I’m afraid it has, but never mind we have to live in hope, that’s all we’ve got now! I’ve just germinated a peach stone. 😊 I would bury the little tree a bit deeper, up to the first leaves almost.
Tell me about your peach stone. Did you do the stratification part-for how long? How long after stratification did it take to germinate. Where did you put it to germinate after stratifying?
I have only germinated plums so far. Currently stratifying flat peach & the conventional shaped peach.
Also stratifying seeds from tinned prunes LOL. Why not-I eat 12 per day, that is over 300 per month or 3600 per year ! I doubt they will germinate after being in the tin of juice for so long-the shells are not water tight. But nothing to lose. I enjoy messing with plants.
@young codger Obelixx is right. Nearly all of our cultivated food plants have been selected over the millennia by those growing them. In effect, we act as a kind of overseer and when natural evolution produces a form we prefer, we cultivate and breed from the 'better' plants, while discarding those with unwanted traits.
There are negatives. By selecting, we can accidentally eliminate important but dormant traits, such as resistance to a rare disease. The result can be disasterous if said disease occurs many years later and affects an important crop. Think Ireland and potatoes. There are thousands of potato varietes in their natural environment and many will be naturally resitant to blight but most varieties we grow now were bred from just a few selected tubers gathered from the wild.
This is why it's essential to keep seed banks and maintain natural biodiversity, so we always have a 'stock' when we mess something up. Again.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I have never messed about with fridge and warm for any seeds, the peach stone went in a pot of compost, was up in 4 weeks I think, now put outside on a shelf. I will bring it in for the winter. If you sow a seed at the correct time, Mother Nature deals with the cold period.
@BobTheGardener, I know we really shouldn't do it but it’s fun.
I know that Farmers curse people that grow potatoes from ones they've bought in the supermarket, they can spread blight for miles.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I will try your method Lyn. What month did you put the peach in the pot that was through in 4 weeks-I''m assuming UK? I will certainly try without the fridge method.
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I have only germinated plums so far. Currently stratifying flat peach & the conventional shaped peach.
Also stratifying seeds from tinned prunes LOL. Why not-I eat 12 per day, that is over 300 per month or 3600 per year ! I doubt they will germinate after being in the tin of juice for so long-the shells are not water tight. But nothing to lose. I enjoy messing with plants.
If you sow a seed at the correct time, Mother Nature deals with the cold period.
@BobTheGardener, I know we really shouldn't do it but it’s fun.
I know that Farmers curse people that grow potatoes from ones they've bought in the supermarket, they can spread blight for miles.
I’ve got a couple more to sow, I’ll make a note of the dates and times.