I Grew Peach Trees From Seed and this is what happened

I Grew Peach Trees From Seed and this is what happened - Full Tutorial

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Today I'll be showing you a peach tree I grew from seed 8 years ago, and growing more peach trees from seed using several different methods, to see which method works the best. The video covers a 1 year long journey of harvesting, germinating and growing peach pits from start to finish. This will be the second generation of peaches I've grown from seed, from these beautiful red flesh 'sanguine' peaches which are an heirloom peach variety great for home orchards and gardens.
Peaches are a great fruit to grow from seed because in most cases the fruit will come true to the parent tree, giving you a high quality harvest. It only takes around 3 -4 years to start harvesting your own peaches which is reasonably fast for seed grown fruit trees. I think it's that extra bit satisfying too if you grew the peach trees from seed yourself!
Today we'll learn about the anatomy of the seeds, how to stratify peach seeds to get them to germinate, as well as some mistakes to avoid. We'll also cover questions like - how long does it take for peach trees to fruit from seed, why won't peach seeds germinate, do peaches grow true to type, how to select the best peach seeds to grow, can you skip stratification for germinating peach pits, and how to plant peach trees in your garden, orchard or food forest.
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0:00 7 year old Peach tree grown from seed
0:53 Tasting the peaches
1:58 Things to know about the seeds
3:31 Can you skip Winter chilling the seeds?
4:36 2 methods of planting the seeds
5:25 6 month after sowing seeds - Early Spring
5:39 Mid-Spring update
6:15 Planting Peach tree in the garden - Late Spring
6:54 Late Summer Update & Results
8:00 2.5 year old peach tree fruiting
9:26 8 year old peach tree fruiting :)
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@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Here's a new video showing you how I grow watermelons from start to finish - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o8pglNZmsbe0eKc.html Thanks heaps for watching - I hope you found it useful or interesting in some way. Feel free to share the video with a friend who might also enjoy it :). Hope to see you in the next one! 🌱

@mukhtaralbahlani5273 2 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to ask if you ever tried playing macadamias before? I tried doing a batch once and a few of them germinated but they either ended up getting eaten by ants or even rotting away after germination and the only one that sprouted leaves also didn't survive I'm not sure if it's getting too much water or if there's was something else going on with that one

@amani5084 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm wondering if it is possible to grow tahitian chestnuts in our nz climate as compared to a tropical climate?

@mariadamedecoeur 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Listening to your comment about skin goosebumps, likewise 😆

@dianemoril7612 2 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to see the inside of one peach! is it a red one, at last?

@Hamza_105 2 жыл бұрын

Man you watch too much KZfaq 😀😀

@lookwhoneedsahobbie 2 жыл бұрын

FINALLY someone who actually shows an update from seed to tree in the same video!

@geckoman1011 2 жыл бұрын

I was weeding my compost pile one spring and came across a "weird weed". When I plucked it I noticed peach pit halves fell away. Thats when I realized what it really was and so I transplanted it. Surprisingly it thrived and provide some of the best peaches we have.

@FilthySoapCore Жыл бұрын

I had the same with an apple seed! She’s growing so strong Some seeds are so determined

@GardeninGrace Жыл бұрын

@@FilthySoapCore I don’t believe apples grow true to seed, it’s super rare. Most likely you’ll end up with crab apples - which are tart but are good for making apple jelly’s. The tarter the fruit, the sweeter the pie.

@FoodShowFan Жыл бұрын

That is so awesome! How long did it take from seed to fruit?

@geckoman1011 Жыл бұрын

@@FoodShowFan I don't remember, but it didnt seem to take very long. Just a few years.

@midwestribeye7820 Жыл бұрын

Very cool story!

@xtreamchance 2 жыл бұрын

I wish someone had explained this to me when I was at school, I must have planted a hundred pits in the summer and none grew, I should have put them in soil and then in the cooler...who knew!! now, I want to try this again!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, good luck with it if you have another go :)

@Greenthumb6a 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower can’t do that with semi dwarf or dwarf trees though because of the root graft right?

@biggreenblob 2 жыл бұрын

yeah, school doesn't actually teach kids about the real world in any meaningful way. Mostly just a bunch of abstractions that may or not be useful for you depending on your career path.

@teeanahera8949 2 жыл бұрын

@@Greenthumb6a correct if the dwarfism is due to the stock plant, some plants naturally have dwarfing characteristics as a genetic mutation but it is rare.

@hanniaedithmartinezadame794 2 жыл бұрын

@@biggreenblob dude, it would be nice if they teach how to cultivate or do other important stuff that should be basic knowledge.

@Oldman808 Жыл бұрын

My parents had a small peach orchid. Seemingly all the peaches ripened at once. My Mom would can most of them, and we kids would be very busy peeling peaches. My Mom didn’t let the peels go to waste. She boil them and make a peach soup which she’d chill before serving. This soup was amazingly refreshing on a hot summer day!

@Witchydigit 2 жыл бұрын

So glad to see someone advocating for growing from seed. Some gardeners are so impatient, wanting fruit from a tree they just put in the ground. So impatient that they claim it's impossible to grow any fruit from seed, even though that's how people have been getting fruit for most of history. Even with those that don't breed true to type, sometimes there's excitement in seeing what comes out. If the fruit isn't tasty, then you have rootstock to graft onto, so there's really no loss in my eyes. Plus the joy of watching your babies grow

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Some things are worth waiting for and the level of satisfaction is much higher IMO. Journey over destination 😁

@ErrantOsi 2 жыл бұрын

The problem is the garden is so small :( so i want the trees to be success….. i would love to try more out, but the place is limited

@frankdavidson9675 2 жыл бұрын

if you want an exact peach tree you need to take a cutting from your best tree use (use hard --brown not green wood ) about 14 in long late fall stand in water jar i inch deep so they dont dry out you can leave out side next spring it will sprout leaves then place in pots to try rooting if it roots those peaches will be like mother tree the dna is in the limbs not he seeds -----if you plant a seed dont know what type you willl get

@epiccollision 2 жыл бұрын

Hybrids don’t make this very easy.

@lydianicolenorwick125 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with this except there's a lot of misinformation out there about the results. Any time I tell anyone one of my trees is grown from seed they say "Oh there's no way the fruit will be any good!" I get that even if the other person doesn't really know about plants... If all the parents are tasty, the offspring tend to also be tasty...at least enough for jams and pies. If not, like you said, you have rootstock for grafting cuttings. 🤷‍♀️I wouldn't be at ALL surprised if it turned out this misinformation was spread by supermarkets.

@gordiebrooks 2 жыл бұрын

My peach tree grown from seed took 2 years for my first flowers with zero fruit and then year 4 it fully fruited and then they all fell off. Year 5 was full fruit again and 80% held but then the birds and fruit bats discovered them and ate them all. Years 6 (2021-2022) was a repeat of year 5. I’m reserved to the fact that my peach tree is there for the birds and bats living around me.

@redtobertshateshandles 2 жыл бұрын

Prune it to manageable size and throw a net over. I had to do this with my macadamia nut tree.

@Michilar 2 жыл бұрын

Since my back started acting up, I just lay my veggie/fruit kitchen scraps on top of the soil and cover everything up with the used mulch from my duck house. Every year I get quite a few nectarine, peach and apricot seedlings. I usually pot them up and give them away. I failed to pull one up one year, and it has now grown into a very healthy and happy tree which is now flowering and fruiting well. I personally think that seed grown peaches are stronger and healthier than trees purchased from the nursery. Regarding peanuts, squirrels are great allies in establishing peanut plants. They seem to know the perfect depth for burying the peanuts and the plants that come from nuts sown by the squirrels seem to be exceptionally healthy.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I tend to agree about the health of seed grown peaches, compared with bought grafted trees. I've found seed-grown ones to be much less affected by things like curly leaf and other disease. Haha good to hear the squirrels are helping out, it's a bonus that they can be a bit forgetful

@reichenkeller7538 2 жыл бұрын

When eating peaches/nectarines I've always thrown the pits into my yard, two years ago a baby nectarine tree popped up. Just a couple days ago it grew its first flower. This has gotten me excited to try and grow some on purpose, thanks for the great information on how to do so!

@reichenkeller7538 2 жыл бұрын

@@MahoghanyXO yeah

@reichenkeller7538 2 жыл бұрын

@@MahoghanyXO I was pretty surprised myself

@JulieWallis1963 2 жыл бұрын

What an awesome story! I love that you’ve got yourself a peach tree without trying.

@Neenerella333 2 жыл бұрын

My local ground squirrels eat them. They seem either immune to the poison, or the small amount keeps parasites off them. Not sure.

@jngx80 2 жыл бұрын

My experience - grow peaches vs nectarine. Three peach trees grown from seed are doing well. Nectarines not so much. Haven’t had a good year - nectarines split, seems more susceptible to leaf curl and brown rot. But maybe I planted a variety unsuitable for San Francisco.

@kensmith5694 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up in house with about 8 peach trees, all grown from seed. The peach you called "large" was smaller than the smallest ones produced by all the trees. Some of them we so big and so juicy that you needed to use both hands to pick them if you wanted to do so safely. They produced so many that the neighbors got all they needed and the freezer was filled each season.

@stuttgurth 2 жыл бұрын

I actually crack open the shell, place in water in the fridge for 24 hours, then peel the seed coat. This allows them to germinate in about 4-6 days. I've done this soon after harvesting and the trees survived the winter. I live in Ohio, so this is pretty astonishing. Also, I get about 90 percent germination.

@dalebailey754 Жыл бұрын

At what point do you plant the seed? Immediately after peeling the skin?

@stuttgurth Жыл бұрын

Yes you can do it immediately after eating the peach. I’d recommend in norther areas to get the plant large enough before winter. I had most of mine survive in ohio. Buried them in mulch in my barn and watered a few times over winter. Had a few survive in the ground as well. Mulched them up too

@stuttgurth Жыл бұрын

I misread your comment. After peeling the skin i kept them in a damp paper towel for a few days before putting in cups of dirt. You could probably go straight into fort tho.

@dalebailey754 Жыл бұрын

@@stuttgurth Once you out then in a damp paper towel, did you put them back in the refrigerator, or leave them at room temperature?

@stuttgurth Жыл бұрын

I keep them at room temperature. Be sure to change the paper towel every day to prevent mold

@Mowgi 2 жыл бұрын

Man, what I love most about your videos is showing the progress in one video. You plan your videos so well, my guy. I think I may just drop some seeds in a pot and hope for a decent winter here in south aussie.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Hope it goes well!

@slugmansam3641 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been trying to grow peaches for 4 years now, but this video has given me so much more knowledge about planting them that I didn’t know

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear. Hope you have success with it! :)

@KraterOfficial Жыл бұрын

Did it work

@markj1107 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that peaches grew pretty much true to type from seed Thanks Kalem another great video

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could share something new with you. Cheers Mark!

@LuxorVan Жыл бұрын

I did this with a nectarine I bought in the super market here in the US, we sold the house I planted it at a few years ago and it was producing fruit every year. I'm sure those who bought the house probably enjoy the free fruit.

@pangaeuspress 2 жыл бұрын

In Virginia, and across the Midwest in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, farmers would save all of the pits and plant them out, as they did with all of the seeds from fruits that they raised. They'd put them along the boundaries of fields so that they'd grow up into natural hedges the would yield fruit, if only for livestock feed. The inferiority of the fruit didn't matter, really, but this is how we got lots of varieties of excellent fruits, in the genetic lottery using thousands of plants. They'd also sow fruit seeds on unarable land to produce an endless supply of easy firewood. Again, the fruit could be good, which was wonderful, or it could be inferior, which didn't matter: peach wood, apple wood, and the rest grow quickly, are easily cut, and burn with a fine fragrance.

@midwestribeye7820 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

@midwestribeye7820 Жыл бұрын

Just curious...have you ever eaten a Pawpaw? I'm on a mission to fulfill this one on my bucket list. I've spent 3 days calling all over Iowa to find the closest patch to me. Wish me luck!😃🍀🥭

@ariesx6515 Жыл бұрын

Wouldn‘t this be illegal now, because the fruits and vegetables farmers are allowed to grow all have a patent on them?

@bondee5865 Жыл бұрын

We will be planting a whole bunch; you gave us some good advice! The fruit trees are great for flavorful barbequing too.We like to slow cook meat in a smoker.

@anderander5662 Жыл бұрын

@@ariesx6515 no...not illegal at all

@venus_envy 2 жыл бұрын

The way you feel about peach skin is the way I feel about touching velvet, especially brushing it against the grain. Even thinking about it is giving me the feeling, a little.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Yea velvet is the absolute worst! Can’t handle that either. And the foam within mattresses too. Yuck haha

@allon33 2 жыл бұрын

I got a peach tree from a seed that sat in a compost heap over winter. It's growing very fast, about 2 metres in 2 years.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! When they grow straight in the ground they definitely take off quickly!

@gwendixon74 2 жыл бұрын

we had a golden queen tree from a compost head many years ago

@Defensive_Wounds 2 жыл бұрын

The patience this man had in making this video is amazing!

@rickshaw1971 2 жыл бұрын

With you on the peach skin. Just watching you bite that sent shivers down my spine.

@IchyJo 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool! Ive never seen a peach with pinkish red insides. It looks so pretty and full of juice 🥰👍

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

So juicy! 😁

@aussiecountry9320 2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you on the peach fuzz, I don't mind the feeling of it on my fingers but I could never bite one without peeling. That's why I always go with nectarine instead.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Fair call!

@gwendyrose8905 2 жыл бұрын

Same here! I LOVE nectarines! I typically end up eating canned peaches so I don't have to peel them. ;) it would be interesting to see if there is a peach/nectarine hybrid that tasted like a peach, but without the fuzzy skin. :) If not, may have to see if it's possible. ;)

@kathrynmauro8673 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I peel them. Beautiful peach. It looks like the color of a Santa Rosa plum inside.

@daydreamerprod 2 жыл бұрын

What?! Ive had some amazing peaches and never skipped the skin, lol.

@AprilDesignsSMD 2 жыл бұрын

@@gwendyrose8905 Nectarines are in fact, peaches that have been cultivated to grow without the fuzz.

@marioescalante68 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so fun to watch and so informative too! Thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos!~ They always come out awesome!!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mario, really appreciate it! 😁

@rosehawke2577 2 жыл бұрын

I had a "volunteer" peach tree come up in my compost pile. It's the best peach tree I've got.

@MrCow579 2 жыл бұрын

These video's never disappoint! I recently moved from my parents house to my own, and my entire garden is now filled with edible plants/fruit trees. There's just something so satisfying about growing something you can eat!

@LordRaptor 2 жыл бұрын

I've NEVER seen a peach this color, it looks delicious.

@basabish 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to plant peach or nectarine seeds, make sure that they are not pollinated by almond (resulting a dry fruit like almonds, used mostly as rootstock or for back-crossing), because this is possible, and sometimes apricots and plums. Also, since you want to grow from seeds, you may want to delve into cross-pollinating different cultivars you liked, to see the interesting results.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@PublicLibraryx 2 жыл бұрын

That's really useful info, thank you!

@daydreamerprod 2 жыл бұрын

Thats what got me excited from this videos and every fruit, veggie or pepper is the infinite possibilities of crosses & hybrids!

@casparhughey5651 2 жыл бұрын

or let nature do it

@DovidM 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The hybrids between almonds and peaches have fruit that is small, hard to ripen, and relatively dry and unappetizing flesh.

@romehateful8329 Жыл бұрын

I started growing my own Peach trees from seeds 5 years ago. I just put the seeds directly in the ground in a small space in the garden where I turned the ground to make a peach tree school. Doing this for 5 years have gotten me a peach orchard with 4 different peach varieties and a total of 120 peach trees and I've still got about 50 small trees in my peach tree school from the harvest in 2021 year. I make a new peach tree school every year and always in another place in the garden, when ever I eat a peach I just put the seed in the ground in the current school. I started with a 1 square meter school, but since a lot of my peach trees now provides a good harvest, my school from the harvest of 2022 is about 12 square meters. It's a great and free way to make an orchard! And they are so easy to grow!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

That's amazing, awesome work! :)

@ultraapple3997 2 жыл бұрын

I frogot that you live in new zealand! So for people in the northen hemisfere, now it's the perfect time to plant seeds.

@jamesvs400 2 жыл бұрын

When I first grew peaches from seed I had one seed sprout in spring and the second seed sprout a year later! Similar method only I used a hack saw to remove the seed. I'm currently growing an apricot from seed because I kept eating the fruit around the tree and discarding the seeds around the tree. Had apricot seedlings growing everywhere 😅

@lyonheart84 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see them grown from seed to fruiting maturity 👍

@rexmonarch2 Жыл бұрын

When I lived in Colorado I had peach seeds germinating big time in my compost bins. I had something like 15 peach trees growing around the property. The seed germinated trees actually grew faster than potted trees I bought. The problem with Colorado was early and late freezes wrecking the blossoms and fruit buds.

@DJ-uk5mm Жыл бұрын

You are one patient Gardner filming for over 2 1/2 years well done

@Ershian19 2 жыл бұрын

Again, a great video showing true results from start to finish

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ershian! :)

@st.peterunner8758 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are awesome! The side by side comparisons of how to sprout things is really helpful. It takes a long time to make a video like this.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps!

@bustavonnutz 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is unironically saving my fruit garden; definitely gonna be planting heavy in April

@WonderfullyMade_Lex Жыл бұрын

I've been creating a seed library and have saved my peach & plum pits. I'm so excited now for the possibility. Thank you for this.

@st.peterunner8758 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard of anyone hating the feeling of peach skin before haha I love the texture

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

For real? I absolutely can not relate 😂

@leopardwoman38 2 жыл бұрын

I hate the fuzz, too. I scrub it off before eating a peach.

@hannahanderson5264 2 жыл бұрын

i found your channel last night, and im OBSESSED. i love the passion you have for plants, and im going to try to start my own garden this spring using your tutorials! hopefully i can achieve similar results in new mexico lol. also, the skin is so good!!! the hair is kind of gross though, but at least its not like kiwi hairs lol

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear Hannah, such an exciting journey to get into! Good luck with the plants. PS I'd way rather touch a kiwi than a peach 😂

@MB-co6qj 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower says the Kiwi 😜😜🤭

@sylviabrunner5121 2 жыл бұрын

We accidentally grew a nectarine from a seed last year, so this is great info for trying it in earnest - thanks KiwiGrower! We're also in NM (ABQ) - greetings from "down the street"!

@andimoreno8963 Жыл бұрын

How is it going now Hannah? I am in NE heights and all my plants have sprouted and are growing nicely. They do not care for direct sunlight tho and tend to wilt. So I gave them some shade chairs and that seems to be working well. What are you growing?

@trecel1 Жыл бұрын

This was a great video on the process without making it unnecessarily long. Super informative. Thank you.

@ryanbennett1797 11 ай бұрын

This is a really great video. Good footage, information, AND you show all the stages with various methods! Thank you

@gartengeflugel924 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, that was very enjoyable to watch! I'm amazed at how quickly your trees grew. It's also nice to see a glimpse of summer while still in our cold, wet spring :') Cheers from Germany

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I guess things will be warming up for you very soon :). And hi from NZ 👋 😁

@gartengeflugel924 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower Inevitably so, but we've got about one and a half months of night frosts still ahead before the outdoor gardening season truly begins for us up here :)

@Julian-Eire 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video bro! I didn't expect you to have so many time-lapse progress updates. Bloody brilliant :D I also didn't know about the stunted growth from non-stratified seeds. That's great knowledge to share.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Julian, glad you liked it! :)

@courtneybronnerwilliams5771 2 жыл бұрын

So helpful!!! Seeing the difference between the one in the pot and ground was amazing.

@bupetitochisunka3870 11 ай бұрын

Ive watched some of your videos and i must say, compared to others people's videos I've seen yours are simple and very detailed

@yeevita 2 жыл бұрын

Omg, I have the same sensation issue with thin skins, such as tomato skins, onion skins, etc. I am also not thrilled with fuzzy skins, like peaches. I usually wash it - when wet, it is not that fuzzy. Otherwise, I would cut the skin off. I also cannot handle lots of fuzzy plants, like kales, okra, squash etc. For some reason, I always end up with tiny thorns on my skin that I have to use tape to get off. So I always wear gloves. I love growing things from seed.

@Sandra-ww6oz 2 жыл бұрын

That was AMAZING! You tell it like it is with no faffing about and keeping it simple. Thanks heaps can’t wait to give it a go. Just subbed can’t wait to watch more of your vids. Peace, love and positive vibes to you from across the pond. 💗☮️🌺🐨🇦🇺

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Sandra and welcome to the channel! :)

@daydreamerprod 2 жыл бұрын

Thx for the enlightenment and better the awesome live examples. Righteous work brother!

@HBuist Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! Peach skins give me the shivers too! I'm not alone anymore!

@TobyJin 2 жыл бұрын

I've never had success with growing stone fruit, even though I crack the seed open and stratify them, maybe I'll try again this year and see what happens. Thanks for the video, it was very informative.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet as man, maybe even stratify for 4 months in the fridge to make sure it’s long enough! Hope it goes well for you

@TobyJin 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower Ok I'll try to stratify them longer, when I stratify seeds, I usually do it for around 2 months as the other seeds of deciduous trees I stratified may actually germinate after 2 months while still in the fridge.

@andimoreno8963 Жыл бұрын

Call me crazy but the seeds I breathed on first and gave the intention to grow big? Are the seeds that sprouted first and that are the healthiest. Don't know why I thought of it but thinking Magic Jumping Beans. :) Breathed on them. :)

@ultraapple3997 2 жыл бұрын

8:50 "It isn't much, but it's honest work" - Peach tree 2022

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Gold star for participation!

@ultraapple3997 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower lol

@ThunThunChannel 2 жыл бұрын

I've learned so much from this video. I'm interested in germinating a peach seed now. Thank you for sharing!

@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768 9 ай бұрын

I love the feeling of soft peach skin.

@thatgirlnjesh 2 жыл бұрын

I've got about 5 seedlings growing from seed without using cold stratification. One is a little over 1 meter tall!!

@cannedmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I am quite partial to peaches, apricots, and nectarines, and have tried repeatedly to grow them. I will use this method, next time.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

No worries, hope it goes well!

@B30pt87 8 ай бұрын

Sanguine peaches - next on my list to plant! Thank you.

@landandlife8377 2 жыл бұрын

You are so good that always teach us how to plant the fruit seeds and how to grow them, thank you so much for sharing this.

@MitchK_ 2 жыл бұрын

As always, love the videos, Kalem. Watching you overcome your fear of biting the peaches with the skin still on it was amazing 😂! Keep up the good work!👍

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Haha cheers Mitch. Sometimes you gotta just face the fear head on 😅

@ralsharp6013 9 ай бұрын

This is a great video, with oodles of progress updates thank you..

@Cumberstache 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff Kalem!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@baldieman64 2 жыл бұрын

And if you don't like the peaches that come up, just use the tree that you've grown as grafting stock for a known variety of peach or nectarine.

@theunknownunknowns5168 2 жыл бұрын

Are you in the northern waikato general area? Going to a mates new lifestyle property this weekend to help out. Be good to know if he can just copy what you've planted.

@jmo2104 2 жыл бұрын

I had no idea they would grow so quickly. Thank you very much!

@evereletkline8732 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing attention to detail with the production quality! Love this filming style & dedicated follow up

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps for the feedback! Glad you liked it :)

@benburns5995 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kalem, thanks for posting this interesting video. I never realized all the different layers in a peach pit. Very interesting seeing all the varied results you had from your test plantings. How do you keep bugs and other pests from eating your peaches when on the tree? I live in Northwest Indiana and we had a beautiful Peach tree but it was destroyed by Japanese Beatles, that we have in the area.

@tesha199 2 жыл бұрын

Add houses for small birds, as many as you can, and slowly your bug problem will get much smaller. Also adding various different flowers and herbs close to the tree will attract beneficial insects and create mayhem for pests.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ben, we luckily don't have many issues with bugs eating the fruit, just sometimes possums come over and steal the fruit at night. Generally though I try and plant lots of diversity around, like flowering plants, to dense plants that create good insects habitats etc. The aim for me is to create an ecosystem that is in balance therefore not having an explosion of any one type of insect. Not sure what the best way is to deal with Japanese beetles, what about those small mesh bags you could tie around the fruit?

@benburns5995 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower I never heard about the mesh bags to tie around fruit, but will have to look into it. Thanks.

@shadycat_1935 2 жыл бұрын

I don't mind the skin, I actually like the taste, but the pit does send goosebumps down my spine! I hate biting down too hard in case my teeth touch the pit :')

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Haha I guess we’re all a bit weird 😝

@yeevita 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I always cut my fruit. I hate pits too. And skins. Peach skins are easily peeled off if you blanche the fruit a bit.

@josiehazell2051 Жыл бұрын

Love how you videos show a full cycle. Thank you so much

@wishfulpolymath Жыл бұрын

Your videos are food for my soul.

@FactsbyDrac 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a tutorial on growing bananas or apple's

@brunoliddle 2 жыл бұрын

From your experience, are there any fruit trees that would also make good screening plants / privacy hedges? Also Sanguine peaches look amazing!

@philippashirkey2192 2 жыл бұрын

I've seen strawberry guavas and feijoas in hedges.

@sunflowerhill4349 2 жыл бұрын

Boobialla (myoporum sp) have edible sweet berries and are the most robust hardy fast growing thick screening trees! Yes, feijoas, and if you can get them through frost, lillipillies, they have edible fruit too.

@tesha199 2 жыл бұрын

What's your climate, that can help with suggestions.

@sharoncourt75 2 жыл бұрын

The peach is beautiful!

@thesilentone4024 2 жыл бұрын

I think it would be fun to have you grow a sea buckthorn tree it gets 12 to 14 feet tall so should be fine to grow. Oh temperature rang 100f to -50f

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been trying to get my hands on these for awhile. They sounds really good, and hardy too :)

@thesilentone4024 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower you too dam. I've looked for a while but its almost always out of stock and its almost never refilled like why 😭

@PeterEntwistle 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video Kalem! Do you ever have trouble with peach leaf curl on any of your peaches? If so, do you do anything to prevent or treat it? Last year my peach tree got really badly affected by it. It's just starting to flower now, so I'm hoping I can stop it this year. It does seem to be quite a common issue here in the UK with our damp climate.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Peter, good to hear from you! Yes we get that over here too. One thing I’ve noticed is that some varieties are much more impacted by it that others. So variety selection can help somewhat. The first year we were living here I used a mixture of 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar to 5L water in a sprayer and sprayed the tree once during dormancy, once just before bud burst, then around every 2 weeks after that and I got very little curly leaf. It’s a fungal disease which I why I think this can help. This year I didn’t make time to do that treatment, instead doing nothing and some trees were badly affected, though I did notice my seed grown trees were much less affected - I’ve found seed grown trees to be less susceptible to disease and they usually grow pretty healthily. I’ll try the apple cider thing for a few more years to see if that was the thing that helped initially as some years can just be worse that others due to weather too. You can use copper spray which sorts it out though it’s not organic, but a potential option if you really need to :)

@PeterEntwistle 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower I haven't come across the apple cider vinegar mix before thanks. Yeah copper funcicide spray isn't available for sale here anymore so I can only only try organic solutions. One thing I've seen reccomended is to cover the peach with a plastic cover, open around the sides to allow pollination, until the leaves come out. But I guess it will be quite difficult with a large tree in ground, thankfully mine is a patio dwarf variety, so should be fairly easy to cover. I might also try growing some peaches from seed too, you've definitely inspired me 🙂

@katelabendz8757 2 жыл бұрын

I recently heard amending soil with gypsum will remedy it,,,I will see in the next couple weeks how well it works.

@crochetingaroundnewzealand 2 жыл бұрын

I pick all the curled leaves off as soon as I see them appearing and throw in my rubbish bin then immediately wash my hands. This season I had no curly leaf.

@myzacky96 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being so honest!, your very interesting to listen too

@tiagreene2674 2 жыл бұрын

amazing! that peach looked so delicious on the inside; never really saw one that was so red.

@zerodelta_9804 2 жыл бұрын

viewer nuber 100 also id like to see a mango tree grown from seed

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion, definitely planning to do this one 😁

@backyarddeathtraps5831 2 жыл бұрын

Huh always called those dark red flesh peaches "black boy" peaches or maybe thats another variety of peach

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Yep that’s another name for them, but typically only called that in NZ and Ausi, not really globally :)

@simonemary8559 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what beautiful peaches!

@TimUckun 2 жыл бұрын

I watched your last video and was able to sprout an apricot seed. Thanks. Hope it makes it over the winter!

@CoolCold. 2 жыл бұрын

I have a peach tree didn’t grow it from seed though

@victoryinhim9689 2 жыл бұрын

Did you wash them first?

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Nah I didn’t

@victoryinhim9689 2 жыл бұрын

@libbysevicke-jones3160 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Our neighbour can home yesterday with a bag of heritage peaches. He found a tree on a job so got permission to pick some. Not living in the Waikato anymore, l find I’m on a learning curve now with gardening. I’m definitely going to have to place my pips in the fridge as we don’t really get cold winters up here in the Far North.

@mr19471985 Жыл бұрын

excellent information, I am in the states. Good advice to questions I have never thought about. Thanks

@monkeytheman7424 2 жыл бұрын

I’m gonna be honest I though that peach trees looked more like how they look in animal crossing LOL

@monkeytheman7424 2 жыл бұрын

I need to touch grass

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Haha well now you know 😆 🌳🌳

@siryope1404 2 жыл бұрын

Wow purple peach is rare

@tptrading_23 8 ай бұрын

wow! from seed to 2 years of growth in 9:00 min!!! Thanks so much!

@MsMaine619 2 жыл бұрын

Well presented and very informative, love it !!! Subscribed !!!

@jonslg240 2 жыл бұрын

7:20 dude, wow.. I'm glad you told me it's related to an almond, because that seed is a clone!

@jonslg240 2 жыл бұрын

The fact that you knew that, plus the fact you know Abscisic acid does more than just choose what part of the plant to kill/leaves to cut off, but that it plays a role in dormancy..

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Yea it’s definitely fascinating how abscisic acid works and all it’s functions! 😁 🌱 🍃

@jacobsed6665 2 жыл бұрын

You are soooooo handsome

@pagox 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, isn't he? Especially when he say: "and they are really large and juicy". [0:29] Oh yeah.

@jacobsed6665 2 жыл бұрын

@@pagox 😍😂

@Swapscribble 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been getting into gardening recently, and I find this stuff fascinating. To me, it’s especially satisfying to grow things from seed(though I haven’t had much luck yet). I just found this channel, and I can’t recall the last time I subscribed so quickly!!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel :). Glad you're getting into it!

@georgewhite7878 Жыл бұрын

That was a brilliant tutorial I've learnt loads from you ,really informative 👍

@leonsparkes 2 жыл бұрын

Really cool video, as always! Always look forward to the next release 😁 The peach blossoms also look so pretty!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Leon, really appreciate it!

@Terminator2310 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, so interesting to hear you explain about the hormones and inhibitors, 1st time I've heard this.

@leopardwoman38 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! I have never seen red flesh peaches! They look delicious! 😀👍👍👍

@9catlover 2 жыл бұрын

so nice to see you fast forward and the growth of the trees. i always make sure i crack the hard shell of seeds. i tried it with cherry seeds i bought from a supermarket. so satisfying.

@1968Christiaan 2 жыл бұрын

Great information packed in a cheerful and sunny presentation. And great dogs too ! Thank you for taking the time to make these - they are very inspiring. Best wishes from a cold and dark Berlin.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps! Hi from NZ. Your turn for some sun next :)

@jonbloodworth474 5 ай бұрын

This was awesome and restored my drive to get mine all the way to fruiting! I have a few peach trees that volunteered near my garden in an area i was letting get overgrown. These would be either seeds that germinated from my grandpa's old peachtrees he grew years ago or maybe a sprout from an old root system. I really dont know but am clearing out the surronding to give them light and stuff. I bought my grandparents house a few years ago and have taken a keen liking to gardening and he has since passed. I didnt even notice the trees until about this past spring, a couple years after he passed and there are about 4-5 or so. I was worried they wouldnt be viable or produce fruit but was going to try none the less to get them all the way to fruit. My plan is to keep one or two, and give the remaining two or three away to family ready to go in ground. I will definitely be letting them all get to fruit thanks to your video!

@bondee5865 Жыл бұрын

I learned a lot from this video. We have about five volunteer peach trees that need to be transplanted. We are planting some seeds from a local farmers tree; we will break the hulls open just like you did. You sure had great results from that method👍🏼

@yellowdog762jb 11 ай бұрын

My wife feels the same way about peach skin. So I planted her a nectarine. Your red peach reminded me of one that I had that was called Red Barron. But it was red throughout, It was a great peach. But it was an early season producer and the Plum Cucurlio really hammered it. So I switched to early producing varieties. The down side is that I do sometimes lose almost the entire crop to a late freeze. Thanks for going to the trouble to show the different stages of the trees many months apart.