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<blockquote data-quote="turkeyrun" data-source="post: 2130780" data-attributes="member: 27991"><p>Hey, BB</p><p></p><p><img src="/images/smilies/new/lmfao6.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lmfao:" title="Lmfao6 :lmfao:" data-shortname=":lmfao:" /> Yeah, a weekend warrior, 7 days a week. OK, serious now, and I am serious. I keep buckets full of Miracle Grow potting soil beside the patio, they are marked; apricot, cherry, peach, plum, pear. Any time I am eating fruit, I throw the seeds in the pot. The pears are from my sisters tree. I was peeling pears to can and started throwing the seeds in, planted 15 trees about 3 ft tall in the back pasture, was doing good until son left the gate open and the cows ate them. The plums came from my Uncle, they are a small, native, wild plum. Great for jelly. The apricots came from a friend at church, I had 3 trees producing but lost 1 last year due to drought, canned 120 lbs. The peaches, I have 2 freestone, 2 Georgia Giant, and a white. Only 2 trees big enough to produce, canned 86 lbs last year. Cherry, I have 1 BING and 1 Monticello, cherries have to have different varieties near each other to germinate. First time to produce last year, had 12 lbs. I did set up a soaker hose around the trees, still lost 1 apricot, 3 peach and 2 cherry. But I really don't do ALOT or anything special. I have about 200 apricot seeds I am getting potted and hope to have some small trees next spring. I also have a large pecan tree that drops pecans in my garden, I let them get about 2 ft tall and sell / give them away or transplant around my pond. </p><p>OK, a little long winded. To answer your question as to what 'kind' to plant. Plant what you like. I put up to 25 seeds in a 5 gal bucket. Just see what comes up. Once they sprout, thin to 8-10 per bucket. Just move any excess, if any, to another bucket. After 2nd year, 1 1/2 yrs old, in Nov/Dec, plant where you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turkeyrun, post: 2130780, member: 27991"] Hey, BB :lmfao: Yeah, a weekend warrior, 7 days a week. OK, serious now, and I am serious. I keep buckets full of Miracle Grow potting soil beside the patio, they are marked; apricot, cherry, peach, plum, pear. Any time I am eating fruit, I throw the seeds in the pot. The pears are from my sisters tree. I was peeling pears to can and started throwing the seeds in, planted 15 trees about 3 ft tall in the back pasture, was doing good until son left the gate open and the cows ate them. The plums came from my Uncle, they are a small, native, wild plum. Great for jelly. The apricots came from a friend at church, I had 3 trees producing but lost 1 last year due to drought, canned 120 lbs. The peaches, I have 2 freestone, 2 Georgia Giant, and a white. Only 2 trees big enough to produce, canned 86 lbs last year. Cherry, I have 1 BING and 1 Monticello, cherries have to have different varieties near each other to germinate. First time to produce last year, had 12 lbs. I did set up a soaker hose around the trees, still lost 1 apricot, 3 peach and 2 cherry. But I really don't do ALOT or anything special. I have about 200 apricot seeds I am getting potted and hope to have some small trees next spring. I also have a large pecan tree that drops pecans in my garden, I let them get about 2 ft tall and sell / give them away or transplant around my pond. OK, a little long winded. To answer your question as to what 'kind' to plant. Plant what you like. I put up to 25 seeds in a 5 gal bucket. Just see what comes up. Once they sprout, thin to 8-10 per bucket. Just move any excess, if any, to another bucket. After 2nd year, 1 1/2 yrs old, in Nov/Dec, plant where you want. [/QUOTE]
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