How long does it take for a Peach Tree seed to sprout?

Question

I heard something about Freezing them to imitate winter and that helps them grow faster, any truth to this?

Answer 1

I don't actually know the answer but first you have to figure out whether the seed is viable, where it came from. I don't think Monsanto has gotten into the tree seed business yet with their GMO witchcraft. Did you get it from a storebought peach? What country did that come from?



Let's assume it is a healthy seed, uncontaminated by modern science. Having spent my childhood in Washington State, (a long time ago in a galaxy far far away ;) orchards were everywhere East of the Cascades/Rockies, including peach trees. While yes, it does get below freezing there, it is a fairly moderate climate, so I don't think peach seeds require simulating winter.



The trick is.... how to preserve the seed until Spring. I don't think it would like being in the freezer for months. Can you sprout it now inside the house? Got a sunny window? I think if it was me, I'd try to sprout it now, have it live indoors through the winter and when Spring comes, harden it off gradually before planting it. When planting outside comes, it will be a baby so will require protection from whatever wants to eat it. Might want to have it in a flower pot the first year.

Answer 2

I stay in North Carolina now those days moved right here from Florida. My aunt gave me a small peach tree. the subsequent twelve months there have been peaches. It replace right into a chicken peach that grew to become rosy on the outdoors, everywhere the fruit might touch the floor, or my grandkids might throw the seed down, we'd have a clean tree seem. and via next season on the main it would bare fruit. from time to time I had to prop the limbs with boards. This replace into in critical Florida, i Plant city.

Answer 3

Maybe never. If you want peaches so badly, go buy a tree

Answer 4

Maybe, but I'm not certain

Answer 5

That is a good observation