Nectarine Tree

Hello all
My son(8) and I decide to put necterine pit that was split in a pot of soil.... Now we have a small tree growing! YEA!! Has any one had any success from planting a grocery store pit and getting a tree that bares fruit? Ive never grown a fruit tree before. Right now its 7 in and enjoying my sunny kitchen window. Any advice?
Willowsrain

Nectarine trees are usually self-fertile, so you should eventually have fruit....most likely four to five years away. Whether or not the fruit will be true - that is, the same as the parent tree - is not quite possible to predict. But if you have space for it in the yard, you have nothing to lose by letting it grow. I have a nectarine (didn't grow it from seed, though) and I enjoy its beautiful blooms as well as the delicious fruit.
If the tree does later have fruit that isn't so great, you can always graft another variety on it. A fun project!

I have done the same thing but after about 5 yrs I got tired of just leaves and tossed it.

Yuska,

What variety nectarine do you have? It's one of my favorite fruit, but haven't planted any. Although I live in a great peach growing area, nectarines are not recommended by the Extension Service because nectarines supposedly burn in this area. Have you had any problems with scorched fruit?

Other than the ocassional avocado pit in a jar when the boys were small, I've only experimented with persimmon seed off my Fuyu persimmon. One seedling survived to maturity. It took nine years to produce its first crop. Unfortunately, we sold the house in May of last year so I'll never know the quality of the fruit.

My yard was a regular sized city yard so I landscaped with fruit trees and shrubs. Room was precious, but I made room for a seedling. There is something special about starting from seed, watching it grow larger every year, and anticipating the first fruit.

BettyDee

My tree's variety is Red Chief - from a local nursery. When I brought it home about four years ago, it was in bloom. I set it out and had fruit that season. Haven't noticed any scorching, but it does get some filtered afternoon shade from hackberry trees outside my fence line. Fruit crop was very light this year which I attribute to the mild winter - didn't have any peaches or apples either. Did have some plums. The aprium and pluot bloomed off-schedule so did not cross pollinate. Gobs of figs as usual, and one pawpaw had immature fruit for the first time. The tangerine is loaded with fruit and a good crop from the Meyer lemon. Along with two pecan trees, it's getting a bit crowded, so I'm moving more of the vegetables to containers and installing guttering on the house to allow for beds along the sides and back. Oh, yes, a couple of bananas out there, too. And a Jiro persimmon.

You're so right about trees from seed. I once had a Moro blood orange tree that I obtained just that way - some of the best tasting fruit ever.

This message was edited Jan 19, 2005 2:45 PM