Peach tree from stone?

[bobleponge]

Anyone done it and got fruit?

Last summer I put 3 peach stones into compost and tended them. Zip. Diddly squat. Being an optimist when it comes to Mother Nature, I didnt bin them when nothing happened, just left them in compost over the winter. Finally yesterday, I looked again and nothing, so went to bin them into the compost heap.
The third one had a very fine root system and had a stalk with 2 leaves that would have broken the surface within the day.
Its now been potted into fresh compost and watered.
Is it likely to survive, what tips, any help?

[PrideRavyn]

Well I know nothing, but we've managed to propogate a plum tree in the front garden and the only way it could have got there is by a plum stone literally just chucked on the floor, and it fruited last year for the first time, three little plums! This year I'm hoping for more!

[bobleponge]

Plum trees grow like weeds in my garden, and I'm not joking. I have about 20 or so I guess, and every year I have to yank out another dozen or so, or they would just invade the whole area.
But when I try to do something by hand it doesnt seem to be quite as effective as old Ma Naitch's tender ministrations.

[HeyWayne]

I got blood from one once, but never a tree.

[FB.]

Most fruit seeds or pips need a winter chill to germinate - considering that most fruits ripen in late summer, the pips have an in-built safety feature to avoid germinating while there is the risk of damaging frosts; and that feature is to only germinate after they've been frosted.

As with all trees grown from a pip; they may be excessively vigorous and may take a very long time to fruit. The taste of the fruit will be unknown.

By all means have fun with your pips, but don't expect them to be as good as the parent plant (they might be better, but they'll probbaly be worse), which would have been selected from thousands of seedlinds, based on ease of growing and quality/quantity of fruit.

[Nicos]

Plum trees grow like weeds in my garden, and I'm not joking. I have about 20 or so I guess, and every year I have to yank out another dozen or so, or they would just invade the whole area.
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(Any chance of potting on 2 or 3 for likkle ol meeee?????)

( one to kill; one for the wildlife -slugs and voles, greenfly and birds ; and one for me!!!)????

[Tomatoking]

Yes Bob it is possible, as I have grown a peach tree from a stone here in Brittany. Years ago for an experiment I planted all sorts of different fruit stones. And yes, the peach one grew and I planted it out in the garden (south facing) and after a few years I had the most amazing crop from it and the peaches were wonderful. Shame I moved house, and I'm sure it's still doing well in my previous house here in Brittany. I am going to try it again though, have already managed some plum stones which are looking quite healthy (1ft high) which I planted last year, but as yet haven't managed any more peaches! I'll keep trying, as it is possible!

Mrs TK

[taff]

I found one that had sprouted in the compost about 3 years ago.
It's 6 ft now, flowered for the first time this year and has about 10 little furry fruits on it.
It's in a pot, been kept in the greenhouse over winter and was put outside against a sw facing wall a couple of weeks ago. I put some horse manure on top last week as a mulch/feed.
Can't think of anything else really,I just let it get on with it.

[Jeanied]

I'd love to grow a flat peach tree - they are seriously yummy!