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can i plant a peach pit (from the fruit we eat)?

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  • ralf
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Yes you can, but if you plant it outdoors now it will just rot and become compost. Peach pits need a process called stratification. Thats where you keep the pit cold for a period of time to emulate winter. The whole process from the time you start stratification till the time you may be able to harvest fruit will be about 7-9 years. So lets get started. Take your peach pit and thoroughly clean and scrub off all the fruit.Then take it and place it on a moist paper towel or in a small flower pot with moist sand and place that in your refrigerator. It has to stay in the fridge for a minimum of 2 months and up to 3 months. During this time make sure it stays moist but not wet. After that stratification period bring it out and place it in a flower pot full of potting soil. Place it two inches deep in the potting soil and keep it moist. Place it on a window sill or warm area and keep it at 70-75 degrees F. If the seed is viable then it should germinate and sprout within 2 months. The germination rate is only about 30%.After it sprouts give it a couple more months to develop a good root system and then if its spring you can plant it outdoors. If its fall or winter then you will have to re-pot it to a larger pot and keep it indoors until the next spring. After you plant it outdoors then in many years you can enjoy the fruit. Good luck.

  • 1 decade ago

    You can plant if but it will probably grow a totally different type of peach than you ate. Also it'll take about 5-7 years to flower or even come close to fruiting. If you want a truly phenomenal fruit you should go to a garden center and pick up a tree that most likely is a year away from producing. Also peaches are self fertile so another pollinator isn't required, but will help with yields

    Source(s): Gardenweb, Wikipedia
  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, you can, but the fruit from the resulting tree will probably not resemble the parent. You may also need another variety of peach tree for pollination

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes. I planted an orange seed when I was 8 yrs old. 35 years later, my sister still has that orange tree!

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    yes you can takes a while to grow though

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