first of all growing from pips is not as easy as most folk think.. how good is your soil? is it suitable for growing apples?
take the pips and put a couple in a small pot of compost, they need the cold to activate them so if yu can leave them outdoors over winter. it may take a while to get any signs of growth though. get the watering just right and you should have seedlings.
as for cuttings it also helps if you put a small amount of rooting/hormone powder on the cut section to stimulate growth
2006-09-21 10:20:44
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answered by Anonymous
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Apples grown from an apple seed will carry all the genes from the male pollinator and the female parent. Because of this, they are not "true to seed". This means that the apple tree you get from growing the seed will not be a 'Granny Smith', or a 'Red Delicious'. It will carry some, (and sometimes few) of the characteristics of the apple that the seed came from. Apples grown for the nursery industry are budded or grafted onto a rootstalk. This is similar to propagation by cuttings (or cloning). Grafting, or budding, the scion or budwood onto a rootstalk insures that the upper part of the tree has the same genetic makeup of the parent plant. Unless you have ample space, and want to have a project with the kids, buy a bare-root tree via mial order. Better yet, visit your local independent garden center and buy a container grown 2-3 year old tree. It'll cost you less than $40.
2006-09-21 20:54:44
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answered by hardy_rose 5
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Plant the seeds from inside the apple core. 4 to a medium size flower pot, if you are lucky 1 will grow. When it is about 8 inches high pot it into a deeper pot and look out a bigger one still for the third year. After that it will be 6 foot high and can go in the ground. I have lovely blossom from one I planted earlier, like pink snow on the branches in spring. The apples are tiny as crab apples and the blackbirds like them.
You can see the photos of this on my 360 page.
2006-09-21 17:17:56
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answered by Tertia 6
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eat the apple. examine & then dissect the apple core. Remove the pips. (seeds.) Plant seeds in some soil. Come back in about 8 years and find an apple tree.
2006-09-21 17:14:42
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answered by Anonymous
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If you dont mind it taking a bit longer to grow, stick the whole apple in the ground, water it let it rot. Thats one reason the apple is there, to provide the nutrients for the tree to grow.
2006-09-21 17:18:57
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answered by natasha * 4
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yes plant the seeds... however you won't get that same apple you just ate to come out of the ground... apple trees have to be cross polinated to produce apples so make sure u have 2 that survive if you want to grow from seed... and if its really good patent the tree then sell the patent to growers let them propagate it and make you some money...
2006-09-21 17:43:15
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answered by kayakakas 3
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Don't just put one apple seed in the ground. Put all the seed of that apple into the ground. Whichever seed is the strongest will thrive.
Plant it somewhere you prefer and somewhere that has sunlight.
Be sure to have room for it to expand, don't want it to have roots near your house or branches going into your house.
2006-09-21 17:09:05
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answered by IHaveQuestions 3
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Plant an apple seed - never tried it myself but seems the logical solution!
2006-09-21 17:06:22
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answered by doodlenatty 4
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cut the apple and get seed s and grow
2006-09-21 17:07:41
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answered by stranger 3
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I agree with planting apple seeds - dry them out first though (it worked for us when we were kids)
2006-09-21 17:34:08
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answered by Michelle 2
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