How do you grow an apple tree from a seed?

Question

My co-worker bought some Macintosh Apples, and they were great. I would like to grow them in my yard, but I don't know how to start. I want to make sure I get the same result as the apple I tasted.

Answer 1

Most all the seed from that apple will be sterile. If a few do grow the plants will probably be sterile. And if by luck one does grow and make fruit it will probably be a crabapple or some other variety that was used to make the MacIntosh.

Answer 2

Most seed will not necessarily be the same as the parent itself, so there fore the luck of you getting true seedlings will be very minimal. I am not familiar with the variety, but it is probably a Hybrid and is grafted onto a rootstock.
If you really want this variety, the best idea is to buy the tree from a Tree Nursery or Garden Centre.
You will be sure then you are getting the variety you want and as it would take a long time for a tree to get from seed to Fruiting stage anyway, you will have a head start.

Answer 3

I would suggest starting your seeds inside and transplanting them outside when they get big, since saplings tend to be a favorite treat to many wildlife. Buy a few small pots (the kind that have drain holes in the bottom), saucers to keep under the pots (plastic ones are like 50 cents at walmart), and some potting soil. Plant the seeds about 1/2 inch deep in the soil, and keep the soil moist but not waterlogged until the seeds germinate. Then just water every other day. If you see water draining into the saucer all the time, don't water them so much. When the trees get about a foot tall, it's time to give them bigger pots, like those hefty 10 gallon ones. When the trees reach about three feet tall, then it's time to transplant them outside. Buy some chicken wire (cheap bendable metal fencing) and a few stakes. Put two stakes about a foot apart on either side of the appletree sapling, and cut a piece of the chicken wire to make a circle around the tree, using the stakes to hold it up. This will keep out most of the animals who like to nibble on baby trees during the winter. Give these trees two big buckets of water every day (even when it rains) until they start producing apples. This whole process takes years. They will be inside for about a year, and a few years after you put them outside, they will start to produce apples. Good luck!

Answer 4

Forget it, my dear. Apple trees do not "come true" from seed. Each seed contains a wealth of genetic material. From a seed you will eventually get a fruiting tree, but it will be NOTHING like the apple you ate! Johnny Appleseed planted nursery orchards to sell young trees to settlers because the law required that they plant apples, and they didn't care what they tasted like - they used them for cider only.

Do buy a dwarf or semi-dwarf tree from a nursery. Your home-grown apples will taste better than any store-bought apple you ever ate!

Answer 5

i would try to source the variety from a plant nursery. It would probably cost around $20 for a 4 - 5 foot tree.
Its highly likely that that the plant will be grafted too. And would probably set fruit within 12 months of being planted.

If you grow them from a seed, you are looking at about 7 - 8 years until fruit comes, and the chance of having a sickly plant due to poor rootstock.

Answer 6

This specific is an extremely complicated way of possessing an apple tree and could be of no longer possessing one in any respect. this is extra prudent to purchase somewhat grown tree from a nursery and plant it. in case you nonetheless insist on transforming into one from a seed you could shop attempting it mutually as this tree is transforming into. while you're fortunate you will finally end up with some extra apple tree while you're specific you very own one already.

Answer 7

If you plant a red delicious or yellow delicious apple seed, you do no get those apples. I tried and was then told that an apple seed will not produce the same apple. They did not produce the same fruit.. I would suggesst buying your desired fruit and planting it. If you do not believe me, go (or call) any local orchard and ask those with experience. Good luck

Answer 8

Plant them in a bucket,when they get bigger then take it outside for a short time, then when you think it is big enough to be out side, then water it and then thats it.