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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: greatpalm on January 31, 2007, 20:31:11

Title: Growing self fertile apple pips
Post by: greatpalm on January 31, 2007, 20:31:11

I would like to grow some pips from an apple tree I have.

I know that if the fertilisation has taken place with another tree, then the result could be anything and probably a worse taste than the parents.

What happens however with a self-fertile apple tree, where no cross pollination has taken place. Will the resulting offspring be a clone of the parent?

I guess the same would apply to other self-fertile fruits such as plums, peaches and apricots.

Title: Re: Growing self fertile apple pips
Post by: PAULW on January 31, 2007, 21:26:55

No ! you would be extremely lucky to get anything like the parent plant from seed, self fertile means you dont need another tree pollen fro it to produce fruit, the only way to produce an exact copy is by grafting.

Title: Re: Growing self fertile apple pips
Post by: OllieC on February 01, 2007, 08:36:04

Quote from: PAULW on January 31, 2007, 21:26:55

the only way to produce an exact copy is by grafting.

...which isn't all that hard, apparently. You need to buy your root stock first though.

Title: Re: Growing self fertile apple pips
Post by: Baccy Man on February 01, 2007, 13:13:08

You could air layer them too it is very easy to do instructions on the link below.
http://lightworksnursery.com/airlay2.html