I sprouted 4 peach pits from the grocery store.

I did not know if I should break open the pits or not, so at first I didn't.

I let them sit in a damp baggie of soil all winter inside but nothing grew. This is the same, basically, as the wintersown: you take a baggie of damp potting soil, add the seeds, and seal it to keep it damp.

Because nothing grew I gently broke open the pits with a hammer and I planted the kernals that I did not break: I now have 4 sprouted seedsin pots on my back deck.

I have bought conservation grade American Plums, which are now growing well. Conservation grade peaches? Well, why not? I will plant these out, by and by. I meant to plat the sprouted plants directly into the ground, with flags to mark the spots, but life happened and there was no time for it. So they will spend a little time in pots first.

I am aware that fruit trees do not come true from seeds, but I am enjoying the seedling apples that I bought (they were intended as root stock). Some of the trees have good fruit, though not all of them do.

i have had good fortune with my self seeded fruit, so far..so hoping you have good fortune with yours as well

Once, sitting on the back steps waiting for the BBQ to get ready, i was eating a nectarine, and just tossed the stone into a patch of dirt between the cement and the fence.  Next year, a seedling sprouted, and reached 3-4 feet.  The next year, it was 5-6 feet with some branches that I never pruned.  The following year, I ate the lone nectarine that grew from it!  I could not believe it!  The nectarine was not sweet, but in subsequent years, they (few) were.  I probably could have bought a $40 tree at a nursery with less results!

is the reason the nectarine didnot produce well b/c its a product of a hybrid?

I don't know if it was a hybrid.  But two years from seed to edible fruit amazed me.

i find peach seedlings popping up all over the place in the forest garden, i dig them up and either plant them where i want or pot them and use as rootstock.

T. Pierce wrote:
is the reason the nectarine didnot produce well b/c its a product of a hybrid?

yes that is impressive.  i was just referrencing the amount of fruit.  but i guess at that young age even that wasnt bad at all.