What’s going on in your garden (2026)?

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Do they do like peach trees where it won't produce the first few years? We have peach trees but not much happens until they're 3 or 4 years old.

I don't know, but i expect so. Most fruit trees are similar. Certainly the pears and apples I've planted over the years have been that way.

 

[badjak]

Do they do like peach trees where it won't produce the first few years? We have peach trees but not much happens until they're 3 or 4 years old.

Most trees are likke that, esp if from seed.
Grafted ones are quicker

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

these are the 4 that have germinated. They are growing in a very large pot that has an 11 year old olive tree in it. It seemed to be a good place to grow them because it gets regular water and I see them each and every time I leave the house because they are by the back door.

Also by the back door are my orchids and more tender plants. I am not sure what has happened to the ginger but this is labelled turmeric and has decided to flower (I think it is a flower!), lol.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Most trees are likke that, esp if from seed.
Grafted ones are quicker

I don't have any rootstock, so germinating from the kernel seemed like a good idea at the time. It is quite amazing how different the flavour is between this and shop-bought apricots. I purchased shop-bought once, thinking they might be similar to my homegrown - nope. they were mushy with no flavour at all. my homegrown, even under-ripe, have a wonderful flavour so I was keen to ensure the survival of the tree by propagation. My thoughts being that if and when we next moved, we would be able to take at least 1 of these with us.

 

[badjak]

Is the tree you like grafted?
If so, you may get a totally different apricot back.

I plant fruit seeds all the time and some grow amazingly fast, some take forever.
My mango took only 2 years till production, whereas the local mango (wild mango) still hasnt produced and it's 5 or 6 years old.

My turmeric has disappeared, my galangal is flowering.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Is the tree you like grafted?
If so, you may get a totally different apricot back.

Why would the seed not be true to the fruit?

It must be self fertile because there are no other apricot trees anywhere near here.

I actually don't think it is grafted but I can check in the daylight tomorrow. I know the pear tree is a dual graft, but three apricot, plum and prune trees are much older and i don't recall any obvious graft points.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Why would the seed not be true to the fruit?

It must be self fertile because there are no other apricot trees anywhere near here.

I actually don't think it is grafted but I can check in the daylight tomorrow. I know the pear tree is a dual graft, but three apricot, plum and prune trees are much older and i don't recall any obvious graft points.

It looks like i can also use the seedlings as rootstock. Apricot needs apricot rootstock apparently, so even if the seedlings are not true to the original tree (as in identicalrather than genetic offspring), they'll be close and having grown here, they'll be better suited to this environment.

 

[Barriehie]

I find too that store bought produce mostly looks like what you expect but flavor wise is pretty bland. I need more garden. (Period)

 

[badjak]

Generally a grafted tree is grafted because it doesn't grow too well on its own roots or because it is a F1 hybrid (or to make the tree more suitable, smaller or bigger or whatever)
In case of an F1 hybrid, the seeds will not produce the same cultivar/variety, but instead one of the parent strains.

 

[Barriehie]

Have read about grafting tomato plants to potatoe plants?

 

[badjak]

They are of the same family, so could be possible
I've not tried it though.

 

[Z-Cook]

Do they do like peach trees where it won't produce the first few years? We have peach trees but not much happens until they're 3 or 4 years old.

A lot of the peach and some of the apricot trees around here are grown from seeds people stick in the ground and allow to grow.

Yep, all fruit grown from seed, and even from cuttings takes several years to fruit. Just part of the process.

You never quite know what the resulting fruit will be like. Some varieties and traits are more dominant than others.

They do taste amazing - usually smaller and likely due to less irrigation and being allowed to ripen on the tree compared to commercial production. We dry them too when there's a bumper crop.

I just came upon a bag of semi prepped peaches in the freezer from three years ago that need to be used. Either jam or a pie. They were from the last good crop of fruit.

 

[Z-Cook]

Generally a grafted tree is grafted because it doesn't grow too well on its own roots or because it is a F1 hybrid (or to make the tree more suitable, smaller or bigger or whatever)
In case of an F1 hybrid, the seeds will not produce the same cultivar/variety, but instead one of the parent strains.

Rootstock may often have different/preferred characteristics to the grafted parts. Also, grafts fruit faster. Commercial considerations.

We have a Macintosh apple that some of the rootstock was allowed to grow and fruit - it's Antanovka and the most amazing cooking apples. As a rootstock it is very vigorous and cold resistant. It's also one of the very few apples that will grow true from seed. In the same way the Mandarin apricot variety is one of the only apricot varieties that will grow true. The others may or may not - depending on parentage, as mentioned.