Kingfisher
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Can you transplant a shoot from a peach tree?
ga.prime":2kcv9i6t said: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.
That's not a grafted tree. What I said previously applies only to grafted trees. No argument here either.3waycross":3ppjk3qo said: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 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":33wk3ing said:I would guess they are freestone. the pit comes out easy when broken in half.
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":202p3f8g said: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":202p3f8g said:I would guess they are freestone. the pit comes out easy when broken in half.
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":785nwtcp said:This is because peach and all other fruit trees that I have any knowledge of are grafted.