plum seed

[helly]

Hi I've managed to extract the seed from the plum core so I thought I'd give it ago and plant it. Can anyone give advice of how to go about it. I heard that you must chill out the seed a couple of months before planting it?
cheers
Helen

[debjay]

Hi
I dont know if this is of any use

http://hortweb.cas.psu.edu/extension...tree_fruit.pdf
Debs

[pigletwillie]

You can just pot it and wait for it to sprout. One word of warning though is that it will not come true to type.

It may well grow into a perfect shaped tree, fruit prolifically and give plump juicy fruit. just as likely it may grow into a ground hugger, fruit sporadically and give up dry bitter fruit. You take your chance but it will be great fun to see what you end up with.

[rustylady]

I have a Victoria Plum tree in the garden, and every year I miss some fruit which fall to the ground, gradually rot away or get eaten, and every spring I end up with seedlings. You have to spot them really early or they are a bu***r to get out. Have one "wild" plum near the greenhouse but the fruit is horrid - small, green and bitter. If you want a really good fruiting plum, then you need to buy a named variety as a small tree. However, as Piglet says you can pot the seed leave it outdoors and see what happens - you may end up with a prizewinning new variety.

[helly]

cheers , i'll get potting them and wait and see as to what sprouts