If I burried an apple, orange, pair or any other fruit with out removeing the seeds: Would the tree/plant grow

Question

would a fruit grow a tree or plant striaght from the fruit if burried or must the seeds always be removed.

he fruit would rot and provide compost..BUT what if you Burried the fruit directly in the ground and not let it rot?

Answer 1

For some strange reason.....most of the seeds...i planted came in packets....the reason being...the seeds should be planted....in a "clean",if not "sterile" environment....most seedlings suffer from pathogens....that are in the potting materials....actually saw a program on tv....where boiling hot water.....was poured over potting material....prior to planting the seeds...to fend off harmful bacteria....that could affect both germination.....and/or growth of the young seedlings.....the fruits that you mentioned....would probably make good compost....but the compost....is a result of....aerobic and anerobic bacteria working on the plant materials.....that's why a compost pile...produces far less usable compost.....compared to the amount of....plant materials present in the original compost pile.....even "volunteer" plants....found growing in the wild...have passed through the digestive track.....of birds,bear,deer and yes even man.....to remove fleshy material (food stuffs)....before the seeds start the cycle.....of becoming new replicant young plants.....so my advice....would be this....if you hope to have plants grow....as a result of your seed planting....start with clean seeds...and clean, if not sterile growing media.....as far as the fruit....of these seed bearing plants....if it's edible,enjoy....if not, figure a way to remove the seeds....from the rotting fruit....place the discarded fruit...in your compost heap....and the "clean seeds"....in the ground.....sit back and enjoy...the wonder of nature at work.....as hard,dry seeds....become young plants....in seemingly....no time.....ps...with regards to apples....most apple trees....are not grown from seeds per se.....but are a matter....of grafting varietal,desirable types of tree "whips".....onto hardy native rootstock....NAMASTE!!! to those who would....plan for future generations....by planting trees now.....may your life....be filled with the sweet fruits of your labor.....peace,joy, and love through understanding....mike nubee

Answer 2

There are a couple problems with this idea. First, 2 of the types of fruit the types you mentioned (apples, pears) are adapted to animal dissemination. In other words, the seeds inside the fruit are adapted to an animal first eating the fruit, digesting it, and then transporting it to another location. the seeds of apples, for example have a hard seed coat that can pass through an animals digestive system without being broken down, while the rest of the fruit is digested. then the seeds are deposited with some fertilizer provided by the animal scat, in another place.

The other problem is that most fruit you get in a grocery store has been seriously manipulated so that they produce tasty fruit, but not necessarily to produce the best seed. Navel oranges, for example don't produce viable seeds at all, just good fruit. They are commerically produce by grafting the navel orange branches (produced in special nurseries) onto a root stock (similar orange tree, except without as good of fruit). the navel orange you get in the grocery store ends up with no viable seed.

Most likely, if you simply put a fruit from the grocery store in the ground the organisms that rot the body of the fruit would rot the seeds as well, resulting in no new apple or orange tree.

Answer 3

That is how trees grew before famers planted them in rows, they grew around the tree. The fruit rots in the ground the seeds germinate.. some would survive others would not.. its called natural selection.

Answer 4

The ovary or "fruit" part actually serves as compost when it rots and provides the new seed with some nutrients.

Answer 5

If the seeds always needed to be removed, then the plant would have become extinct long before humans were around to remove the seeds.

Answer 6

we have a 3' orange tree that grew,in Athens,GA, in the compost pile!