Re: Help With Apple seeds
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11/23/22 02:04 PM
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It didn't work because 3 weeks is extremely inadequate for the amount of time it takes them to break dormancy and be able to germinate. It will take several months to do that.
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Re: Help With Apple seeds
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11/23/22 03:00 PM
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I take my seeds (mine are broken down into smaller bags and labeled as to whet tree they came from), I air dry them for several days and chuck them in the freezer. I put mine in there just before deer season. I will take them out in March and stick them in those little peat moss pre-formed pellet things that come in a black tray with the clear plastic lid and let Mother Nature do her thing. I then take all the one that came up and transplant them in one of my raised beds. I will leave them there until they are about 2 feet tall and then transplant them in the woods complete with a 6 foot tall wire cage around them. I actually tend to loose more trees to mice than anything else.
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Re: Help With Apple seeds
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11/23/22 03:46 PM
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It didn't work because 3 weeks is extremely inadequate for the amount of time it takes them to break dormancy and be able to germinate. It will take several months to do that. ^this... but I would say about 2 months
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Re: Help With Apple seeds
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11/23/22 05:25 PM
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Every plant seed will have its own amount of cold stratification needed to break dormancy. I've had rose hip seeds take two years to germinate.
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Re: Help With Apple seeds
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11/23/22 07:38 PM
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Well then two you tubers are liars
Thanks for the help and ideas Lol try to freeze the whole crabapple for about 3 weeks then split crabapple in half thawed out of course place In ziplock with a damp paper towel leaving the bag cracked open for fresh air ones seeds germinate remove from fridge have starile potting ready let seed bag acclimate then plant to dampened soil. Good luck
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Re: Help With Apple seeds
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11/23/22 08:11 PM
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I actually went out of my way this fall to scrounge some rotten apples off trees that had certain characteristics that I liked such as size and especially the ones that stay on the tree all winter and provide a winter time food source for the critters.
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Re: Help With Apple seeds
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11/23/22 08:44 PM
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Well then two you tubers are liars
Thanks for the help and ideas Lol try to freeze the whole crabapple for about 3 weeks then split crabapple in half thawed out of course place In ziplock with a damp paper towel leaving the bag cracked open for fresh air ones seeds germinate remove from fridge have starile potting ready let seed bag acclimate then plant to dampened soil. Good luck Removing the seeds from the split apple?
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Re: Help With Apple seeds
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11/24/22 04:17 PM
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It didn't work because 3 weeks is extremely inadequate for the amount of time it takes them to break dormancy and be able to germinate. It will take several months to do that. X2. They need stratification, which is like 3 months of cold temps. You guys should know that apple trees dont bear true for the seeds. This means you need to do a graft if you found an apple tree you like, just saying.
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Re: Help With Apple seeds
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11/24/22 04:27 PM
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It didn't work because 3 weeks is extremely inadequate for the amount of time it takes them to break dormancy and be able to germinate. It will take several months to do that. X2. They need stratification, which is like 3 months of cold temps. You guys should know that apple trees dont bear true for the seeds. This means you need to do a graft if you found an apple tree you like, just saying. Nonsense as usual. Scott, you need to trust me, I mean if you can't trust me who can ya trust? What you do is freeze the seeds till March. Then you take them out and put them between cheek and gum. You keep them there till May, and then plant. People like me and Teeter aren't always swaping tobacco, we're conservationist!
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