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Self sprouted Peach

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Tecko starts with ...
I have a peach tree seedling that sprouted by itself in one corner of my front yard. It is about a metre tall now. Is it wise to keep it? Just wondering, how long do I have to wait before I can get some fruit from it?
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1st May 2009 3:10pm
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Jimmy says...
Probably gonna be a dud, would be at least 2 years til it fruits.
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Jantina says...
It may be a dud but it may be a good peach, do you have enough room to experiment? I have tasted good seedling apples and excellent seedling nectarines but they do take longer to fruit than grafted.
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jj says...
definitely keep it if you have enough space - you don't want your garden getting overcrowded with possibly 'dud' plants. a good area is needed for just one plant. see how it goes first.
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mo says...
Tecko, same thing happened with my paw-paw plant. I got at least ten plants sprouting from seeds. I got quite a successful lot of paw-paws. With your peach tree, I'd say leave it and see if you get any new growth.
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Nick says...
While driving home one day I noticed a house with 2 nectarine/ peach seedlings out the front being given away. I took 2, both which dont appear to have a graft union (cuttings perhaps??), and now ones already flowering! Ill keep you guys updated if there's any fruit.
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Jason says...
Peaches are one of those trees that there's no advantage having grafted trees. They fruit so fast from seed and there's so little genetic variation you always get a good one
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Julie says...
I don't know about the genetic variation, but there are definitely differences in peach flavours. One fabulous-tasting peach is Hale Haven, no longer grown commercially. Probably not available from nurseries either.

Other peaches pale in comparison, so I don't know what a seedling peach would be like. But if you have the space, go for it. You may end up with a great peach - or not.
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Jason says...
Yes you can get different peach flavours but what I mean is that all the bad tasting genetics long since left the gene pool so all seedlings taste good, at least all the seedlings I''ve seen. The best peach I've tasted apart from the flat ones was an old seedling in my grand mothers backyard, a green peach with red blush and totally white flesh. Pretty sure we have Hale Haven in the orchard actually
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jakfruit etiquette says...
I agree peach seedling flavours are 99% pretty good. The advantage of grafted vars is being able to stagger the ripening times of several trees, as the grafted clones are known ripenings, wheras a bunch of seedlings may all be close together.
Otherwise I would keep the seedling, just let it get to a good size quickly to crop it( a grafted tree may fruit smaller and earlier)
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John Mc says...
What's the story with dwarf seedling peach trees? Is there such a thing as a dwarf seedling?
Here's a pic of my 10yo, what appears to be a dwarf seedling peach.
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Rowan says...
I don't know about dwarf seedlings (small plant with full size fruit and leaves) but I have a seedling miniature peach that I am developing at the moment. Miniature in size, leaf and fruit.
If it doesn't look like a salable fruit in the future I might sell them as bonsai stock, lol.
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Brendan says...
Hi Rowan & John Mc,
I have a dwarf seed-grown peach tree, been in about 30 years, and it's only 1 metre high. It gets smaller fruit than normal peaches, but they taste fantastic. Atm, it's got only 3 fruit on:-(
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Brad says...
How long till (your) peach seedling fruited?
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Brendan says...
Hi Brad,
I thought mine took about 4 to 5 years to bear fruit? But, it was a long time ago :-)
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tecko says...
Jimmy, you're right. The first 3 flowers of my self sprouted peach have just appeared! (although I haven't paid much attention to it).
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