[BlacksTropicalHomestead]

Figs…

[Lamp_Light_Homestead]

Figs and autumn olive(the berries are sweet but tannic). Otherwise rooting from cutting is primarily something you find in Mediterranean or tropical climates. That said most fruit trees can be forced to sucker. This is primarily done for the creation of root stock and usually involves letting a tree grow for a 4 or 5 years then cutting it at ground height and people often cover the stum in sand with a tire. It will sucker and the suckers might put out a few roots in the sand layer then you can cut the sucker with a few roots and transplant the sucker. In my opinion it is easier and faster to just germinate seeds or pits than go to all that trouble but after that initial time investment you can probably get lots of suckers for free that you can graft like nursery bought trees

[TJB]

I’m in zone 9a near Ms.Coast, a lot of my citrus have suckers on them. I think some of my other trees do. As well. I really don’t know how to graph either. But I don’t want to buy more trees if there is another way. Thank you 🙂

[Foxy_Pocket]

I am in zone 9B and had petty good luck rooting Mission and Kadota figs from suckers. Have a Brown Turkey fig that will be ready to plant next season. Starts were a little slow at first but going into year three they really took off. All my trees (including starts) are on drip irrigation. I do limit the direct sun exposure on my starts the first year. For me scraping about 1″ of the bark off the root ends and dipping them in Rooting Hormones works best. I fill 3″ x 3″ x10″ plastic tree pots with fresh seed starting soil.

Trying some Asian Pear suckers right now, so far the leaves are still intact, will see come spring.

[TJB]

I’m in 9 a thank you

[Galley-Cat]

Rule of thumb for trees: They sleep, creep, then leap! Years 1,2,3

[TJB]

Great to know, thanks

[GuerrillaProvisions]

You would be amazed how well trees grow from seed. Everyone thinks that they get a big jump on things from cuttings, but seed grown trees tend to be more resilient and grow quite fast. Akiva Silver of twisted-tree.net is an amazing propagation resource. 🙂

[GuerrillaProvisions]

Our Tree Nursery

[Dreamwords]

We’re next door to you, in 9a, Bama Coast, and have had great luck with seeds from our kumquats and lemons. They can take a while to germinate – even as long as a month or two, after we’d given up. One of our kids did it on a whim (and named them…), so I don’t have experience to share from an outside garden. She seeded them indoors, and later they go to the porch where they have never been potted up from their one-gallon pots. This could be why (I don’t know) they haven’t fruited yet – her little 3 year old trees don’t show signs of flowering or fruiting yet. But they’re still lovely little evergreen trees and show signs of growing much more quickly in the future!

[ltcnurse240]

So with a peach seed would I need to break open to the inside core(for lack of better term) & plant or plant as is?

[Galley-Cat]

Here is an good vid on sprouting peach seeds. I’ve done it and it works well.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=686fccM2Gmc&feature=sharehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=686fccM2Gmc&feature=share

[ANH]

Going to try this method tomorrow and see how it goes