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

Thanks John,

I planted some peach pits in fall 2006 or spring 2007 (can't remember which)
and they never came up, although they weren't Siberian.  I know the
squirrels got some, maybe all of them.  Either way, I plan to try again.  If
it works in MO, it should work across the border.

Mark
KS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Smith" <>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Over-anxious peach pits


> Mark,
>
> I have had good results letting them dry after harvest
> and planting in the fall before the ground freezes.  I
> don't crack them or anything.  I've had nearly 100%
> germination with peaches (I use Siberian C stones) but
> less with apricots and plums.
>
> --- Mark Angermayer <> wrote:
>
> > 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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