Apricot seedlings

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escambiaguy Atmore, AL(Zone 8b) Oct 31, 2006

I posted this over in another forum and figured I would give it a shot here too. Back in early summer I bought some apricots and saved the seeds. I put them in the fridge in a moist paper towel inside a ziplock bag. I had forgotten all about them and then about a week ago I took them out and they were sprouting so I potted them up. So, here I am going into November with new apricot seedlings that think it is spring. How should I try to get their timing corrected? They are not a "must have", so if it's going to be too much of a headache I may just toss them.

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Decumbent Cincinnati, OH(Zone 6b) Oct 31, 2006

A lot of seeds naturally do sprout in the fall, and the seedlings have about the same hardiness of the species. At least, this has been my experience, although never with apricots or any prunus species. I remember a hundred or so hellebores sprouting during a mild December one year and a frozen mini-forest of cotlydens in pots in January. I mean so frozen the pot was one solid, brick hard, chunk of frozen media mix. Come spring, they all flourished. I've had similar experiences with some woody plant seeds too. I think I would put the pots in a sheltered place where they would remain cool to cold but not where they would receive howling winds of arctic chills. An unheated garage might be a good place. Watch out for hungry mice. At least worth a shot.

Scott

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