How to Grow a Peach or Plum Tree From Seed (Tutorial)
How to grow a peach tree starting with the pit (seed/stone) from a grocery store peach. The same instructions work for other cold hardy stone fruits including plums, nectarines, and cherries.
Makes: 1 Peach tree
Cost: $10
Ingredients
- 1 Peach ripe, with pit inside
Instructions
- Remove pit from ripe peach.
- Gently scrub pulp from pit until fairly clean and photograph it for reference.
- Place pit in moist (not damp or dry) paper towel (fold around pit) and place in food storage container or bag.
- Label with fruit name and date .
- Keep in fridge for approximately 98 to 105 days. Best temperature for peach pits is 34 to 40°F (1 to 4°C).
- Check pit weekly and re-moisten paper towel as needed.
- When sprouted, sow pit 2-inches deep in flower pot with organic potting mix.
- Continue growing on a sunny window sill until risk of frost has passed. Then gradually introduce plant to outdoor growing conditions—a process known as "hardening off."
Notes
Most seeds from stone fruits including peach, plum, nectarine, and cherry do not reproduce true to the parent. And, some seeds never germinate.
We recommend growing several pits at once to increase your odds of success.
Have fun with it and happy growing.
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