Peach is a delicious summer fruit with a refreshing taste and a pleasant aroma that leaves no one indifferent. And if a fruit with excellent taste qualities comes across, some gardeners decide to cultivate a peach from a bone to grow a seedling and with a happy cluster of stars after a while to get a harvest. For such experimenters, we will tell you whether you can plant a peach seed and how to do it correctly.
How to grow a peach seed - the choice of planting material
For planting will fit bones from peaches not from the market, but from a ripe, torn from a tree, ideally a neighbor or a good acquaintance. It is good to know the variety, because it is better to adopt sustainable varieties (for example, nectarine white, nobe, early risers, winner). It is important that the stone is taken without worms from a ripe but not spoiled fruit from an ungrafted (root-owning) tree.
Stratification and germination of peach bones
The stone is removed from the remains of pulp and is taken to a cool place until spring. Store it in an open container with wet sand. In the spring before sowing a bone is placed for a week in water, which must be changed daily. The day before planting in the water for a stone peach bred any of the growth stimulants. Then the bone is dried and gently pricked with a hammer.
Planting the bones of a peach
At home, the bone can be planted to a depth of 6-10 cm in a pot with nutritious loose soil, which must be constantly moistened. The pot should be covered with a package or jar and daily aired.
If we talk about how to properly plant a stone peach in an open ground, then it's even easier. Landing is made immediately in the fall, deepening by 8 cm. Stratification and soaking in water are not needed. It is important that the soil of the site is constantly loose and fertilized. If there are shoots in the spring, during the warm season, the seedling will need fertilizing and frequent watering.