Growing Apple Trees From Seeds

Growing Apple Trees From Seeds - 17 Months

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Here's the second update for 2017 to my Apple Trees grown from seeds out of store bought Gala Apples! They are now 17 months old as they were sown on 1/1/16. I plan on keeping you all updated on their progress at least monthly over the 2017 season!
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• Apple Trees from Seed
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@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Please let me know if you're enjoying the series and if you are also growing any fruit trees from seed! Thanks for watching!

@imakethings3953 7 жыл бұрын

I am growing some from seeds.They come from an unknown variety from the farmers tree up the road.He gave me apples and I planted and grew trees from the seeds.

@GrindlerGaming 7 жыл бұрын

I am really enjoying the series :) my daughter (9years old) and me are trying to grow some fruit trees together! hopefully it ll work out great ;)

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Grindler Gaming that's awesome! Good luck!

@ggkpopcurator6292 7 жыл бұрын

Rob Backyard Gardenerr I just watched the entire apple tree playlist, it's so fascinating to me to know the growing process of a tree from seed, you're the only channel that has kept an update on an apple tree from the start, so it's pretty interesting to me, you have a new subscriber 😉

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Andrea Diaz Thank you very much for watching and subbing. I'm glad you're enjoying the apple seed series. I also have pear, peach, kiwi and other ones too if you are interested. Happy gardening!

@chuckbowen5024 4 жыл бұрын

Use it as root stock and graft it with a scion from an apple variety like a Harrelson. Do another with a scion like a Seek no Further or a State Fair. The Harrelson will pollinate anything. It is the babydaddy of apple trees.

@NorthernThaiGardenGuy 6 жыл бұрын

Regardless of fruit, Apple trees establish really strong fungal networks in your soil (that extend out about 30' in diameter from where they are at in the ground). Well worth having one (for the benefits to all other tress and woody plants).

@RobBackyardGardenerr 6 жыл бұрын

Northern Thai Garden Guy great info!! Thank you for sharing!

@StephandSnow 7 жыл бұрын

I planted a mango seed from one of the store bought mangos, we are good so far but they are slow growers.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Good luck with your mangos!

@evilchineseman2464 3 жыл бұрын

I have apple tree but the apples suck 🤢

@Quick-ug2wl 3 жыл бұрын

Brody Benser do atleast the birds eat it?

@zelusmotors 5 жыл бұрын

This series is great and i know it will help me in the future as I've just planted my first germinated apple seed. Hopefully mine will be this big when they are this old. Don't think i will be able to plant them into the ground as fast as you have as i don't have a garden for them to go into yet. I started from this video but i have got back to the start to see how you got here. Its great to see and thanks for not stopping :D

@ltlbnsgarden 7 жыл бұрын

They are looking good. Thank you for the disclaimers 😊

@edferro2508 4 жыл бұрын

I’m love your vids I’m growing 3 avocado seeds and 2 mangos give me luck

@ram5ramen582 4 жыл бұрын

@Ed Ferro I’m one person who will hope for you to get lucky.

@oliviaarnold9227 3 жыл бұрын

Hope it worked out

@missingtulips 7 жыл бұрын

I have 1 and half yrs old 2 apples, 1 and half yrs old 1 lemon, 3 months old kiwis, 1 yr old pineapple and 2 months old of strawberries. all of my babies are from groceries. and yes i am so happy i found your videos..

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

happy tulips That sounds amazing! I love growing from seed and I'm glad you like my channel! Thanks for watching and have fun with all of your plants!

@kristymarriner8403 7 жыл бұрын

A big thing you are forgetting is that you are growing a great root stock that you can graft any variety you wish to. We have a crab apple that we are grafting a number of regular varieties on to (because we tend to not use the crabapples). Apples are great to graft and you have some great starting trees.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Kristy Marriner Thank you. I've considered grafting onto them and perhaps when my young apple trees get a little bigger with bigger grafting branches I could give it a go. Let's see!

@kristymarriner8403 7 жыл бұрын

If you do at some point I'd love to see how you go. I'm busy grafting atm and am eagerly anticipating spring when I can start to germinate seeds. We are an odd climate here in New Zealand, not tropical but not temperate either so it can be hit and miss with what will grow and thrive here. For instance our apricot doesn't get cold enough chills to flower/fruit where our peaches nectarines plums and apples do fairly well. We also are the right climate for feijoa, berry guava, chillean guava and kiwi obviously lol, though my trees are still young we are hoping for some good fruiting seasons in the coming years.

@Iggy1eco 7 жыл бұрын

I'm enjoying this a lot. Last year I also sowed an appple tree and I'm trying to learn when to graft it and IF I should graft it (never grafted before, first Tree type I'm growing). Of course, I'm not taking the fact of it giving fruits as a guarantee, specially since It's an urban garden, but I'm definately keepin tabs. Waiting for the next update, sir.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Iggy1eco Same here on grafting and IF as well. Good luck and keep me informed on their progress please!

@BobMelsimpleliving. 7 жыл бұрын

Have a great holiday weekend. Best wishes Bob.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

BobMels Gardens Thanks Bob! You too!

@HAL-cp4mt 7 жыл бұрын

Good news, very fun project indeed

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

HAL 9000 Thank you!

@ivaivaa16 7 жыл бұрын

Love your garden!

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nibilengunliedguruworkushi2290 7 жыл бұрын

I planted mine late April, and these apples grow stupidly crazy. Theyve already outgrown my lemons that I also planted from seeds

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Nibilengunlied Guruworkushimzen Wow! What variety are you growing?

@nibilengunliedguruworkushi2290 7 жыл бұрын

Rob Backyard Gardenerr it was gala apples, as for my lemon it was meyer which i planted way earlier.

@seemas5811 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most straight forward and clear videos on apple trees/growth! Enjoyed this video a lot. By the way, your garden is beautiful! What other plants/trees you have in there? I do have a few questions: 1) What do you think of kaolin clay to ward off bugs and would you be using any fertilizers in your trees? 2) When do you transplant the seedlings into pots and do you put each seedling in a separate pot?

@shelffeather4473 4 жыл бұрын

awesome plants!

@fruitful7753 Жыл бұрын

You can bud graft on it lower and get your favorite verities, from scion wood buds.

@EddoPanamenyo 4 жыл бұрын

Now it's been 2 years, how is this project going?

@RobBackyardGardenerr 4 жыл бұрын

I have several updates after this episode brother.

@Lu-dn4qz 7 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of growth

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Mysterious it's crazy! I'm wondering how big they'll get this year!

@henrykarrowkamara9958 6 жыл бұрын

Would really like to do this in my own garden....nice tips

@RobBackyardGardenerr 6 жыл бұрын

Henry karrow kamara Thank you and you should give it a go!

@richog8891 7 жыл бұрын

Hello mate love your videos i grow trees aswell indoors for fun and its very cool to see someone putting their progress in youtube. i would like to suggest u to make the intro with less volume since it doesn't match the volume of you'r voice.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

richard donskoy oh, ok. Sorry about that. I'll give it a go for the next video. Thank you for the suggestion!

@blinkspacestudio8892 4 жыл бұрын

I am growing 3 little babies right now and they are coming along very strong. I have no idea if they will produce apples or not but I will look after them either way. They are only about 2 months old and are already hard stemmy and have a bunch of large leaves on them.

@Elifius 7 жыл бұрын

I am following your project and enjoying it.have some trees growing as well they are a year old ...

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Elifius William Thank you very much! What variety are you growing and did you also start from seed?

@Elifius 7 жыл бұрын

Rob Backyard Gardenerr they have been grown from store bought gala. for me the goal is to grow them to fruit, hoping to get fruit that's good enough to eat but my joy would be seeing fruit on the tree :-)

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Elifius William I hear you there. Good luck!

@jeffkitch5217 7 жыл бұрын

Super interesting. Hope you produce a fruit that's edible and make your own special apples.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Kitch me too Jeff!

@maryevins7310 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Rob. Enjoy your video's. One question.... I've been growing an apple tree from seed since July. It's in a pot outside in S.C. The temps are about 70-90+°. My tree is about 20" tall. Should I plant it in the grown or wait until Spring 2020?

@deezie78 7 жыл бұрын

Good Morning Rob, I had no idea that the seed you grow can be a different variety, wow amazing Your apple trees look fantastic. I finally got seed to germinate and mine looks great but its stuck at 5 to 6 inches high. I can't get it to grow anymore for some reason. Oh well, Yours look great have a wonderful weekend deezie

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

deezie good morning deezie! Have you fed yours some fertilizer yet? Thanks for watching!

@deezie78 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Rob, I have not given them fertilizer yet. Wasn't' sure if I had to wait until they were larger. I will do that this weekend. Thanks so much. Have a great day deezie

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

deezie anytime deezie. Start with a half dose. Good luck!

@1HotSkiBunnie 5 жыл бұрын

I have a tree I started from seed. Transplanted into bigger pot. About 4 months old. Almost 4 feet. In my kitchen. It’s October, should I have already topped it or should I do so? It’s still growing. Should I prop up with stick? Thanks for your help.

@patrickdestefan9148 5 жыл бұрын

iam very new at this.my husband on a whim planted a seed of a macintosh or gala apple in feb.its about 2 feet tall.are u saying that the seed will not grow into a gala or macintosh tree?that we will have a tree of inedible apples?again we really have no experience with growing apple trees.we would appreciate any advice you have to offer us.thank you

@rodgietranara 3 жыл бұрын

May I ask: How many years it will bear fruit from seed?

@DarrellAnderson. 8 ай бұрын

How cold do your winters get because I have a baby.

@cleopatrajules 4 жыл бұрын

I am struggling with my apple tree. It is 7 months old and two feet tall. Is that too short? Also the horizontal branches stop growing. I have very short horizontal lateral branches and two taller stems. I saw a video about making small cuts in the stem to create better horizontal branching. How true is this?

@trevorjackman9268 5 жыл бұрын

My apple tree has fuzzy silky leaves so I'm wondering what kind of apple tree it is

@maryevins7310 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Rob. I've been following you all year. Great videos and Beautiful smile. My apple sappling is about 15 months old in a pot ( It's been outside all last Winter and it's now Aug. in S.C.) the base of it is crooked. Losing about 3 inches in hight. What can I do? The bend is bad. Planted it from seed and it has several branches and green. I'm surprised it made it in pretty good shape.

@louisenelson3680 3 жыл бұрын

I need advice please. I planted an apple seed and 1 year later it looks like it’s growing great at top I get wee flowers then they fall off and the branch would spit and produce mini seeds like a dandelion. Is this normal and also the main stem is thinner than a skewer is this normal also? Thanks in advance x

@glaziopluto8957 7 жыл бұрын

I love these type of videos from you. I thik it's really interesting to see fruit plants grow. I planted melons and mini kiwis and they are doing great. Thanks for this series.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Glazio Pluto Thanks for watching and thank you for your kind words!

@marienorman3731 3 жыл бұрын

I have just discovered John Travolta likes to grow apple trees!!!🤪

@kasunweliwita586 3 жыл бұрын

my apple tree is 25" tall grown from seed , is it ok do grafting now? it's almost a pencil size.

@user-oja Жыл бұрын

how often did u water it when it's small sprout?

@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm3291 4 ай бұрын

How are these apple trees doing now?

@kevinpearce5933 7 жыл бұрын

Great channel, How do we find an apple seed that will produce what it was lol. I have a few seeds ready for planting.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Pearce Thanks! You can really only graft a branch of your favorite Apple trees onto a root stock of a dwarf variety Apple tree (to keep it small) if you want a certain variety. But then there would be no more discovery of new varieties now would there be?

@kaminisingh5376 2 жыл бұрын

I have four gala apple tree... I dont know how many months they are. but they won't get any branches. can you tell me if that normal. please

@MrDylancarlson 7 жыл бұрын

my logic is that apples we buy tend to come from an orchard, which tend to grow edible apples for profit related reasons. Wouldn't the blossoms likely be fertilized by pollen from that same orchard? I don't know what I'm talking about but it seems right, right?

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

MrDylancarlson It is possible, but unlikely. I'd love to get some good apples off of one of them but for now it's exciting to watch them grow! Thanks for tuning in!

@annam3662 Жыл бұрын

I am also thinking same as you. It is very likely it would be pollinated with another apple that is growing in orchard. I'm starting to grow seeds of pears right now and I'm just dreaming of having the tiny pears ive been eating in childhood. They were super tiny dwarf pear fruits , damn if I could grown even anything near them... That pear was so delicious, no shop pear can come close in taste. It was brought by my great grandfather from forest. Back then people used to take a bag of apples/pears with them to fields, when they were walking their cows for grazing. They ate apple, threw the core away into bushes.. then these seeds would just start a new tree here and there. Some of these wild tree species were real gem.

@ananda_krishnan_r 4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to grow apple tree at a temperature of 20-30 degree Celsius.....

@Ryan-fosho 3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@PeachKeki 7 жыл бұрын

I wonder why the seed you chose to grow the apple tree, isn't likely to produce the same apples you took it from. 😯🍎

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

PeachKeki All apple trees need pollen from another apple variety in order to produce fruit. Because of this, the apples that were produced from the original blossoms will be that variety, but the seeds will be"offspring" of the 2 varieties. Sort of like humans. We need two to produce and although our children will be similar to us, they will be a blend of both parents. You never know... I could strike the mother lode with a newly discovered apple variety! LOL. Believe it or not, a lot of apple companies do this today - always looking for the next "big thang." 🍅👍

@PeachKeki 7 жыл бұрын

oooh, ok. ;) now I get it. that's really interesting. :) thanks.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Anytime PeachKeki! Have a great day!

@PeachKeki 7 жыл бұрын

you too, thanks. ;) btw, I picked my first black cherry tomato just a few minutes ago - it was delicious !!

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Sooo awesome! YAY! Black cherry tomatoes are great for almost anything!

@poison5369 7 жыл бұрын

Rob have you thought about grafting on them???

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Scott Somerville Yes. I was even thinking about trying it on the twin tower one after I chop one of the leaders down. I also considered doing it after they thicken up a bit. I've done some research and it seems pretty straight forward, but I don't think they are quite ready yet. Thanks for reminding me about tat option Scott!

@wildchookMaryP 6 жыл бұрын

Yea, give it a go on one of your apple trees. You can also practice grafting on one of the branches and not sacrifice the whole tree lol. If you fail, you can try again on another branch. I grew one apple tree and it's about 3 years old. I love the look of it and I just let it grow. You can also grow the stone fruits like apricot, nectarine and peaches and they will be true.

@Codezer0 5 жыл бұрын

Hows the apple tree doing

@destinee9903 5 жыл бұрын

Since the apples are unknown, can they produce any edible apples? I have 6 from seed I’m hoping and wishing and praying some will be edible.

@kajolmedical9117 5 жыл бұрын

dear I have a apple tree but spider and another cotton bug damaging tree's leaf pls suggest me

@godsfavour5665 3 жыл бұрын

Have they started producing fruits?its 4yrs now?update us pliz

@jaydodsworth3063 4 жыл бұрын

Im trying to grow avocado from seed...

@kristymarriner8403 7 жыл бұрын

To seal your cuts get some grafters putty.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Kristy Marriner Oooh I will try that. Great suggestion! Have you done it before?

@kristymarriner8403 7 жыл бұрын

Not on my trees but a good friend who is an avid grafter does and swears by it. It just keeps the bugs and germs out and seals any cuts. Here in New Zealand it is called a couple different names but I figured you'd know what I was meaning lol. It's grafting season here and I am busy getting scions onto my trees from historical trees that I will soon no longer have access to.

@user-vm3rp3rv6z 4 жыл бұрын

Can I grow apples in tropical weather ?

@Quick-ug2wl 3 жыл бұрын

الفقير إلى ربه No....

@kkhemmmey9573 5 жыл бұрын

Does it can grow in Southeast Asia ? I like apple

@RobBackyardGardenerr 5 жыл бұрын

Kkhem Mmey sure! Just make you grow an Asian variety suitable for your climate!

@marermi8717 3 жыл бұрын

It is impossible for me to germinate apple tree in year and six month. How could you?

@gumamelasantan9841 2 жыл бұрын

Can apple grow to the Philippines ?

@sibithundy 7 жыл бұрын

Hi , I try to grow kiwi fruit through germination in paper towel method , did exactly as what you show in your videos but after one month , there is no germination visible .. is it a failure or should I wait for more time ??

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Sibi Jose did you ever get any sprouted?

@sibithundy 7 жыл бұрын

Rob Backyard Gardenerr no sir ...

@sibithundy 7 жыл бұрын

Normally how many days required for sprouting ? I am from India , here climate varies 25 to 35 degree .. was hot climate a reason for this failure ? Was required to spray water ?

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Sibi Jose Bummer. Keep trying. It took me until my 4th try and now I can get them almost every time.

@RobBackyardGardenerr 7 жыл бұрын

Sibi Jose the heat is good for germination after a month in the fridge. Did you keep them in the fridge to give them chill hours? Apples need this.

@FLS713HTX 3 жыл бұрын

Damn I’ve had my tree for about a year now and it’s nowhere near this height

@midhunshah2617 4 жыл бұрын

I am from Kerala, India...at my place in Kerala growing an apple tree is not that possible. But i tried to grow it. I grew few apple plants from seed ( i used green apple ) at first there were 7-8 but only one able to survive..and its growing well...its 4 ft now...but i need your help to help my apple trees growth..