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- Sow an apple tree from seeds yourself
- Find suitable seeds for sowing
- Bypass the protective mechanism of the apple kernels
- The care of the seedlings
- Tips & Tricks
Sow an apple tree from seeds yourself
As a rule, apple trees are bought for their own garden at the age of about five years, when a noble variety was copulated on the growth pad. With a little patience, you can sow an apple tree as well as seeds yourself.
Find suitable seeds for sowing
In principle, kernels of apples from the supermarket can also be used for the rearing of a seedling. However, some of these varieties are climatically not ideal for cultivation in this country, or they are like the popular food Golden Delicious very susceptible to fungal infestations and diseases. If you want to do without sprays and other chemicals in your garden, you should therefore rather resort to local varieties. Proven material can be easily found on farmer's markets, at direct marketers or around the corner at the fruit grower.
Bypass the protective mechanism of the apple kernels
If you remove the seeds from the core of the apples and place them directly in soil to increase them, nothing will happen at first. Due to their genetic properties in nature, apple kernels germinate only after winter due to certain inhibitors, so a so-called stratification is necessary first of all. For this you need the following:
Place the clean cores between two layers of damp kitchen paper and put them in the refrigerator with the container for about two weeks. After this time, the artificial winter was registered by the cores and these can be set with the first signs of germination in loose potting soil.
The care of the seedlings
Since the young apple trees initially grow relatively slowly, you can also grow them together in a pot. At the time of planting in autumn, the young trees can then be carefully separated into their own containers. Patience generally requires at least six to eight years of patience before the first harvest.
Tips & Tricks
The offshoot of a core does not necessarily correspond in its characteristics to the tree from which the apple was harvested with the kernels. Since half of the genetic information comes from the pollinated pollen, this can lead to surprises.