Growing Fruit Trees From Seed - Yay or Nay?

[@bilaalmanselljones10]

Fruit tree varieties that produce seeds threw apomixis produce seeds that are clones of the parent plant with some variability, these plants will also fruit much earlier on average. A number of species produced a mixture of apomictic and Sexualy derived seeds and they can be hard to distinguish from one another.

[@louisianaprepper13]

My wife started an Asian pear from seeds. She ended up with two trees. I thought she was crazy for wasting her time. Turns out 5 to 6 years later one tree produced 3 beautiful and delicious pears. This year it produced a ton of pears. They were so good that the local squirrels ate every last one of them. The second tree has yet to produce a single fruit.

[@Gardenerd]

Lucky her! I'll add her to the list of people for whom genetic roulette worked!

[@PorchGardeningWithPassion]

This is really great advice! 👊🏻🌻👊🏻

[@danielcruz8347]

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[@Gardenerd]

I get that a lot. I have one of those faces where I look like someone everyone knows. Say hi to Rachel when you see her.

[@danielcruz8347]

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[@novastar369]

I don't agree with this at least in the context of a blanket statement. Lots of seeds grow true to type. And you didn't even touch on polyembryonic seeds. Also learning to care for a seedling tree makes you that much better to take care of a real tree because if you had bought a real tree for 25-50 bucks and still are getting bugs and birds and squirrels and not getting fruit anyway what was the point of getting a true fruit type. If you have space or are passionate about it put some seeds in the ground and see what happens. You will learn a lot like I have and get fruit like I have.

[@Gardenerd]

Thanks for weighing in. This video was made to address the hundreds of questions we get from people who are first time gardeners trying to grow a tree from seed. They don't yet know the basics about genetics so this is a primer. It's great to encourage people to experiment and to learn more about the types of trees that do breed true to type once they get the basics down.

[@bilaalmanselljones10]

Sexual derived seeds are useful when trying to find varieties with desirable traits and adaptability that one dose not have access to but one may need to plant many many seeds depending on the perantage of the seeds and the number of traits desired. On the small scale it's best to have simple and achievable goals while using perantage with superior traits and adaptability. Self pollinated seeds have less variability which can pose a big issue. Superior selections can be made from apomictic lines that are known to be variable when grow from seed.

[@Gardenerd]

Hear, hear! Thanks for sharing this.

[@bilaalmanselljones10]

Some peach tree varieties do grow true to tipe from seed but that can be kind of useless if variety doesn't do well in your area. Sexualy derived fruit trees seeds can star flowering and fruiting earlier or later than the average depending apon it's parentage with some variability.

[@Gardenerd]

Good point. Thanks for adding to the conversation.