posted 3 years ago
I plant most all tree seeds, plums, peaches, walnuts, apples, pears and so on pretty much when I get them. Generally that's in summer or fall as soon as I find them like with walnuts or as soon as removed from the fruit. I directly plant in the spot I want a tree and cover them up with a big rock or old board or something. Next spring while it is still frosting in the mornings I remove the cover. Works a charm for the most part but it isn't uncommon for some to just lay there and sprout the second spring.
One early fall I went to the "used food" department of a big grocery. That's what I call where they put all the past prime produce at reduced price and bought a whole bunch of apples, pears, plums and peaches. I planted them all like that and had more trees than I knew what to do with. Now I do that about every year and sell a lot of them.
Apples and pears are an exception to the rule that some wait till the second year, they always sprout the first year and they spout early, while it's still freezing so need to remove the cover earlier for them.
Grapes are more erratic, sometimes they will sprout in the fall if not covered and sometimes lay there for two or three years, in general they are more difficult so I just plant more of them.
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