Peach Tree

[Kingfisher]

Can you transplant a shoot from a peach tree?

 

[3waycross]

I have done it with plum trees. Got one 3 years ago from a buddy. It just bloomed this year for the first time.

 

[ga.prime]

If what you're calling a shoot is a sprout coming out of the ground from the root system of the tree, what you'll get will be different than the tree. This is because peach and all other fruit trees that I have any knowledge of are grafted. This means the upper fruiting part of the tree is not the same as the bottom rooting part of the tree. What you could do is plant the shoot and graft a bud onto it from the fruiting part of the tree and then you'd get the same kind of tree you originally had.

 

[M5farm]

my peach trees were started from seed. my aunt plants the seed after she eats the peach in well drained moist soil. it takes 2 years before the seedling is ready to transplant and will bear fruit at 4 years. I don't know the variety but she just buys them at the grocery store.

 

[ga.prime]

Are they cling or freestone, M5?

 

[3waycross]

If what you're calling a shoot is a sprout coming out of the ground from the root system of the tree, what you'll get will be different than the tree. This is because peach and all other fruit trees that I have any knowledge of are grafted. This means the upper fruiting part of the tree is not the same as the bottom rooting part of the tree. What you could do is plant the shoot and graft a bud onto it from the fruiting part of the tree and then you'd get the same kind of tree you originally had.

NOt arguing with you but my buddy has Peach trees that he planted from seeds 20 years ago and they work amazingly well in this climate zone. He regularly transplants sprouts off them and they do equally as well.

 

[M5farm]

I would guess they are freestone. the pit comes out easy when broken in half.

 

[ga.prime]

NOt arguing with you but my buddy has Peach trees that he planted from seeds 20 years ago and they work amazingly well in this climate zone. He regularly transplants sprouts off them and they do equally as well.

That's not a grafted tree. What I said previously applies only to grafted trees. No argument here either.

 

[ga.prime]

I would guess they are freestone. the pit comes out easy when broken in half.

That's freestone, interesting. All the peach trees I've grown from seed (and that's very few) turn out to be cling. Cling peaches are good for pickling. Is the fruit of the trees grown from seed the same as the fruit the seed came from? Oftentimes it is not due to hybridization and that is why fruit trees are grafted.

 

[M5farm]

I would guess they are freestone. the pit comes out easy when broken in half.

That's freestone, interesting. All the peach trees I've grown from seed (and that's very few) turn out to be cling. Cling peaches are good for pickling. Is the fruit of the trees grown from seed the same as the fruit the seed came from? Oftentimes it is not due to hybridization and that is why fruit trees are grafted.

I don't have a clue about 10 years ago she asked me if i wanted a few trees. I transplaned them and have had peaches since. they are about the size of a lemon and very sweet. I do know if you dont prune correctly they wont make like they should. I only have 4 trees and the peach farming world does not have to worry about me starting an orchard.

 

[ga.prime]

This is because peach and all other fruit trees that I have any knowledge of are grafted.

When I made this statement I did not mean to imply that you couldn't grow a fruit tree from seed. I meant that if you go to a nursery or the gardening section of Home Depot or Walmart and buy a fruit tree, there is a 100% chance it will be a grafted named variety. If growing fruit trees from seed works for you, great. All the fruit trees I've grown from seed- pecan, peach, pear- have been disappointments and not the same as the parent tree. I have limited experience and there are exceptions to everything.

 

[ga.prime]

OK, that was probably confusing. Here's a better answer for Kingfish than the first one I said which was assuming the tree from which the shoot was coming was a grafted tree. Kingfish asked if he could plant a shoot growing from a peach tree. Yes, you can plant a shoot growing from the rootstock of the tree, grafted or seedling. If the peach tree is a seedling you will get a peach tree the same as the original. If the tree is grafted you will certainly not get a peach tree the same as the original.

 

[Kingfisher]

Besides being a bit focused on your avitar .....I got it the first time. I appreciate all the relplies and I think everybody is spot on. I think I might try planting the "root stock" from this home depot tree just for grins. Since tge rodents eat the fruit anyway all you can hope for us some shade.