gardening

22171 readers

1 users here now

<<<<<<< / c / g a r d e n i n g >>>>>>>

read braiding sweetgrass, lib

    _         ___
  _(_)_    .-'   '-.
 (_)@(_)  /         \  ,,,   _
   (_),,, \^^^^|^^^^/ {{{}}_(_)_
    |{{{}} \   |   /,  ~Y~(_)@(_)
    | ~Y~(@)\  |  /{}} \|/  (_)
  (\|/)| \Y/ \ | / ~Y~ \|/ (\|/)
   \|/\|/\|/  \|/  \|/\\|//\\|//
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Let it grow ^.^

     __
  .-/  \-. If I had a flower
 (  \__/  ) for each time 
/`-./;;\.-`\ I thought
\ _.\;;/._ /  
 (  /  \  ) of communism           
  '-\__/-'.-,         
 ,    \\ (-. ) my garden 
 |\_   ||/.-`would be full  
 \'.\_ |;` 
  '--,\||     ,
      `;|   _/|              
       // _/.'/ 
      //_/,--'                  
     ||'-`              
-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Noob question on seed stratifying (apple, pear) (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I was gifted a good sized box of small unripe apples and pears that would only be useful for a small amount of jam or maybe candied.

I'm lazy and I didn't exactly feel like processing them so I set them out back, and it is cold enough now that they don't seem to be ripening / rotting.

Question is - If I leave them in the box over winter and they freeze and thaw - will that make the seeds viable do you think? Or is it necessary to take the seeds out of the fruit for some reason? There are so many that I don't really need to worry about a few being duds. I don't even know where I'd plant them but I'd like to get some use out of the seeds for fun.

all 5 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most fruit trees are grafted, so the seeds will usually not produce the same tree that bears the fruit. Usually you need a cutting of the fruit bearing tree

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure these just came from "wild" apple and pear trees in their yard. I don't mind if the plants aren't exactly like the fruit as long as they sprout. Just trying to get some seeds to screw around with using minimal effort lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Oh right on, you can't go wrong there. Sorry to give you unnecessary advice, I just learned the hard way is all lol