How to grow a peach tree???

Question

Okay so I live in Michigan and my bf & I were wondering if we could possibly plant a peach pit in a large pot or bucket & start a peach tree?? If we get the tree started inside where it is warm could we then move it outside & would it survive the cold Michigan winters? If this can be done a link or two to tell us how would be greatly appreciated & for sure worth BEST ANSWER!

Answer 1

There are a lot of peaches grown in SE Michigan. I grew up in NW Ohio, and remember the family driving up to get a few bushels of Haven for canning. You know how many peaches a kid can eat in a two hour trip? We were stuffed to the gills by the time we got home, and drenched with juice, and I'm sure we were thoroughly disgusting in appearance by then, but we were so deliriously happy, Mom never said a word.

Yes, you could start a tree with a pit that way - but you probably wouldn't be happy with the results. That produces a random variety of peach, probably one that's never been seen before. Most such peaches aren't very good. They are small, dry, unsweet, and unflavorful, and look terrible as well.

Commercial peach varieties are propagated by grafting, and you can get small trees for very little money. I've never dealt with wallace-woodstock, but I have friends who recommend them.

The closest man comes to immortality is planting a tree. Personally, I'd rather live forever, but I've coppered my bets with a shovel....

Answer 2

I live on the "Thumb" and have peach trees. One problem you'll have, believe it or not, is one side of the tree may grow faster then the other. Check with your Ag department. Mine, due to fast growth rate started splitting down the side facing the sun, the East. It then got a bacterial infection, I had to both treat and wrap the tree to save it. I keep it wrapped to stop the heat from mainly one side.

Other then this, I get very good pies every year from it due to big, sweet peaches.

Answer 3

Start it from the seed and it will grow in 4 weeks.