growing fruit from scratch

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Can plums be grown be either planting the stone or are there seeds inside the stone which can be retrieved? Thanks for any reply.

Posted: Sunday 30th of July 2017 04:35 PM

Re: growing fruit from scratch
Carol
The whole stone is the seed. I throw lots of plums and plum stones into my shrubbery when we are harvesting and have never known them to germinate (unlike wild cherries!) but why not give it a try?
Replied: Monday 31st of July 2017 08:20 PM

Re: Re: growing fruit from scratch
Shoot User
Hi Carol, yes thanks I'll give it a try. I did find some info under the 'plants' tab on the site (I'm new to it so haven't found my way round yet.) It did say new plants are started from budding or grafting from an existing plant so I'm going to buy one whenever they become available. Have you actually grown cherries from stones btw? I might give that a go as well. Regards, Rita
Replied: Friday 4th of August 2017 09:46 AM

Re: growing fruit from scratch
georgina robey
The problem you usually find is that most fruits we eat are imported and therefore treated to remove pests, rendering the seeds unviable..maybe try and use a seed from a native tree and soak in a solution of hydrogen peroxide overnight?
Replied: Tuesday 9th of July 2019 05:07 PM