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["Mark Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com>]

John,

When sowing peach seeds in the garden, do you crack the pits open, or just
plant the stone and embryo and all?  Do you plant right in the middle of
summer after you eat the peach, or do you let them sit on the counter a
while and plant in the fall?

Mark
KS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Smith"
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Over-anxious peach pits


> After I tried putting peach pits in the fridge a few
> times with similar results, now I just plant them in a
> well marked row in the garden where they sprout at the
> right time the following spring.  When I took
> mid-winter pre-sprouted peach pits and potted them up
> on a very sunny windowsill they grew okay, but never
> put on nearly as much growth in a year as the ones
> that started growing in the spring undisturbed in the
> garden.
> zone 5B central MO
> --- Amlie & Hayas  wrote:
>
> > Late last fall I decided to hang on to some peach
> > pits to plant out
> > just for the heck of it.  I placed them in damp peat
> > in my refrigerator.  I
> > glanced at them the other day and they're all
> > sending out roots.  Now
> > the question is, what do I do with them in
> > mid-January in
> > Pennsylvania?  Planting them out in the yard doesn't
> > seem to be a
> > terribly clever idea at this time of year, nor does
> > leaving them in the
> > (usually) dark and cold refrigerator if they've
> > started to push out
> > roots.  Any suggestions?  Planting in pots?
> >
> > Thank in advance,
> > Tom
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