By April
Cheshire, United Kingdom
I've always wanted to grow an apple tree from a pip! Can this be done and if so, how? I woulld love to know and perhaps this time maybe know a bit more of how to.
- 5 May, 2010
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Thanks will try again, think i'll also try letting an apple rot a bit before planting the pip....never know what difference this will make, I figure that would be what would happen in nature. maybe the apple nourishes the seed...?
13 May, 2010
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Yes, it can be done. However, Malus domestica is thought to be the most genetically variable tree of all. Every pip in any apple has the potential to be a completely new variation. The chances of getting a new useful, or indeed the same, tree are extremely small and the vast majority of them will produce small and bitter fruit. It also takes about 5 years from seed to reach fruiting size.
BUT, you never know. Take a pip, sow it about 1/2 inch deep in ordinary compost and leave it somewhere safe, but exposed to the weather and they normally germinate in spring.
6 May, 2010