Peach Craziness (planting whole fruits to grow trees!?!)

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[farmyourbackyard]

When I was in college years ago, studying horticulture, my professor said that "the fruit feeds the seed perfectly." I've never forgotten that. Last year, I planted dozens of black walnuts whole, and this spring I had a bumper crop of black walnut seedlings. They were the strongest seedlings of all my plantings.

[tamrahawkes]

Can’t wait to see what happens…..the beauty of being a gardener!!

[deankaufman]

I planted probably approximately 50 peach seeds in a garden bed in the fall of 2023. None grew in 2023. So I figured the squirrels got them. This spring a bunch of different weeds came up. I left them grow for a while, then started pulling them. Suddenly my Wife saw peach seeds. We have a bunch of nice peach trees growing now! A year later!

[barrypetejr]

What you just done defies what people think typical gardening people make gardening way more tedious and perfect than it needs to be. I have done wild things like this and come up awesomely impressive results ☺️

[OakKnobFarm]

Good luck, I can't wait to see the results. It's an annual, so a bit different, but I did the same thing with some butternut squashes this spring. they were last years leftovers in the pantry that were starting to get funky. I planted them whole, but cracked them open a little. Now I have a HUGE mass of squashes vying to take over the universe

[anna]

I’ll be waiting eagerly to see how this experiment turns out!

[HenrikeClement]

How exciting. Good luck. Can’t wait to see the results.

[verjiggawich]

This is so fun to watch :) The element of play in trying something so experimental.

[debbielewis]

I did this accidentally 10 years ago with scraps from 2 boxs of peaches I bought. Thew them out along a fence row uncovered for the animals to eat, raccoon , squirrel and possums . A couple of years later, i noticed seedlings. I now have several large peaches trees

[triciascott]

What an exciting experiment! Can't wait for the results!

[allonesame]

Sometimes abundance forces us to take action to accommodate more abundance. Bravo! Looking forward to see what happens. Mystery!

[junejewell]

Reminds me of when Del Oro dumped whatever it was 12, 000 tons of orange peels in Costa Rica in the 90s.

[jenniferukah]

The squirrels are some where watching you and smiling.

[chadjones]

Hope you and the Fam are doing well.batten down the hatches fall is here love you're channel I'm passing it on👍

[GRPermie]

I have a house nearby that has a large peach tree right by the sidewalk and has many drops. I was pondering this very experiment yesterday! Great video idea.

[cewaugh]

Interesting experiment! I’ve got way too many overripe plums to deal with and this seems like a fun thing to try with them.

[HoboGardenerBen]

This makes a lot of sense to me. I love doing this will walnuts, I gather them and just throw them around potentially good spots. Most must die, but I figure the green husk must be feeding the seed and preparing the soil for it. Nature does stuff on many levels simultaneously.

[MatthewMitchell-eo]

Very cool. Please share results next year! I've thought about doing this to simplify planting peaches but will be very interested to see your success rate. I haven't been brave enough to try yet!

[DevaJones]

I have a feeling you're going to have tons of peaches this is more or less how nature does it can't wait to see the results

[TheWaitingforChrist]

If there is anybody out there thinking this is crazy just stop and ask How would a peach propagate itself in nature?