How to Grow an Apple Tree from SEED to FRUIT in 3 YEARS! 🍎

[@vivianmaio1094]

I did a science project with my kindergarten students with apple seeds. They themselves took the seeds out of apples, and wrapped them in wet paper towels. I took them home to put in my fridge. When they showed signs of sprouting, I brought them back to class and the kids planted them in cups. They each ended up with a little apple tree to bring home! It was so fun! Now I’m going to do it for myself with your inspiration. Thanks!

[@lifeoftim5388]

When my kid was in 1st grade, he would save all the apple seeds and germinate them. After 3 years, I have 9 apple trees. They are not producing yet, but I'll probably have to remove some from my backyard in the next few years.

[@sunkist1309]

What an amazing memory you gave those kids

[@Hydrahandle7]

Nice memories

[@backyardplantlife3580]

That is wonderful! Please do that every year! If even one kid per year plants one at home it could bring joy to countless people.

[@robertawestbrooks9531]

At the moment I have 8 seedlings, that I have started. But, how long more before I can put it outside? Anyone out there....

[@youngbuck5009]

My parents house backs up to an unused pasture. An apple tree showed up a number of years ago and now produces large, sweet, gold apples with a nice pink blush that are ready to harvest around the first week of august. Easily the best seedling apple tree I’ve ever found!

[@bobg5362]

Look up the Dorsett Golden Apple. Your description of the apples on that random tree that grew reminds me of it.

[@youngbuck5009]

@@bobg5362 I looked it up and yes, sounds similar!

[@husna-sy6vs]

You said golden apples Bros playing Minecraft 😂

[@user-oj9tn7vs8o]

Thank you for this video. My grandma recently died and we are emptying her house. She has a huge apple tree in the garden that she often made random pies and crumbles for us with. The thought of leaving the tree here for the next owners is so sad, so I looked for how I could take a piece of the tree! I've just wrapped a load of seeds and placed in the fridge... Fingers crossed I can continue her apple tree 💜

[@todayinthegarden]

If you want to have a clone of your grandma’s apple tree I would suggest you to get some branch cuttings and try to root them with rooting hormone, check for videos of how to do it. This way you would get the same exact apples. Wish you luck!

[@user-oj9tn7vs8o]

@@todayinthegarden how do I do that?

[@gppoem3344]

Hi, I would take a whole bunch of cuttings and try to root them. Those cuttings are your grandmother’s tree. Rooting cuttings is a challenge for me, but I’m going to try again today with many different cuttings. Those seeds are the next generation. I think the fruit from those will be different from the fruit of your grandmother’s tree. I wish you luck continuing on the tree. That’s awesome.

[@billyd7628]

@@user-oj9tn7vs8o you need to search "how to graft" basically you grow a apple from seed cut the top of the seedling and you cut off a small branch from the tree and you graft them together with the seedling rootstock. this will give you a clone of the original tree with the roots of the seedling which will give better vigor than a cutting will.

[@tkarlmann]

I came close to your experience when I owned a home: One day I was mowing the lawn, and noticed a rather healthy looking , tiny, tree growing. I steered my mower around it, and kept doing so. >> It grew into a 20-30 foot tall Mulberry tree! I was as thrilled as you were with what I had done! I enjoy eating Mulberries; still do. I "had" the tree for about 25 years. Although I lost my house and the tree is now gone; I still have the memories of it, and hope to get some land in the future and start things anew! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[@jmunsamy]

Your channel inspired me plant my own tree from seed. Planted in 2019, and 2023 is the first year it has flowered. Hoping for a good apple!

[@billyd7628]

so what happen? how was the fruit

[@jmunsamy]

@billyd7628 A good green eating apple. As sweet as a store bought one, although half the size. Looking forward to next season.

[@billyd7628]

@@jmunsamy yeah? what was the source? did ya just take seeds from a grocery store apple? it was good luck you got a edible one.

[@jmunsamy]

@billyd7628 yep grocery store apple. It was from three different premium varieties and had planted 6 trees , three of which fruited and all three that fruited, when ripe were decent. To note I live in sub tropical climate so a pleasant surprise to have any fruit at all.

[@billyd7628]

@@jmunsamy im gonna try with some cosmic crisp seeds i got. im in a very sub tropical place. as in basically only freezes like a few days a year on the years it does freeze. and the freezes are just 32f never under the 30s.

[@lemonyskunkketts7781]

I like to plant random seeds around public where there are drip systems or near ponds and city lakes. Sunflowers are a great starter. The city should be a food forest. Maybe I will start mixing in apple and pear seeds.

[@kele1264]

Oh yes, I can tell you now that I'll be watching this at least ten times. I'm interested in dwarf apple trees, and keeping them pruned small. Your advice on everything from soil to water to pruning is invaluable! Thanks James! Thanks Tuck!

[@purplexninjamom]

My 2 year old once saw one of your harvest videos and ever since then, every now and then she will ask "Watch Tucky?" So, here´s some ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 for Tucky from my little one :)

[@jamesprigioni]

SHARE THIS VIDEO IF YOU LOVE EATING APPLES! 🍎

[@yukey2587]

What do you do with the Prigioni apples? Pies? Jam? Juice? Gee....I shoulda waited to the end of the video....

[@SC-fk9nc]

Congrats for your apple tree! I have six apple trees grown from seeds that are about 3 years old now but no fruit yet.

[@rosiegardener6028]

Your enthusiasm is contageous! Keep on doing what you do and sharing it with this great community of subscribers!

[@iscadean6038]

If the apples are small you need to reduce the numbers of apples in a bunch. Leaving only two fruit makes them grow larger.

[@samanthahoos9827]

This is the first winter I’m growing in my greenhouse over winter and planted various seeds from trees, but never thought about fruit. Now’s the time! 😊

[@faithfirstfarmhomestead3386]

After watching this video, I'm definitely going to try direct sowing some apple seeds. Thank you for this.

[@BrentPearson19]

Thanks for the update, James! Your first video about this years ago inspired me to try this. I kept seeds from my Kindercrisp apple tree, which was pollinated by my neighbor's tree (unknown variety), and planted them in the fall of 2021. In spring (2022) only 1 germinated, but it grew fast! A rabbit chewed it down to the snow line the first winter, but it came back in spring 2023 and surpassed the previous year's growth that was lost. It's now protected (fenced in) so I'm excited to see what happens next spring! I can't wait for the day that I get to taste an apple from my own unique variety!

[@kettelyehaynes4287]

Hi, I got do excited to find your site. I have a question, I started the growth from seeds and planted it in a pot but the stem is growing so skinny but I have 6 leaves. My question is how do I get the trunk to get thicker? Thank you

[@JenniferD.-wt4uj]

I love watching almost every video you have up, and I love how you get so excited every time you Harvest are you have grown, and it just makes my day!!!😊❤

[@suewolhart3535]

I'm glad your tree is doing well. I hadn't seen you showcase it for awhile. It's gotten big.

[@billbarbour3351]

My Gradson and I have planted gala apple seed and now have seedlings sprouting up so far we have 13 that have came up we planted about 28 hills 3 seeds to each hill.

[@leedavis6354]

I love your enthusiasm. It's amazing, keep on inspiring.

[@agnej8550]

That's really cool! I also have my own apple going on, it is possibly a crossing between crabapple and a regional summer apple (a sort of sauce apple) that is really nice. This year it grew to 60 cm, from 20. So soon I'll also have fruit.

[@hzattau3]

How did you know i was planning on doing this, this year? I collected a ton of apples from my husbands grandpas property for applesauce and i collected several hundred seeds to try my hand at getting my own trees to grow! Perfect timing! Thank you!

[@LK-3000]

Thanks for another great video. An apple that grows true from seed is the Antonovka apple. I think it does good up to zone 8. I have lots of seedlings from other apples that will probably be crab apples but I need them as pollinators so I'm pretty happy.

[@Grow_with_Michael]

One of a kind apple! 🍎I really want to play the apple lottery myself. It seems like such a rewarding process and experience,

[@Homesowing]

Hi, I just cant wait for spring sowing ,i have my flower game going strong now and with your last video about the best tasting prolific seeds to purchase, its going to be a wonderful spring 2024 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thanks James & tuck!

[@LeeLuvsTea]

That is cool!!! I grew a plant from an apple seed out of an apple I got from the Farmer's Market about a year ago and people told me it was going to turn into a crabapple,,,so I appreciate your correct information about growing from a seed out of an apple you ate 😅🍎 The plant is still alive too!! I actually just have it with my house plants and have not planted it outdoors yet but now I will!! Thanks!!!

[@voiceofunreason5153]

If you thin them out, would you get bigger apples? The tip to put the seeds in the fridge for 6 to 8 weeks is genius, thanks!

[@lpmoron6258]

Just don't forget them. I did that and the spindly things didn't make it.

[@voiceofunreason5153]

@@lpmoron6258 cheers, will do!!

[@barbaramix1683]

Today I planted two apricot seed that I have kept in my refrigerator for a couple of months. I bought the apricots at the store. I hope they are wonderful trees someday that I can give my grandchildren fruit from.

[@Mantıksal]

Apricot seedlings require grafting to ensure fruiting

[@billyd7628]

@@Mantıksal no they dont stop spreading falsehoods.

[@Exaris79]

Had a transplanted apple tree twice and nearly some decades old. Forgot the variety but looked like it's a HoneyCrisp and after a couple of decades it was producing over medium sized to large sized apples. What can you suggest to expedite the growth into larger apples instead of waiting a couple of decades. In Japan, they cut off multiple apples once the flowers had changed to fruits so that more of the nutrients would go to the remaining apples in the cluster. Will continuously doing it every year cause the apple to naturally grow into larger size? Also glad to see Tuck's still up and have a healthy appetite, my Yorkie Terrier had some great last months before it passed away after 11yrs.❤🍎

[@cynthiafisher9907]

You should thin the fruit so there is only one apple per cluster and no fruit closer than 6” apart. You have to do it every year, the tree won’t “learn” to do it.

[@anishachauhan9330]

Hi.. its lovely to see your passion for home grown plants and fruits..got 2 apple seeds germinate in the heat of Mumbai..i grew them by natural method of sowing in the soil.. and they have germinated.. one was plucked off at the sprout ..will that continue to grow?

[@Rich-sy8jl]

Like your advice about throwing down many seeds and saving the healthiest starter, gonna give it a shot. Good video, got some good info.

[@Steve197201]

I wonder if I can plant an apple tree by dropping a few apples on the ground in the fall? This is how nature does it, and the seeds would experience stratification over the winter. Has anybody had any luck with this method?

[@Nick-Freeman]

I did it, and it worked

[@oldtimegamer2.098]

I haven't tried that before of letting the seeds out in the winter but there is this one time I have grown apple seeds from the pink lady apples what I have noticed about the pink lady apples the seeds in them are usually sprouting I do think for easy growing I would recommend the pink lady apples

[@paranoidgenius9164]

This is awesome bro, lately I've been dreaming of lush vegatation & growing my own food stuffs. I have been experimenting with making apple fruit flour amongst other fruits to make bread & the endless possibilities with the right methods, I have been mind blown why bread companies haven't come up with different types of breads & my homemade bread makes store bought bread taste bland & boring! Just the thought of walking through a garden & you're surrounded by the things you have grown from seed & feeling good that it's because of you that made it happen, & it helps you to love & appreciate yourself better, it's therapeutic, just hope that it doesn't turn up feeling like a chore, because nobody really likes chores!😊

[@yoshideku117]

This is the video that i was waiting for!! I want an Apple tree so badly but i don't know how to do it. Thanks James :) I love Tuck appareances on the camera

[@jamesprigioni]

Let’s Gooo!!!

[@kele1264]

Same! I want dwarf or miniature trees, to keep them in control. I'll be looking at Stark Brothers, Rain Tree, and Bay Laurel as sources. I'll be paying special attention to climate hardiness and whether or not the trees need more than one planted near each other. James' videos with tips on pruning and care (like Surround Kaolin clay) will be invaluable as I go. Good luck to you!

[@blessinganslem512]

Same here I would love to plant one in my farmyard in Nigeria

[@iCazZiStronZi]

I planted apple seeds in a McDonald’s cup in my garage, just for fun after eating an apple. Long story short, it’s 5 days later and they are already sprouting. I heard that they needed to go through a cold period or some process to get them to germinate so I honestly didn’t expect anything to happen. But to my surprise this morning I checked all the seeds I planted and the apples are growing just breaching the surface of the soil

[@aaronlaluzerne392]

Those are some pretty small apples.

[@Simplyfarmhouse7]

This is how I found your channel years ago, when I looked up how to plant apple seeds! I am working on my own food forest now. Thanks James and TUCK♥♥♥♥

[@jamesprigioni]

Let’s Gooo!!!

[@antoniagarces3250]

Maravilhosa sua experiência de ver sua cria, suainda macieira crescer e frutificar. Parabéns James. Um grande abraço de Antônia de Itumbiara Goias

[@cherylK228]

We are on this journey with growing our own apple tree. Thanks for the good info! ❤ to Tuck!

[@James-semaJ]

Amazing. You've done really well. I definitely want to grow an apple tree from seed.

[@zaria5785]

Hi James, I love that you grew your own apple tree. It’s such a beautiful tree. I’m wondering if the seeds I planted from my lemons will be genetically different from its parent tree. I’m so excited to see what I get. Thanks for the encouragement. I planted 6 seeds. Let’s see how many make it.

[@melanin4267]

Blessings to you and all you do. I Am Growing 10 Plants from seed I'm year 2 it's so exciting. Blessings and thank you for all you do. New Earth 🧑🏾‍🌾🥑🥒🍠🍆🌻🌷🤘🏾💪🏾🙏🏾💜💫

[@Happy2Run4Me]

Such a fun video! I have several acres now to work with so my experiments of growing apples from seed aren’t that crazy after all lol. Last year I sprouted dozens of apple seeds and was so excited but a freeze killed them all as I was away from home. Sad. I do still want a honey crisp apple tree though. ☺️ Still experimenting is just so much fun so I’m excited I have the room to do it. I love the Prigioni apple tree! Beautiful! My, you are patient though ! 👍🏻

[@julesincog7299]

Im about 3 weeks into the stratification process with pear seeds at the moment, going to try apple seeds over the winter too :D

[@suzannegrimes9743]

Hi James, I was just wondering about the grafting to a dwarf I didn’t quite understand what that meant. What you do to do that process could you explain thank you.

[@tomatito3824]

Thank you so much this is the content I like. Planting from seed is magical and so important, we need more landrace varieties like yours. Btw does anyone know how well this works with citrics? I want evergreen fruit trees.

[@petekooshian5595]

I just planted around 35 apples from seed this year! You have a higher chance of it being a good apple of you grow from good varieties that were crossed with other good varieties!

[@DawnDJazz]

Thank you for sharing your joy! I am about to begin planting and propagating apple seeds in a moist paper towel in a plastic bag in my fridge; very excited to try this. What are the best heirloom / disease resistant apple trees that you have found? Have you done any videos on grafting apple trees? :)

[@user-qu7bx4vp9b]

prigioni shoud be the type of apple

[@just_cayte]

My next door neighbor gave me some of the apples off one of his trees and I saved some of the seeds. Imma try this. Love Tuck!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Homesowingt73]

I wish I could make an apple that tastes like pure candy ,calling it the candy apple or mix a green apple with something sweet. How fun this is.

[@annamontone8952]

Cinnamon on the seeds will keep them from molding qhile in the fridge.

[@mazingworldofmegan8906]

I've heard about needing to put your apple seed through a cold period but I just soaked my fresh seed in water over night and then sowed in soil and kept the soil moist about a week and a half later a seedling sprouted... But I know typically I won't have that luck again

[@brendaakankwatsaetolu4836]

I did this one time and kept watering weeds because I didn't know what an apple seedling or tree looked like. I have not seen one in the tropics

[@lindaseel9986]

That crunch when you bit into that Liberty apple! I said out loud,' That's a good apple! '

[@flowersvg]

I have multiple apple trees, but have never started from seed. Thanks for the info

[@DashDrones]

I've got two four year old apple trees from seed in the garden. No fruit yet, hoping they'll be edible and not crab apples😂

[@Nick-Freeman]

You can always graft another kind of apple tree to it if it’s not good

[@bblovedraw3594]

Let my 3 and 4 year old watch this, they loved it, Thanks!

[@ProperlyMismanaged]

The problem with growing apples from seed is that since they need pollination to have a successful apple it’s common practice for commercial apple production to use crab apples as a pollenizer. Which is what I assume happened to your apple tree there as it looks very similar to a crab apple.

[@johnklemmensen4757]

Could you plant three together?

[@JihyunMcmanuis]

I really like your agricultural channel.

[@jhomarjoetalay1688]

We don't have apple tree in our country the Philippines but this month a planted a seed in a tissue and it sprouts.from now on it is already 20 days old and having a three leaves coming out.

[@jwrightgardening]

We plant some apple seeds every couple of years. The strongest ones grow very vigorously. It took less than five years to get our first fruit from one. And seven years from the second. The first one is a lot like yours. My kids call them Cherry Apples. The second tree makes little yellow apples, tons of them, but they don't taste good. It's a very fun experiment. Since starting to play with apple seeds, I've learned that my little red and yellow apples were probably cross pollinated by a crab apple and that most commercial orchards have crab apples to help with pollination for better fruit set. So if I were to collect apples from trees with no crab apples around, any fruit bearing trees from those seeds would likely be bigger. That's my next experiment - to collect some seeds from some abandoned orchards in the area that do not have crab apples nearby.

[@mikeneidlinger8857]

Thank You so much! I always wanted to plant one of the sprouts I find in an apple sometimes.

[@CandiYellowPeppers]

They look like a kind of cherry 🍒. Awesome tree.

[@Jim-K-Baker]

This would be neat to do and top graft domesticated apple scions to the tree.

[@slowpoke4557]

Just found out that the orange tree i bought as a baby from Florida is actually a calamondin orange (i probably messed up the spelling) and that's why the 🍊 are so tiny. I now get to find an orange i like and plant up a bunch of orange seeds in hopes of getting one that is close enough to what i want. This is on top of my lemons, grapefruits, avocados, mangos, muscadine grapes, and yes.... several apple varieties as well.

[@slowpoke4557]

Peaches, cherries, never could find a lime or a key lime seed though

[@rebeccaburdette3114]

A calamondin is a lime though, it's not an orange. It's an orange colored lime.

[@catiepower3550]

I’m going to try to grow dwarf apple trees again this spring. I got some really young saplings that didn’t survive the frost we got in April.

[@scurge1971]

I would love to see a video of you grafting a tree to a root stalk , it's the first I've heard of that. Then again I am kind of a gardening noob...lol PS: please give Tuck a nice head scratching for me bro... 😁👍

[@Serendipity_Strawberry_Farm]

I was wondering James had you thought of grafting your special apple tree onto a dwarf stock to see what happens?? Cheers Theresa Australia

[@kooltube100]

I recenetly ordered a dwarf family apple tree. Supposedly this one tree will have 3 different varieties of apples. I don't know how good it'll be at producing fruit, but I'd be happy just getting fruit from the backyard. I think it's realy cool to see that you grew one from seed to full size, but that just takes up way to much space sadly.

[@rockyk9316]

I bought today a bag of unbranded very sweet apples and decided to plant seeds from these apples. Size of the apples is small, just like yours I don’t know how long it can take to grow at least as a small tree. I bought almost 5 years ago medium size apple tree : 4 different sorts of apples on one tree. The tree had only leaves, no flowers. This year it does not have any leaves yet ( in May). Last summer we had Mormon crickets invasion and they gobbled all leaves. Tree is alive, all branches are flexibles and have buds, but no leaves. Did you have any problems like that? How to boost apple tree to open buds? Any advice please

[@ailenequejada2720]

Cute

[@FadilaMohammed-t1q]

I will like to try it one day in Ghana. Loved your video.

[@TrickedHat]

In my store bought apples i eat for lunch recently the seeds have already started germinating while inside the apple so ive been just eating them taking the already germinated seeds and planting them

[@ailenequejada2720]

Always chum James

[@rachelgalus]

I can’t do apples because my property is covered in cedars, but I would love to try this with some nuts and stone fruits ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@GiftWrapped]

My favorite apple us the Wisconsin or Michigan Macintosh, i so want my own apple tree, but im 60.arent I too old now? Hi Tuck ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🐶

[@sbffsbrarbrr]

This is so cool. I can't believe how many apples are on that three. I planted some germinated apple seeds (germinated in the apple) about two years ago. Mine is less than a foot tall at this point and I think it's not getting enough sun. I wonder if it will be OK to move it or will I damage the tap root?

[@freygirl4life]

I’m feeling confused on how you made it your own variety.

[@antondavedadivad6988]

Because every Apple seeds has different varieties

[@moirad6579]

I was just wondering how to grow apples from seed... Ambrosia apples are my favourite and i purchased some from the local farmers market so the should grow in my region. Might give this a try!! Thanks for the inspiration ❤❤❤

[@someuser4166]

I found a sprouted seed inside of an apple that I ate and decided to plant it. It's grown to about 20cm. It was a granny Smith apple, I don't like those though so it's good for me that they won't be true to seed. I hope my seedling will grow into a healthy tree.

[@user-ug5sb6qg1u]

I did that too, I've got two apple trees in my garden now.

[@someuser4166]

@@user-ug5sb6qg1u it's awesome to plant your own plants. Especially big things like trees that'll remain for hundreds of years.

[@damianbutterworth2434]

I`ve just found some Malus Pumila seeds in the cupboard. Just potted them and put outside in the cold. Cheers. I`ll get back in 10 years if they work out ok. :)

[@thesimmi1193]

Hey, I’ve a question. I’m sorry if I missed as you might have already mentioned it in your video but I really couldn’t catch. Which one of these trees is the one you repotted in ground. I’m interested in knowing how an in-house apple plant would grow into after repotting into ground. Thanks, beautiful video.

[@TheOracleRealm]

That’s apple sounded good 😂

[@franciscoleon4084]

So cute

[@Homesowingt73]

So nice to see you guys ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ tuckaroni❤the best video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@peaches833]

Those little apples were adorable.

[@smyrnasstory]

“May the true God give you the dews of the heavens and the fertile soils of the earth and an abundance of grain and new wine.”

[@opossumlvr1023]

Crab apples are used as pollinators in commercial orchards. Collect seeds from an old orchard where there isn't crab apples present and your results will be much closer to the parent tree.

[@bluerivercountry]

Hi little Tuck ❤

[@GillianHannaOP]

❤ it amazing 🍎 🌳

[@ngozi1944]

You enjoyed it

[@happyheartgardening]

Tuck...he is the best gardener!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Communistdaughter]

This is anecdotal but I find the best apples to get seeds from are bought form a vegetable / fruit grocer rather than from supermarkets. In my experience the seeds often have started growing a root from inside the apple which gives it a good head start.

[@Communistdaughter]

(I’ve done this with Granny Smith so there may be differences)

[@ginobass66]

Do you have a video on how to spray apple trees? I watched a recent video you did with Millenium Gardner where you mentioned you sprayed trees with chalk? Can you recommend what to spray and where to get the product you use. Thank you and enjoy your very helpful videos. take care, gino

[@Homesowingt73]

Thanks!

[@jessiedaniels6500]

This video made me smile. Do you HAVE to refrigerate the seeds or can I plant them from fruit right away?

[@newdimention9797]

I grow apple tree from seed of Fuji apple, this apple was like honey inside never seen anything like this, hope my apples will be like amber inside too. The tree is two years already. Also I grow apricots and plumcot from seed.

[@user-pd9in1hx7s]

Just put the steeds in water and couple dats later they sprouted. And now its a little tree a week later

[@cudasai]

The hand just does the tasting so so well, lucky hand 😊

[@JimPaar]

Great channel ❤