How To Germinate Peach Pits and Other Stone Fruit EASY! (TCEG Episode 5) (Day 18 of 30)

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  • čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
  • Germinating peach pits is easy - it just takes a little time. In today's video I demonstrate how I germinate peach pits, plum pits, nectarine pits and even an apricot pit.
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    It's easy and just takes a process of stratification and next thing you know you're growing peach trees from seed! My seedling peach trees have produced wonderfully for me in the past, though here in the tropics I have no idea how these trees are going to do. It will be a gardening experiment! Peaches and other stone fruit often produce good fruit from seed, unlike some other trees that have a lot more genetic variation. In this episode of Totally Crazy Easy Gardening, you'll learn all you need to know to start your own delicious and fast-growing seedling trees.
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Komentáře • 738

  • @Crios731
    @Crios731 Před 7 lety +203

    I took the pits out of the fridge today. All of the seeds I had removed from the hull sprouted! The fully intact pits did not. All of my pits were in a big plastic bag full of dirt. I'm gonna plant those suckers today. Thanks!

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  Před 7 lety +16

      Congratulations and good work! The shelled ones often germinate better, though I've smashed some kernels opening pits in the past.

    • @Crios731
      @Crios731 Před 7 lety +12

      I smashed sooo many kernels. Good thing I had a lot to work with!

    • @deathbear695
      @deathbear695 Před 7 lety +11

      Crios731 did you have to keep adding water when they were in the fridge or am I supposed to leave them completly alone when they are in the fridge? Will they not dry out in the fridge?

    • @Crios731
      @Crios731 Před 7 lety +11

      I dampened the soil they were in before placing them in the fridge. Then I just left them alone for a few months. They stayed wet enough, so no need to add water. Mine were in a plastic bag instead of open containers.

    • @jacintas75
      @jacintas75 Před 6 lety +4

      did you leave your plastic bag slightly open, or completely sealed?

  • @StreetMachine18
    @StreetMachine18 Před 6 lety +291

    With all my experiments my wife has to put up with now she’s going to see cups of dirt in the fridge!!!!

    • @sebastiantufigno6955
      @sebastiantufigno6955 Před 5 lety +3

      @Templar I use a mini fridge ; ones` you usually find in hotel room; they keep a 12 C / 55 F degrees stable all round; good enough for me in Malta when temperature rises to 26 C / 80 F now (6th July. )

    • @gbobbyjoe3985
      @gbobbyjoe3985 Před 4 lety +4

      Lol

    • @mppp1877
      @mppp1877 Před 4 lety +6

      I got a used 3 foot mini wine fridge I redesigned and set up in my planting house/ green house/cloning house/ seed experiment lab. It can hold the seeds and a few bottles of wine.

    • @lambsaucethejedi1596
      @lambsaucethejedi1596 Před 4 lety +6

      Its ok I have wax worms in fridge , growing shrooms , germinating chestnuts and others like peers , and now I am gonna add my peaches

    • @mariacrane8318
      @mariacrane8318 Před 4 lety +2

      🤣

  • @atx51288
    @atx51288 Před 7 lety +64

    You're hilarious! I love it. "Eat the fruit." *Adam and Eve*

  • @Lew_and_Phyllis_White
    @Lew_and_Phyllis_White Před 7 lety +49

    I watch for your personality. My husband and enjoy your shows more because they are fun.

  • @jiaunmew878
    @jiaunmew878 Před 5 lety +67

    Hope mom won’t kick me when she sees my bag of dirt in the fridge 😂😂

  • @dshannon1038
    @dshannon1038 Před 4 lety +8

    Your videos are hilarious, and naturally filled with a wealth of knowledge. Can't wait to try these now.

  • @XxScArEcRoWxX1
    @XxScArEcRoWxX1 Před 7 lety +73

    This guys voice is golden

  • @113pgilbert
    @113pgilbert Před 6 lety +8

    I love to learn while being entertained. You crack me up! BIG LIKE!!

  • @SanGerman59Holguin79
    @SanGerman59Holguin79 Před 5 lety +3

    I enjoy your video for the informative tips but also for your quirky sense of humor. Thank you!

  • @Dedo70
    @Dedo70 Před 8 lety +28

    I am really enjoying this series too! I hope it doesn't stop at 30 days. ☺️

  • @Dr.FinbarrCalamitous
    @Dr.FinbarrCalamitous Před 5 lety +1

    Came here to learn how to germinate a peach pit and stayed just to hear you speak. You'd make a great narrator!!

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  Před 5 lety

      Thank you, Jay. I have voiced audiobooks in the past - much appreciated.

  • @cheliae8560
    @cheliae8560 Před 4 lety +6

    BRILLIANT!! Thank you! I thought I was going to have to break open the seeds for a minute there.

  • @ironc5194
    @ironc5194 Před 2 lety +4

    If you carefully crack the pit, extract the seed and peel the seed you can germinate them in 14 days. Love the channel and managed to save my tomatoes with some of your other vids tips and tricks!

    • @ironc5194
      @ironc5194 Před 2 lety +1

      I got a nectarine that’s doing great in soil now after 14 days wet cloth method 🤙🏼

    • @andrewstafford7109
      @andrewstafford7109 Před rokem

      That's what I just was trying to tell them.

  • @nerd4rocks
    @nerd4rocks Před 5 lety +11

    I love the ending song on this one, I open mouth laughed when you did the electric guitar at the end of guitar man. Thanks for sharing

  • @scarlettohara6388
    @scarlettohara6388 Před 4 lety +5

    I need to try this, I never thought to cold hibernate to force the seeds to root. Thank you! I dont care if there is never any fruit, I want the little trees!

  • @tracieroughley4288
    @tracieroughley4288 Před 2 lety +12

    "If you're poor just take it for free" love it 🥰

  • @nightflight41
    @nightflight41 Před 5 lety

    Well Mr. David I really don't know what we would do without you. Just nuts your are. Nutty as you are . You keep me comeing back for more. Just keep it up. You the MAN. Loveing it Thanks

  • @najtrows
    @najtrows Před 3 lety +4

    Sprouting something new is always so fun!

  • @mrstigbittys
    @mrstigbittys Před 5 lety +3

    Excellent video! Can't wait to start growing my own peaches!

  • @ebbygal1111
    @ebbygal1111 Před 6 lety +3

    I just peeled and sliced up a bunch of peaches to make jam with and I really wanted to try to do this. Thanks for the great video!! :D

  • @sproutbliss
    @sproutbliss Před 7 lety +6

    Subbed as soon as Carl Orff's O Fortuna came on for "eat the fruit." Perfectly done. Yay!!!

  • @kiddicarus
    @kiddicarus Před 5 lety +3

    Ok, this was kind of great... That ending...PERFECTO! ;-)
    Thanks for such an informative and very entertaining video.

  • @theJustinRhodesShow
    @theJustinRhodesShow Před 8 lety +19

    This was awesome. Especially the dramatic music/painting going into eating the fruit. LOL. Anyway, Jonah totally tried to grow his own peach tree from a pit. Didn't work. But now we have some guidance. Thanks!

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  Před 8 lety +6

      Heh. Thanks. Sometimes I've gotten peaches from the store with kernels inside the pits that are shriveled, making me think they're not being pollinated properly. Try again - he'll get it!

  • @RoseThistleArtworks
    @RoseThistleArtworks Před 6 lety +4

    Thank you. I didn't expect that ending. LOL I totally remember that song. You nailed it! ha ha

  • @rossprivate5456
    @rossprivate5456 Před 6 lety +3

    i open the stones of some nectarines and the seeds looked so dry and wrinkled i doubted they would be viable ,these fruit were bought from a shop and had likely been in cold storage and after 10 days they sprouted ! now the long process of growing a tree .
    thanks dave

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  Před 6 lety +1

      That's fantastic. Nectarines actually grow very fast. I had peaches (the same species) bloom in a year and a half.

  • @Nmo6835
    @Nmo6835 Před 11 měsíci

    Wow!! Exactly what I have been looking for! So happy that you did this David! 🥰

  • @unclest1nky
    @unclest1nky Před 5 lety +2

    I love it! Very educational and entertaining! Especially the song at the end! Definitely subscribed!

  • @IsaacNewton1966
    @IsaacNewton1966 Před 7 lety +2

    Very nice. I have a couple of peach pits I will try this with. They are from a tree the neighbor has. The elderly lady that used to live there threw her kitchen garbage by her fence. On day she threw out a peach pit. Five years later, the new neighbors had a bumper crop of peaches!

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  Před 7 lety +2

      That's fantastic!

    • @douglasanderson7301
      @douglasanderson7301 Před 6 lety +4

      @Issac The garbage/compost method was kinda how I grew my 4 nectarine trees. I was pulling these odd weeds out of my raised beds and one came up with a nectarine pit attached. The little light bulb went on in my head. I realized years back my wife had bought and planted a great nectarine tree which occasionally would produce huge crops of delicious fruit. I'd eat the fruit throw the pits in the compost pile. The compost got dumped in my raised beds and some of the pits said yeah this will work and grew. The only real work I did was moving them to 'better' places.
      I'm going to have to watch the video on apples as I've put a bunch of rotten apples in the compost but never grown an apple tree.

    • @ToniM10
      @ToniM10 Před 5 lety +2

      Bless her!!!... 😪❤

  • @carawaypeypir8001
    @carawaypeypir8001 Před 3 lety +1

    I was eating peaches from my neighbor's tree and I was just wondering if I could grow a peach tree from the pit. But...that INTRO, my DUDE. I'm hooked. I was going to get some work done but I should probably just go watch all your other videos instead.

  • @tinamariepayne7291
    @tinamariepayne7291 Před 3 lety +5

    Wow, you are good...at this gardening stuff! 😁👏🏻 I’m so glad to have found your channel. I’ve seen a couple video’s now and have to compliment you on how well you explain things. Very easy to understand. Thank you!

  • @Fresh_Baklava
    @Fresh_Baklava Před 5 lety +14

    I’ve never seen this method before. When I germinated my peach seed two years ago I cracked open the shell put the seed in a wet paper towel and Ziploc. Took about three weeks to a month to sprout. I’m near Daytona Beach and I have my first flower this year.
    Thx for sharing 🖖🏼👽

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  Před 5 lety +4

      Sometimes they will sprout readily because they have been chilled already in storage. Nice work.

    • @joefeghali8604
      @joefeghali8604 Před 4 lety +3

      you wet the paper towel only once ?

    • @NMW80
      @NMW80 Před 4 lety +1

      How long did it take for it to flower? Did you get any peaches? Hope so 🤞

  • @SC2Klepto
    @SC2Klepto Před 4 lety

    You can tell he's smart because he ask and answers his own questions.

  • @-unclebuck-
    @-unclebuck- Před 6 lety +3

    The guitar man is an important song in our family.

  • @brigittafeinberg381
    @brigittafeinberg381 Před 5 lety +6

    I love the bonus of hearing you sing!

  • @rleanne1128
    @rleanne1128 Před 4 lety

    Stumbled on this and realized it’s pure gold! Love the knowledge, the sense of humor, and the song!!! 👏👏👏

  • @TheYika1
    @TheYika1 Před 2 lety

    New to the channel.. love your video! Going to try to germinate this nectarin as it was soo delicious..
    The song at the end of the video was a real treat!!

  • @Borolai
    @Borolai Před 4 lety +13

    Oh myyy 🤦🏽‍♀️ I thought I had to take seeds out of the shells first. 🤷🏽‍♀️. Since I live in the Caribbean, I guess I will try giving the seeds some months in a bag with my other seed trays to give it a try since we don't know what winter temperatures are 😆... Hopefully I will get at least 1 white flesh peach seed sprouting 🍑. Wish me luck !! 🤞🏽

    • @randyenman
      @randyenman Před 3 lety +1

      How did it go? Were you able to sprout these in Caribbean temperatures?

    • @AreaThirteenThirteen
      @AreaThirteenThirteen Před 3 lety

      You can probably get them to sprout and grow but more than likely will never produce fruit since the tree itself requires a certain number of chill hours of temperatures at or below a certain temperature for a certain number of hours although I don't know the exact numbers. I live in a climate with long hot summers and mostly mild winters but we usually get at least one freeze a year (sometimes a hard freeze in the single digits) that prevents growing most tropical plants in the ground such as avocados or mangoes that require more than one season to produce, but it doesn't stay cold enough for long enough to grow things such as apples or cherries since their chill requirements are longer but peaches can be done effectively here since it does actually get cool enough for them. I hope this makes sense, sorry for the long explanation.

  • @dirkmccuistion2894
    @dirkmccuistion2894 Před 8 lety +2

    Very Awesome! thankyou for doing this David

  • @lburrows1255
    @lburrows1255 Před 5 lety +5

    So excited for peach season now! Thank you!!!

  • @ritakus9871
    @ritakus9871 Před 4 lety +12

    Great personality, great information, you're definitely Keeping America Great 💯

  • @leroyrodgers6089
    @leroyrodgers6089 Před 3 lety +1

    I guess I’m lucky as hell, my peach tree drops seeds and I get a few seedlings a year!

  • @reenegovender2167
    @reenegovender2167 Před 2 lety

    Bless you for kindness teaching us amazing man

  • @mpilonhleziqubu6000
    @mpilonhleziqubu6000 Před 3 lety

    This video is enjoyable to watch 😁😁 very funny 😁😁 thank you!!!!

  • @husch05
    @husch05 Před rokem

    2 months ago, I put some peach seeds into the fridge and waited for them to grow some roots. 2 weeks ago, the first seed started to grow a root! I then put it into the soil and a week later, the shoot appeared. Now it's growing steadily inside my house for the winter and it's going to be put outside next spring!

  • @maciejmagic8075
    @maciejmagic8075 Před 4 lety +2

    You're amazing man!😍 thanks for this video just generating some plants in UK and I've got 4 UK apple trees that I've germinated from supermarket apples(delicious ones from Kent county) I fancy to germinate oranges and nectarines and plums, so this film helped me a lot! I live the way you think the nature way and create the natural mimic condition for our plants, I definitely follow that and put my two nectarines seeds to the fridge :)

  • @robertchaffee5662
    @robertchaffee5662 Před 7 lety +2

    Very cool! Tks! Really enjoy your work!

  • @tonirennie2072
    @tonirennie2072 Před 2 lety

    Thank you...love your musical talents!

  • @pearlsforheroes1639
    @pearlsforheroes1639 Před 6 lety +1

    Messing with us with that song sat the end, but very good. Thanks for the tip. Time to soil the fridge!

  • @agnesyll
    @agnesyll Před 5 lety +5

    Thank you David! I tried cracking the pit to get the seed but kept destroying way too many seeds. This method will work much better.

    • @bigal25938
      @bigal25938 Před 2 lety

      I cracked peach pits by holding the pit on its side with pliers and hitting with a hammer. Holding with pliers helped a lot.

  • @kc9491
    @kc9491 Před 2 lety

    Cool. I'll start potting those pits tonight. I guess I can forego keeping the pots in the fridge for months, as it is now Summer.

  • @ambrosemclaren145
    @ambrosemclaren145 Před 4 lety +1

    I subbed because you are smart and generous! Even though the loud music makes me crazy!
    Love your music!!!

  • @Anaconda64sq
    @Anaconda64sq Před 4 lety

    thank you for sharing your growing knowledge .

  • @kozykulturehour7937
    @kozykulturehour7937 Před 2 lety

    Awesome! I'm definitely going to try this now.

  • @liminal.lizzie
    @liminal.lizzie Před 6 lety +1

    Hey im in the prosess of trying this I started about a month ago and I left them outisde because its winter and perfect for the process

  • @shadisufi7248
    @shadisufi7248 Před 7 lety +2

    Thank you for sharing!

  • @robertalynch5433
    @robertalynch5433 Před 4 lety +6

    Sorry you were not able get a fresh peach. I was able to pick a ripe one off my tree this morning. My favorite fresh picked fruit.

  • @geriannroth449
    @geriannroth449 Před 5 lety

    Thanks David i think i too might try this experiment

  • @donnamason8643
    @donnamason8643 Před 6 lety +1

    Thanks so much for sharing. God Bless You Always ♡ from texas

  • @manyrounds5468
    @manyrounds5468 Před 2 lety

    You are seriously funny. Loved the video! Thank you for the info!

  • @mel41138
    @mel41138 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent presentation 👌✌️👍. We love you too 💖💞🌈 thank you

  • @oglingling
    @oglingling Před 4 lety

    Thx for the serenade at the end.

  • @ivankylokhan4904
    @ivankylokhan4904 Před 7 lety +2

    I love the If you're poor line....

  • @toxicjay8562
    @toxicjay8562 Před 2 lety

    Hey man I first discovered you when I found an article that you wrote about the citrus seedling you grew and Your friends avocado that he got from his dying friend Well I decided to push harder and I planted a lot of different fruit varieties from lychee to lemon to apples etc. And now I have 10 baby dragon fruit and a baby lemon tree both are about a year old and I can’t wait for them to get older and I might be trying pomegranates and Pluto’s soon

  • @IVAN-fh7he
    @IVAN-fh7he Před 5 lety +1

    Nice one! Giving it a go right now .

  • @southerngardengirls9907
    @southerngardengirls9907 Před 5 lety +3

    I think you are hilarious! Thanks for all the info! I enjoyed it!

  • @fishmut
    @fishmut Před 5 lety +3

    I found these seeds always sprout in my compost pile for some reason , maybe try that to.

  • @sherryhoffmanactor3103

    You're terrific. Love your sense of humor. Thank!!

  • @tarfap.kpamber9732
    @tarfap.kpamber9732 Před 2 lety

    Good work. Here are some more tips:
    If you live in a place with warm, tropical climate, you can crack open the pit and plant the seed directly. That greatly reduces germination time. You won't even need to stratified the seed.

  • @sebastiantufigno6955
    @sebastiantufigno6955 Před 4 lety +1

    I never managed to germinate whole shell in fridge; I left them for four month; not even one had any sign of positivere result; best result is crack the nut; leave the seed for a two or three days in water to make it easy to peel the second cover from the seed; now just cut with a blade just about two or three millimitre 3/10 of a centimeter from the rounded area (Not the Pointed Tip) . Place in clean WHITE tissues (No colour or print on tissues) put in plastic plastic seal bags, spray water to damp and put indoor in a lighted place (No direct sun) for four to five weeks should be enough to pot the seed. 75% positive results.

  • @margaretchabot358
    @margaretchabot358 Před 7 lety +3

    Loved the video

  • @joshuatoa8150
    @joshuatoa8150 Před 4 lety +3

    Going to do peach
    plum. two with hull, two without. I'll see what happens. Thanks!

  • @j.d.r5271
    @j.d.r5271 Před 7 lety +4

    thank you for this info. blessings

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  Před 7 lety +2

      You are very welcome. Thank you for stopping by.

  • @ingeleonora-denouden6222

    Thank you for this advice! I did know the pits needed to be in the cold (freezer), but I did not know they had to be covered by some soil. I put some pits in a plastic bag in the freezer, probably that won't work.

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  Před 7 lety

      I haven't tried the freezer. My bet is that would be too cold.

  • @IndayFeeTv
    @IndayFeeTv Před 4 lety

    Thank you for sharing I will try this

  • @meirenmage
    @meirenmage Před 6 lety +2

    Just what I needed

  • @brigittelm6054
    @brigittelm6054 Před 7 lety +3

    oh my gosh laughing so hard... love your 60's song... flashback for me at age 6 ....

  • @askmsaban7528
    @askmsaban7528 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks, for advice well i was looking 4 a video that will help me to how to grow them, a peach grows on my pot

  • @melchormontero5803
    @melchormontero5803 Před 7 lety +1

    Nice. I will try it.

  • @MJorgy5
    @MJorgy5 Před 6 lety

    You'll now have to cover the Skatman. Digging the solo!

  • @PeachRomance
    @PeachRomance Před 4 lety +1

    I lovve you too ! Thank you for your cool video. Im about to grow my peaches (in Canada)

  • @WormensLikeThat
    @WormensLikeThat Před 5 lety +1

    Haha love the intro!!! Automatic sub!! Subbed 14 seconds into the video, well done!!

  • @marieutley3985
    @marieutley3985 Před rokem

    Great!! I needed that. Thank you...

  • @brigittelm6054
    @brigittelm6054 Před 7 lety +1

    Very impressed by list

  • @justinbrown2212
    @justinbrown2212 Před 5 lety +2

    Duuuude!!! Thank you. I have been failing for months. I have the best peaches on earth near my house. I want my own tree. Thank you!!!!

    • @davidthegood
      @davidthegood  Před 5 lety +2

      Awesome!

    • @BastethCreative
      @BastethCreative Před 4 lety +2

      @@davidthegood LOL and I have peaches growing out of everywhere! I think the local bats did me a favour so I have second peach tree on the other side of my house that is already bearing fruit, and I check our original tree and it has about 3 others under it starting out that are just under 1m high already. Birds gifted me a thriving passionfruit vine on the corner of my garden too! I think while unreliable wildlife are the best at starting fruit.

  • @markratte
    @markratte Před 5 lety

    You are a HOOT and VERY informative, thank you.

  • @philiphulse1532
    @philiphulse1532 Před 2 lety

    This is fantastic, thank you from temperate Johannesburg South Africa!

  • @ItsaVibe22
    @ItsaVibe22 Před 2 lety +1

    Alright, you got yourself a new follower

  • @ongobo23
    @ongobo23 Před 7 lety +1

    Very funny and informing. Nice to know the percentage rate of success for these seeds.

  • @shaktiveda7041
    @shaktiveda7041 Před 2 lety

    Hi David, good on you! Like your video on this subject...I wonder if you could do a similar video on mango and avocado trees? Thank you!

  • @simpleman6591
    @simpleman6591 Před 6 lety +2

    Use vice grips to crack the pit, to get the seed out. You can set them to where they only move a bit further after cracking the pit. Works most every time.

    • @stephaniebach__12-24
      @stephaniebach__12-24 Před 5 lety

      Simpleman Do you have to open the pit to get the seed out though? Or can you grow from the pit? I am having hard time finding this out

    • @stephaniebach__12-24
      @stephaniebach__12-24 Před 5 lety

      Q Anon okay thank you

  • @gotammit
    @gotammit Před 8 lety

    Was looking on how to germinate peach pits. Had to give you a thumbs up for the Bread "Guitar Man" cover.

  • @smtahere79
    @smtahere79 Před 2 lety

    Love that vocal guitar solo! Worth watching to the end!😂

  • @danam2584
    @danam2584 Před 5 lety +15

    DAVID LOVE IT!! FINISH THE SONG!!! PLEASE!?

  • @whydoyouneedmyname7066

    Just put mine in the fridge! I’m hoping I get some good roots!!

  • @joedafrog
    @joedafrog Před 4 lety +1

    I like the idea of turning gardening into a heavy metal death hobby.

  • @chasebrunner
    @chasebrunner Před 3 lety

    Ready to try it out

  • @robertbarker2458
    @robertbarker2458 Před 5 lety

    Good demonstration thanks

  • @kimmywhitt6112
    @kimmywhitt6112 Před 5 lety

    You’re awesome. This video is great! Thank you

  • @juliaroberts9215
    @juliaroberts9215 Před 4 lety +1

    I live in Antigua and will try this ASAP!

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      @babyrhoda21 Před 4 lety

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    @thewayofyeshua9384 Před 4 lety

    You are awesome 😆🤗👍 thanks!