Or not. Definitely not. Find out why growing fruit trees from seed isn’t a very good idea in my latest post over on the Fiskars website.
It seems like a great idea. You buy an incredibly delectable apple, peach, or bag of cherries and think you yourself, “I’d love to eat fruit like this all the time!” You look down at your plate and you see the left over pit or seeds and decide to save them and grow your own fruit tree.
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but don’t do it! You’ll almost certainly be disappointed with the results.
p.s. You should totally grow fruit trees though, here’s how to grow apples in a container; or even berries, like currants. Just buy your plants at the nursery and save yourself the heartache.
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LOL, my husband actually has a lemon “tree” that he grew from seed. He did it as an experiment and it’s about a foot tall now. We don’t expect anything from it, but it was fun to try.
Thanks for the article. Makes me wonder about other seeds that I picked up. Like the pumpkin, I hope those will grow well. At least is only one season experiment. Also makes me feel lucky that I successfully grow a big lemon tree from seed in only a couple years.
I’ve been contemplating buying a fruit tree for a while. The balcony only gets 4-6 hours of direct sunlight a day though. Can you recommend anything that would work under those conditions?
meemsnyc–He should pat himself on the back for getting the lemon seed to sprout! It will be interesting to see if it produces any fruit of its own.
fer–Pumpkins grow great from seed! If you can buy the seeds in a commercially produced seed packet, it’s almost certainly a plant that can successfully be grown from seed, with good results.
Mike–I think all fruit trees need full sun. There might be some berries or vines that will work in part sun, like what you have.
On a lark, my roommate and i decided to try planting some of our seeds.. to date we have 3 grapefruit, 5 lemon, 3 oranges, and a couple of apples just sprouted! We don’t really care about the fruit, we just love the growing process !
what type of root stock should I look for in a dwarf
pear tree?
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