Pull the peach tree from a core yourself

Select real peaches

Most peaches are made into them although pulling plants can, although these remain rather small and puny and will not bear any fruit. In order to grow a peach tree from a core yourself, you need what is known as a seed-real variety. Correct means that the properties of the mother plant are transferred to the seedling - not necessarily common in the plant world, because mutations tend to develop from seeds. These varieties are also called "Wild peaches" designated.

Which types of peach are real?

Lots of peaches with white flesh as well as the vineyard peaches are usually core-real. Especially with the varieties

• Roter Ellenstädter (also "Kernechter vom Vorgebirge")
• Naundorf core genuine
• as well as Proskauer peach

Your efforts should be crowned with success.

The core must rest in winter

To turn a peach stone into a stately peach tree, you have to quite a bit of maintenance

and above all be patient. In contrast to other plants, a peach stone cannot simply be put in Potting soil set and within a few weeks the first leaf shoots will already point out - on the contrary. Before it can germinate, a peach - not only the core but also the tree - first needs hibernation. This means that you can eat a delicious real peach in autumn and then pack the core (preferably several) in a box with moist sand. The box is best placed in a place where it is dark and cool - a cellar, for example, would be ideal.

Plant out the kernels in spring

After the winter break, known as “stratification”, you can now plant out the kernels. Direct sowing in a slightly shady, moist and protected place as possible is possible. The kernels should be covered with soil about two inches. Alternatively, you can of course also grow the seedlings in a pot with potting soil. The soil should always be kept as moist as possible.

Crack the nuclear envelope

Incidentally, the actual seed core is located inside the stone. You can crack the coating and pull out the almond-shaped core to improve the germination capacity.

Tips & Tricks

It's even easier if you have a compost. Then throw the peach kernels on the compost and are then automatically rewarded with saplings in the spring.