GROW an Apple Tree from SEED to FRUIT!

Apples! Can you Grow an Apple Tree from Seed?

This week, we're going to show you HOW you can grow your VERY OWN APPLE TREE from seed in 3 easy steps!

1) Choose ripe seeds.
2) Stratify the seeds (give them a cold period that simulates winter).
3) When to plant the seeds.

We're also going to see...

4) Why direct seeded is best
5) Should you or shouldn't you grow an apple tree from seed.
6) Grafting for more options.

Have fun starting your apple tree from seed. Let me know if you get the world's next GREAT apple!

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This video was filmed & edited by Zack Zane

[ZaneMedia]

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

[kristine]

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!

[sgtjameslindsey]

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.

[midwestribeye]

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

[busker]

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!

[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!

[dannyred]

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

[Woody]

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

[terijean]

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

[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!

[wideawake]

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.

[stephsunlover]

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

[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!

[busker]

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!

[meganhoward]

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.

[aliceheeley]

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

[doggiefamily]

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

[susanjordan]

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.

[mattildahubbardo]

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

[FinehomesofNewHampshire]

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