GROW an Apple Tree from SEED to FRUIT!

[@ZaneMedia]

What is everyone’s (#1) favourite apple to eat?

[@musicalbard3]

Cortland and Macintosh.

[@ZaneMedia]

Alternatives for Life classics 👌

[@markhunter2244]

Really like sweet varieties such as kiku and honeycrisp 🤓

[@ZaneMedia]

Mark Hunter honeycrisp is also one of my top 👍

[@musicalbard3]

@@markhunter2244 Honeycrips are very good.

[@midwestribeye7820]

I grew 17 apple seedlings, 15 pear seedlings, and 3 plum seedlings last year. Thanks to you. You truly have one of the best KZbin channels! I wish I could grow your favorite plums!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

So nice of you

[@blessisrael6455]

Oh woops ! I’ve been growing them indoors from seed; they’re very fragile… about 1” high, it’s summer right now, should I go and plant the baby plants and my germinated seeds in the ground, can they withstand the summer heat or does planting them in the shade help ? And they don’t need a fertilizer, just water ? Thanks ; )

[@kristine5561]

I learned how to graft two years ago while in gardening school and I absolutely loved it. And ever since learning that you can graft apples and pears together, I’ve become obsessed with growing a tree that has both. If I ever get a house with a garden I will have so many frankensteins fruit trees. I’m so excited!

[@hamburger512]

Is this something you do regularly? Do you sell them at all?

[@alexriddles492]

I have been grafting apples for about 10 years. I have never heard of apples and pears together. I do know you can graft plums, cherries, peaches, apricots, and almonds. These are all of the species Prunus and therefore are compatible.

[@ushaparikh7412]

what gardning school did you go to?

[@sgtjameslindsey2493]

Just a quick note, apples that you get from the grocery store have more than likely already been stratified. After being washed and sorted, apples are stored in warehouses at or near freezing temps for as long as and sometimes more then two years. They are gased to put them to sleep. If you get one with tiny brown spots on the skin, this is probably one of those and the spot is the sugars in the skin much like a banana when it's ripening. After storage, it's put onto trucks or trains, still at very cold Temps, shipped to their destination like a grocery warehouse, then on to the stores, still with the Temps maintained. By the time you purchase them, they have been well stratified. I don't store my apples in the fridge but on the counter because they don't last that long around me since I love apples, and more than once I have finished my apple and looked at the seed to find they've already started to sprout. I have probably 50 Honeycrisp trees ready to go into the ground at this time. My goal is to graft as many different kinds of apples onto the same root stock as I can using the same cross pollination time chart.

[@ogreunderbridge5204]

Do you know what type of gas is used to sleep them ?

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@@ogreunderbridge5204 I never heard of them gassing fruit to "put it to sleep" so I can't answer that. I know sometimes they use ethylene gas to force various early-picked fruit and veg to ripen up. But the OP seems to be talking about something entirely different.

[@ogreunderbridge5204]

@@dogslobbergardens6606 What I really is searching for is "how to prolong shelf life on fruits", in this case apples. Guy said gas. I ask which :)) Do you know how to make them stay well edible for long time storage ? :)

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

@@ogreunderbridge5204 freeze 'em. Or cook and can them, or ferment them into cider/wine/vinegar etc. I'm not being a smart-alec; that's honestly the only ways I know to keep apples and other fruits edible longer than a few weeks, maybe a few months.

[@mr.fraedd693]

@@ogreunderbridge5204 They reduce the amount of Oxygen in the air and slightly increase the CO2. Its called CA or ULO Storage.

[@busker153]

I have 17 Pink Lady Apple seed surprises growing in my front yard right now! And 4 Red D'Angou Pear seed surprises near them! And, out back, I have 4 Red Delicious Apple seed surprises, a Honey Bee seed surprise, and 4 Fuji Apple seed surprises growing in my back yard! This is going to be a good year!

[@dannyred5921]

I currently have two apple tree bonsais i sprouted from growing in a paper towel😂 theyre now two and a half years old and such cute little trees

[@daver9643]

How tall are they? Because I want to do the same thing.

[@scipio109]

How thick are they?

[@rconn4501]

And not a single video? Bruh...

[@Woody8168]

Are we not gonna talk about the caterpillar crawling on him?!

[@ZaneMedia]

Brian Wood haha finally! Incredibly distracting even while editing

[@jaketasjourney]

Lmbo right!

[@tamikafrison5744]

Lol look me up on Facebook, God Bless

[@PlantRelated]

sign of a true plant guy

[@jwrightgardening]

We have about 6 apple trees growing from seed. We've planted a lot more than 6 over the past 6 years but we intentionally ignore them besides the rare bit of water in July and August so only the strongest survive. Last summer we got our 1st fruit off of one of the oldest, about 5 years old. To our great delight, they are delicious! Very small, the size of a crabapple, but the taste is amazing. The kids call them "cherry apples" because it grew in bunches of 5-6 fruits. And the blossoms are gorgeous giant pink things that make the tree look like a pink cloud in spring. This year looks like a repeat with fruit all over. We didn't touch it last year but this year we are thinking of thinning the fruit to see if the apples will grow larger. All in all, a very gratifying experiment!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Wonderful an adapted tree. Thinning will make them a little larger but with pink flowers it’s mainly a delicious crab apple.

[@jwrightgardening]

@@StefanSobkowiak Thanks! I didn't know that crab apples could be sweet! The only ones I've ever seen/tried had to be cooked before you could eat them. Cool to know that. 😁

[@wideawake8415]

I sprouted organic apple and pear tree seeds n a paper towel. I first knicked the seed before putting n tamp paper towel. I now have 4 Apple trees. 1 Gala,2 Honey Crisp and a Figi. I also have 2 organic pear trees. They r all beautiful.

[@terijean6351]

Last year in an organic apple I found a sprouted seed. The tree is doing well.

[@ZaneMedia]

Teri Jean wow the seed had already began to sprout that’s awesome and glad to hear it’s doing well!

[@ObjectTVOfficial]

Mines too

[@MaeLoves974]

That's good to read! I just found a sprouted seed in a pink lady couple of days ago, I was wondering if I will be able to grow a tree from it

[@xander4043]

What type of fruit is it producing, if any?

[@terijean6351]

@@xander4043 well it hasn't flowered yet. I only grew it to graft onto another apple tree.

[@aliceheeley3112]

Just found multiple sprouting seeds in a braeburn, found myself here immediately. Wish me luck!!

[@kingjames4886]

I have one that's about a year and a half old now I found in an empire. it's been struggling a bit... :/

[@busker153]

I like to let three side branches grow, and then top the tree. My plan is to graft two known cultivars onto the two lowest branches, and let the mystery fruit reveal itself on the third branch! If it is undesirable, I can always graft a third known cultivar in it's place. This allows for awesome cross pollination of all my trees! I'm so excited, because I am truly...well on my way!

[@stephsunlover4795]

This is an amazing video for a beginner like me thank you so much

[@farmerjones5479]

I have a cousin who grafted pears he has passed now. I thought he was genius and he was. I am going to try this on a poorly performing pear. I learn a good lesson every day from you. I own the world's tiniest permaculture orchard. Trees are established now i can play! Merci!

[@DavidEgesdal]

I love the end idea of having the best of both worlds.

[@sylastial]

right, have watched a couple of tutorial on grafting, he is the first to mention I can keep both. In theory, it makes sense.

[@desertedenblooms]

I recently started planting apple seeds that had germinated inside my apples. I did it mosly for the wood as my bunnies enjoy the bark and its good for their teeth! They love apples and if I should get some good tasting ones great, if not they make great orgaic material for my sandbox here in Vegas. thank you for all you tech!

[@marshhen]

Fantastic. I had never understood the issue of the strongest tree is a tree from seed, therefore has the longest taproot. I also did not really understand the difference between root stock and the grafted fruit. Thank you!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Glad it helped!

[@doggiefamily908]

My favorite are Cortland, Lobo and Mutsu. Or any apple fresh from the tree. Growing up I had fresh picked apples. Nothing that you can buy in the store today compares to freshly picked fruit. Actually I can't stand the taste of Gala, Red Delicious or other popular varieties. You can taste the chemicals. That is why I'm trying to grow a few apple trees. They are young still, maybe next year I'll have some fruit. I absolutely love your channel, and watched the movie and every single video more than once. I have learned so much from you. Thank you

[@ZaneMedia]

Ewa Hall that’s awesome Ewa, I’ve never heard of Mutsu (I’m sure my father has) but if you’re comparing it to the others I’m sure it’s delicious!!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Ewa glad it helps, keep growing your own fruit.

[@mattildahubbardo]

I like your videos, i am growing lots of trees from seed including apple

[@meganhoward8820]

You're adorable. I love pink lady apples. I have 6 seedlings that i started 4 months ago. 3 of them are nice and big the others are smaller one is a runt lol. I am just enjoying growing them.

[@conquererification]

L.S.S. I grow a yellow delicious apple from seed in an upkeep field at work. The fruit and tree were very small but I thought it would be great to have in my yard. When I went to dig it up I found the tap root squeezed between 2 very large rocks. Sorry I tried to dig it up,it didn't survive but it did give me a yellow devious apple from seed.

[@andsch0172]

Excellent Video Finally I know how it’s done

[@ZaneMedia]

andreas schaetze haha excellent glad we could help out 👍

[@FinehomesofNewHampshire]

Thanks Stefan! 😊🙏 🍎 Im going to start some in my indoor garden.

[@ZaneMedia]

Hidden Harvest Grow Lights awesome you’ll have to let us know how it goes!

[@FinehomesofNewHampshire]

@@ZaneMedia Will do!🙏

[@karlie9590]

Just cut open an organic pink lady apple and all 6 seeds inside are spouting. My 5 year old is begging to put at least one in a pot! Hence why I’m here. 😃

[@AdeniyiDamilareDada]

One of the best apple growing videos I have ever seen. Thanks so much sir

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Wow, thanks

[@timbushell8640]

Egremont russet is my old garden fav apple. Thanks for the video.

[@Sami-Nasr]

x2

[@zelieHEARNE]

a lot of this was discussed in the book " THE BOTANY OF DESIRE" in the chapters about apples! apples are so amazing and important! thank u for the info!

[@ZaneMedia]

Eileen Hearne you’re welcome thanks for the awesome feedback :)

[@CorneliaBlue]

Good book!

[@mattildahubbardo]

“ Some will give you spiney trees you go oh my god i cant even go near that tree “ haha 😜

[@susanjordan2130]

I just planted 4 Apple trees from y seeds into my garden last month. 2 more to put in ground. I'll see what I get. I'm excited.

[@JohnSmith-gy4qj]

An apple grew out of the compost and 10 years later it has great fruit they are big and juicy. Had another tree from compost. When it was mature the first harvest eas so bountiful i had to put supports on the branches but the fruit was a mongrel. So i fed my worms with g. Thanks for the tip about grafting, gr8 idea. I am east of Adelaide in the mount lofty ranges.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

You may have the next Gala on your hands. If consensus is that it’s a great apple, consider grafting it to preserve it.

[@honeykai8274]

Just planted my apple seeds! Hopefully they grow!

[@xosp-3393]

Update?

[@stephaniepaul9516]

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[@carterseib223]

Yes I am growing them thanks

[@zeenakharbuli4291]

Thank you for sharing the ideas on planting apple

[@katiepie5751]

Love the enthusiasm

[@ZaneMedia]

Katie Pie haha yes he really gets into it :)

[@PlantRelated]

Wow brilliant, thank you for not discouraging me! i shared with people that i am planting apple tree seeds and they all said it was a terrible idea.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Great idea, especially if you plan to graft them to your favorite apples.

[@madar805]

Good Descriptions with a lot of of information. Thanks.

[@Pay-It_Forward]

Well done both educational & humorous.

[@MsFaan]

Great video! Thanks!

[@ZaneMedia]

Fay Cotton thanks Fay glad you enjoyed it!

[@RyneKly]

Pink lady definitely my favorite apple. Growing a red gala and granny Smith. 2 years in ground from barefoot no fruit just yet.

[@ZaneMedia]

RyneKly pink lady yes!!

[@ZaneMedia]

RyneKly and you’ll have to let us know when it finally does decide to produce, but I’m sure it’ll be worth the wait 👍

[@TheRealHonestInquiry]

I'm looking for heirloom varieties that have a similar sweet/tart balance like Pink Lady, so far she is one of a kind and still my favorite

[@padmabhupal5570]

You are the best in explanation... seriously...u are just awesome....

[@therevelation19]

Boskoop, Golden Delicious nad Jonagold are still my favorites.

[@kristingoettlicher3503]

The prior owners of my orchard grew a tree in their compost pile and put a patent on it. It is a decent apple.

[@EricCole69]

I did the paper towel method and my 3 trees are doing well haha

[@morethanmortal8362]

Very educational thank you!!

[@ZaneMedia]

More Than Mortal glad you enjoyed it!

[@JanicePhillips]

I have a year old apple I sprouted from an Envy seed out of Australia. So far, she's looking great. Fingers crossed! I have a couple of store bought Gala's. They're two years old.

[@JanicePhillips]

Oh. And I just put four Jonathan Apple seeds in the fridge to plant in March-ish. Wish me luck there too! I'm really excited about the "no transplant" tap root difference and can't wait to see for myself.

[@believers2012]

great video and I love your enthusiasm

[@musicalbard3]

has anyone else heard of Winesap Apples? I remember them from my childhood.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yes you can look them up and find someone who’s collecting them. You could ask for or buy grafting scions from them and grow your own.

[@fallout4boy111-o2v]

My fiance planted one apple tree from seed when she was in elementary in her grandparents backyard n is now about 17 year old tree is huge and is the best apple tree in the yard turn out to be granny Smith apple..

[@qxiiomi]

O: my god guys did you see the bug 🐛 on stefan!!! Leave a comment down below

[@GoodTimesHomestead]

Super video - can't wait to see the new orchard. Science!

[@Fadedetiquette]

Your videos are great

[@anniehe9682]

my favroiute apples are the redapples

[@johnrambo2473]

I sure do love apples. Great video 👍

[@ZaneMedia]

JoHn RaMbO 2 thanks John more next week ;)

[@kolapyellow7631]

that's a great idea! I want to try with Mango trees! You are not a farmer but an encyclopedia of plants. Thank you.

[@ladyvirgo013]

Honey Crisp Apples are my favorite

[@FilthyKingsRock]

My mother planted a seedling tree years ago. Unfortunately it wasn't a good variety so she cut it down. It started to sprout suckers like crazy. This week I cut all the suckers except one and grafted it to a local eating variety. First time apple grafting, it's going to be a fun project to see how it goes.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Fantastic. When cutting a whole tree you can leave 3 suckers and graft each one, since a graft is not guaranteed to work. Well done.

[@dianebenoit7500]

my favorite apples are Russet and Honeycrisp

[@benvarga6089]

His voice is asmr.

[@stellayang4981]

awesome, very enjoyable watching your video, thanks for sharing your intelligent, i am in fact growing my apple trees from seeds, they are now growing up beautifully :)

[@gururajm5709]

Yes

[@moritzb.9227]

Awesome find, so glad I found this

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Enjoy!

[@morenacampanero8785]

Sir thanks for sharing

[@multi_misa72]

You make me smile. I saw your video on dandylions years ago, wery nice, i'm subscribing.👌👍

[@截拳道余先生]

Good stuff !

[@christopherreiff3192]

Apples are my favorite

[@NorikoIsDreaming]

My favorite food is apple 😍😍😍😍😝😝😝😜😜😜😋😋😋😋

[@Sharkdog11b]

Omg that party noise nearly gave me a heart attack 😂

[@melissaw6411]

Hey Stefan, Love your channel! It's funny how often your episodes mirror what is going on in my garden here in Saskatchewan... just the other day when I was processing apples, I looked at the seeds of a very fine specimen and I wondered about growing one from seed and skipping the whole root stock, grafting program... as I watch your video I have a few seeds drying on the window sill...I used to work in a tree nursery in which we grew the root stock, and did our own grafting... Anyway I appreciate your enthusiasm and commitment to honoring this land. Melissa P.S. I am curious about the potatoes you planted back in May...

[@ZaneMedia]

Melissa W haha great minds think alike ;)

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Thanks. I’ve filmed updates for almost all the spring videos just haven’t put them together yet. Potatoes are going superb and the bed is beautiful ready for a fall or spring crop.

[@melissaw6411]

That's fantastic! I can't wait until you post them!

[@marcelforget89]

Once the seeds are in the freezer. Should they spend a few days/weeks in the fridge to "wake up" before direct seeding them.

[@filipou1000]

usually severals weeks- wait until march or so

[@StefanSobkowiak]

A few weeks or maybe just one or two maybe enough. Follow the season outdoors, when no more snow weather then fridge and seed direct.

[@senfrancisco]

Usaualy takes 3weeks

[@CandiceWA]

Fantastic!

[@tripplebeards3427]

I started dozens of apple seeds From seeds almost a decade ago. The first one produced crab apples three years ago. I have another in my yard I grafted 4 other varieties onto just in case it was a dud. I have gotten golden delicious apples off one of grafts the last two years. I finally have 6 apples growing on the original part of the tree! It’s a tip bearer and I’ve been pruning off the buds every fall! The seed I believe was a pink lady or jazz apple to being with. The apples are as big as the first Apple you started your video with. I would say a good 3/3.5”...a real apple!!! Temps dropped here last week into the 40’s and caused my apples to turn a bright pink on one side. I have them in zip loc bags to protect against the Fungus, bees, and squirrels. It’s worked the last two years...knock on wood. I will have to see if they will come off when lightly lifted. I would assume they are ripe now?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Fantastic. Looks are important since people usually buy on looks but taste is essential. Disease resistance is right up there as well.

[@tripplebeards3427]

@@StefanSobkowiak I couldn’t tell you on disease resistance since they’ve been sealed in baggies all year. But I can tell you the golden delicious still are spotty even with the zip loc bags on them. My new apples look perfect. Thanks for the encouraging words.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

You can tell most diseases are on the leaves and the fruit, so even outside the bag.

[@tripplebeards3427]

@@StefanSobkowiak I know I have some rust spots every year. I removed my pine tree out of the yard and it’s gotten much better. The neighbor still has one. It always has big galls on it every year. So I’m cursed till his tree gets removed. I tried a light lift and twist on my apples today. They stayed put so hopefully in a few weeks when they finally ripen the squirrels still won’t figure out they are there.

[@rachelou5661]

Great tree

[@user-zd8dw8gb2n]

Just ran across your video, great content!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Welcome aboard!

[@Heasterworld]

Hey ☺ its realy helpful to me as i hv grown apple tree at ma home im ur new subscriber 😍 m from amritsar punjab india

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Welcome

[@DJSupaflyguy]

Hi, I’ve got an Apple 🍏 tree which I’d say is about 3 years old and it’s already reaching second story windows of our house and has way too many lower branches and it’s the end of June and mid summer for us here, am I ok to prune lower branches and if so do you have any tips to lessen the chances of infection?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

I have a summer vs winter pruning video coming out this month. Best to wait until winter.

[@vaughan7835]

I had to laugh! Lost for words at the end,,, Crickets!!! Thanks for the tips, by the way. I'll be collecting apple seeds & planting them around the hard edges of my garden. I have a heap of avocados popping up from the huge, old avo tree over the fence. It's loaded with fruit right now. Australia. Sell for $1 each? $500 in the bank, at least.

[@gaginita]

So entertaining besides informative

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Glad to hear it!

[@cathyplantlover2862]

Asian pears are 2.49 a pear where i live so I would definitely 👍 try to grow one.. 😅

[@christinafisher6169]

Envy apples are the best

[@theberrby6836]

9:20 Wow Good luck sir! Hope it turns out well and sweet ^^

[@crystalspeters]

Apple is very sweet and it have green apple and red apple

[@senfrancisco]

Lol i pressed on the time you wrote and got a double advert

[@alschatz903]

HONEYCRISP ! OUR FAVORITE !

[@ppss.6302]

I grow apple trees from seeds, but very few people have enough of land and hopes to stay there for 10 years + to taste those apples from seeds, with 99.86793% probability it is gonna be an unappealing taste apple. In the European past many peasants grew their apples from seeds, so even with low probability there were some apple jewels, unforgettable jewels, impossible to find now. Commercialization of agriculture and urbanization killed apple variety, people cut old trees and saved nothing. And apple grown from modern apple seeds is just not the same, intense apple fragrance is pretty much extinct.

[@ppss.6302]

@momentinpassing if you buy a potted apple tree in a big box store it may start producing right away, but even for a potted tree to produce any measurable quantities of apples it takes many years. It will take at least 5 -8 years to get a bucket full of apples from a potted tree IF it likes your soil and its root system is not damaged. In my experience less than 30% of potted trees will keep on growing to give apple volume. If you grow your apples from seeds it will take 10 years or more to get that bucket of apples.

[@FinehomesofNewHampshire]

I search for them in the woods and old fields. I found 120 yr old apples planted on the coast of maine.....totally forgotten. Beautiful old apple strains. My grandmother used only crab for pies.

[@ZaneMedia]

Hidden Harvest Grow Lights wow amazing!

[@heloizasilva5554]

Que bom que li seu comentário, queria uma macieira, porém já tenho um clima desfavorável e ainda essa explicação, concluo que vou ficar no abacaxi, goiaba, bananas, maracujá. E plantar mamão

[@janpeterbennett9122]

Love this

[@alexthai2456]

that is right..................that's why I don't really care about variety.........as long as it taste good like what I want.....variety came from growing environment.........so all varieties are different...........because they have grown in the different area...........and that's what create them............if I grow a plant, I am the one who create its variety..........

[@jameswilson3780]

This was really helpful

[@FireinherSoul87]

I did mine from seed after I let them pop in water only one took out of 2 apples, I did a Gala and Macintosh which are my favourite, Sweet and Tart. I posed a before and after so far. Can’t wait to see what I end up with in a few years

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Almost certainly not Gala and Macintosh but certainly something interesting.

[@TheSejal786]

great video

[@amymoriyama6616]

Grafting can also be used to have a multi-variety tree. Maybe, 5 varieties of apples on a single tree.

[@LilacDaisy2]

Oh, I am SO wanting to do this! Only we're in a low chill area (sub tropics), so I don't know if our low-chill varieties will fruit with only a handful of nights' frost per year.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

You can find each cultivars chill hours or ask your extension agent, they should know.

[@LilacDaisy2]

@@StefanSobkowiak Oh, yes, we have 4 low chill cultivars to choose from. I just don't know if growing them from seed will produce trees that will fruit with a low chill, too! Looks like a fun experiment anyway!

[@StefanSobkowiak]

@ from seed it would be an experiment. I like Mark Shepard’s technique of planting seedlings and grafting them just above the first branches so you get something known PLUS you get to evaluate the seedling..

[@LilacDaisy2]

@@StefanSobkowiak What fun! Thank you - I can't wait to do it! :D

[@ibrahimraqaban2758]

I love apples

[@dukereg]

What is the rationale behind "tricking" them into thinking they've had a winter rather than actually putting them through a real winter in the soil? It's early spring here in Australia and some apple seeds I planted in autumn have sprouted without intervention.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Putting them in direct in the fall is ideal but no guarantee the seeds will still be there in spring unless you add great protection from small mammals that love seeds.

[@dogslobbergardens6606]

The biggest issue on my property is soil depth. My pasture only has soil about 18-24" deep and then it's solid bedrock. There's bare rock showing in places. So I think my best bet is to go ahead and transplant seedlings, maybe even start them in "air pots" or grow bags to encourage all those lateral roots instead of one main tap root. There's just no way for a normal taproot to dig down like it's supposed to. Naturally I'm thinking the trees will have to be kept small by pruning to accommodate such a shallow root system. I know it sounds like a crazy plan, but the entire property has full-grown mature hardwoods and eastern hemlocks, and a few decent sized apple trees of unknown origin, so obviously some trees can make it in such thin soil.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

You can’t argue with what’s already growing well.

[@succulentqueen7737]

My thought... don't worry about the bedrock. Plant the seeds directly into the soil as he showed, the taproot will grow straight down to the bedrock then redirect itself along the bedrock where it may also find water at the bedrock. The taproot might find a crack in the bedrock and work it's way down even deeper. If you transplant, the root system is a pruned bushy root system that requires more watering.

[@billyd7628]

plants are basically natural drills. they can tear that bedrock up. no need to worry about it. even small things like vegetables can make cracks in rock

[@mikkoainasoja5018]

I remembering to read somewhere that In 1800 in Finland when the apple trees where imported here it was recommended to grow apple trees from seed, because those imported apple trees from mid Europe tend to die here in our winter. Now we have lots of cold resistance apple trees here.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

That’s the right strategy but most people today will not be so patient.

[@RobbiRocks]

Thank you... Soooo glad there was no stupid background music

[@GimmeADream]

Wow! That was a serious learning curve for me! There are dozens of apple trees here in the windrows on this property on PEI. Most, if not all have been set by seeds dropped by birds,I imagine. I've mainly thought of them as scrap trees. They give all types of apples from them but I have never harvested anything except a few large yellow apples that taste pretty good and a Mackintosh-looking apple. But I didn't know about the taproot and transplanting. Do the nursery grafted stock use transplanted trees? I bought two this year, a Granny Smith and a Honeycrisp. Now I'm wondering about the taproot of said trees.

[@StefanSobkowiak]

The only tree to have a taproot intact is a seedling that has never been transplanted.

[@Oceanhawktv]

Thanks for the info!

[@juneroos5453]

Hello thank you for showing your little tree .Tell me what you spray on your tree .

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Whey on some.

[@charlesclements4350]

The phrase at 2:40, "...from the seeds that fell from the fruit next to it." Should or could the seeds be left in the fruit and allowed to rot into the soil or must the seeds be separated from the fruit first before planting?

[@StefanSobkowiak]

You got it. You can leave the seeds to rot in the fruit, as long as you don’t have lots of deer, boar, bear, raccoon, rabbits.... to take your fruit and seeds.

[@charlesclements4350]

O.K. Thank you very much. I guess that I would have to leave plenty for them to eat as well.

[@acuarioshabitables2320]

Hi, so we”ll never know what will grow from an apple seed, wow, I have more then 10 little apple trees growing and awaiting to be transplanted, so should I go and planted them in the soil?

[@ZaneMedia]

AcuariosHabitables hopefully you’ll get a “gem” out of one of them :)

[@StefanSobkowiak]

Yup now is a good time in our area. Fall is the best time to plant most deciduous trees.