or (to a lesser extent) either the female or male tree. (With masked genes (always) in recessive form)
Anyway, I would give it a try anyway because you really never know what you'll get.
Yes you are right, you'll never know.....Thanks for the replies and info, much appreciated.
Here is a new snapshot, you can see it's beginning to turn green.
https://img446.imageshack.us/img446/9008/picturecf7.jpg
That's about it for this one, I'll post up future pictures later on. I'll keep this site bookmarked.
Here is a new snapshot, you can see it's beginning to turn green.
https://img446.imageshack.us/img446/9008/picturecf7.jpg
That's about it for this one, I'll post up future pictures later on. I'll keep this site bookmarked.