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eddiegirl NEW CUYAMA, CA Sep 30, 2006

I have volunteer peach trees come up in my compost pile every year.

I had never got any fruit until I pruned them back real good, & then one tree got tons of the most delicious peaches on it. So I am hoping that we will get tons of volunteer fruit trees again that we can plant an orchard.

Does anyone have any ideas or am I just dreaming this is possible?

Has anyone else had such blessings as this?

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Sep 30, 2006

Just remember, you're tree is probably a hybrid of complex heritage. Your seedlings will vary considerably from their parent and probably from each other. Some will be very good trees, some middling, and some awlful. It's genetic rolling of the dice. Most people who are going to commit the energy, time and space to an orchard, and it will take several years before you see any fruit, will generally want to be more certain of the results.

But the one thing about growing plants from seed is that it is a slowly growing lottery ticket. You might grow the next "Delicious" apple, patent the plant, and become a millionaire. But I think your odds are a little better with a real lottery ticket.

Scott

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Lucky_P Hopkinsville, KY(Zone 6b) Oct 02, 2006

Scott's right - growing fruit trees from seed is something of a gamble, but with stonefruits - and peaches in particular - your odds of getting a good quality fruit are very good. The vast majority of seedling peaches will produce fruit that will be very similar to the one they originated from.

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Oct 02, 2006

Lucky, That's great to know! I've never heard that before. Thanks for the information. Would this apply to sour cherries, as well?

Scott

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eddiegirl NEW CUYAMA, CA Oct 14, 2006

Very interesting to know it's like gambling. That's why the one tree flourished and the other is middling, is that the word for just being there without fruit,

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undercover_owl Oregon City, OR(Zone 8b) Oct 14, 2006

That's true. Any plant from a seed will have variable genetics, more or less. With fruit trees, it sounds as though apples have the most variation, and the odds are very low of getting a good apple tree from seed. Pear trees from seed have a little better odds of being like the parent tree, and stone fruits such as plums and peaches have better odds yet. I have a peach seedling that I grew from a seed, and I have high hopes that it will have tasty fruit.

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