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Hi guys.
Want to tell you bout my find in the garden.
Well a few weeks ago I tunrned out the composting bins, and threw them on the garden.
On Sunday when I was out there planting out my parnips i noticed this old nectarine stone on the top of the soil. I picked it up and it fell appart and the kernel bit inside had germinated.
I have put it in a pot of compost for now, is that the right thing to do?
Anyone know what treatment nectarines require as they grow?

Was a nice surprise tho

Very few stone fruit come true from seed... and it will get leaf curl if outside in winter... but certainly worth growing on for curiosity..
:)

I was thinking that when I first read the posting because I like to keep things like trees that root in the soil in pots to see what happens to them and I have put in orange, lime and lemon pips this year to see what I get.

I found someone who does bonsai growing as a hobby and he takes year old babies from me to further experiment with. I offered him a baby oak tree once but he said he would not bother as they take 200 years to grow. It was not wasted another friend who is very environmentally active passed it on to be planted in woodland.

Knowing that the trees we buy to grow fruit from are bastardised by being grafted on to something else (thank goodness) so that we can get quick results. I would not expect to get a yield from trees grown from pips/seeds, stones or kernels but they could make a pretty windowsill or patio plants. May I suggest that you mark the date you planted it somewhere so that in several years time, when some one asks you how old it is, you can tell them.