Sprout Nectarine Seed into Fruit Tree Gardening Project

The nectarine is a peach with smooth skin not the prickly one. A nectarine can be grown from its seed, which is easy to do. In three to five years, the seed will grow fully into a full nectarine tree. First, choose a pit from a nectarine peach from a farmer’s market, naturally grown and in the mid-to-late summer time. With a freshly picked pit, put it on paper towel and let it to dry out. This makes it easier to open up and remove the seed inside. Open it carefully with a hammer because it is easy to damage the seeds with aggression.

Then, put the seeds in a Ziplock bag, seal it tight, and then put in the fridge. When it is time, take out the seed just four months before the last frost of the spring and wet the seed overnight in water. Then, cover the seed in a jar with pot soil, a little bit moist, close it with a jar, and place it in the fridge.

For the next several weeks, check the jar to see if it has sprouted; wait until one month after the last spring frost before taking it outside. Based on where you live, you can either plant it freely within the backyard or inside a large pot.

Nectarine peaches are easy to grow from the seed of a peach pit. They are delicious and, with patience (3-5 years), it can grow in your backyard. Nectarines can be plucked and eaten at home – or can be sold to other peach lovers.

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