I did a science project with my kindergarten students with apple seeds. They themselves took the seeds out of apples, and wrapped them in wet paper towels. I took them home to put in my fridge. When they showed signs of sprouting, I brought them back to class and the kids planted them in cups. They each ended up with a little apple tree to bring home! It was so fun! Now I’m going to do it for myself with your inspiration. Thanks!

@lifeoftim5388

4 ай бұрын

When my kid was in 1st grade, he would save all the apple seeds and germinate them. After 3 years, I have 9 apple trees. They are not producing yet, but I'll probably have to remove some from my backyard in the next few years.

@sunkist1309

4 ай бұрын

What an amazing memory you gave those kids

@user-rt5yh4wy5b

2 ай бұрын

Nice memories

@backyardplantlife3580

Ай бұрын

That is wonderful! Please do that every year! If even one kid per year plants one at home it could bring joy to countless people.

@robertawestbrooks9531

Ай бұрын

At the moment I have 8 seedlings, that I have started. But, how long more before I can put it outside? Anyone out there....

My parents house backs up to an unused pasture. An apple tree showed up a number of years ago and now produces large, sweet, gold apples with a nice pink blush that are ready to harvest around the first week of august. Easily the best seedling apple tree I’ve ever found!

@bobg5362

6 ай бұрын

Look up the Dorsett Golden Apple. Your description of the apples on that random tree that grew reminds me of it.

@youngbuck5009

6 ай бұрын

@@bobg5362 I looked it up and yes, sounds similar!

@husna-sy6vs

Сағат бұрын

You said golden apples Bros playing Minecraft 😂

I came close to your experience when I owned a home: One day I was mowing the lawn, and noticed a rather healthy looking , tiny, tree growing. I steered my mower around it, and kept doing so. >> It grew into a 20-30 foot tall Mulberry tree! I was as thrilled as you were with what I had done! I enjoy eating Mulberries; still do. I "had" the tree for about 25 years. Although I lost my house and the tree is now gone; I still have the memories of it, and hope to get some land in the future and start things anew! Thanks for sharing!!!!

Your channel inspired me plant my own tree from seed. Planted in 2019, and 2023 is the first year it has flowered. Hoping for a good apple!

@billyd7628

Ай бұрын

so what happen? how was the fruit

@jmunsamy

Ай бұрын

@billyd7628 A good green eating apple. As sweet as a store bought one, although half the size. Looking forward to next season.

@billyd7628

Ай бұрын

@@jmunsamy yeah? what was the source? did ya just take seeds from a grocery store apple? it was good luck you got a edible one.

@jmunsamy

Ай бұрын

@billyd7628 yep grocery store apple. It was from three different premium varieties and had planted 6 trees , three of which fruited and all three that fruited, when ripe were decent. To note I live in sub tropical climate so a pleasant surprise to have any fruit at all.

@billyd7628

Ай бұрын

@@jmunsamy im gonna try with some cosmic crisp seeds i got. im in a very sub tropical place. as in basically only freezes like a few days a year on the years it does freeze. and the freezes are just 32f never under the 30s.

I like to plant random seeds around public where there are drip systems or near ponds and city lakes. Sunflowers are a great starter. The city should be a food forest. Maybe I will start mixing in apple and pear seeds.

SHARE THIS VIDEO IF YOU LOVE EATING APPLES! 🍎

@yukey2587

6 ай бұрын

What do you do with the Prigioni apples? Pies? Jam? Juice? Gee....I shoulda waited to the end of the video....

My 2 year old once saw one of your harvest videos and ever since then, every now and then she will ask "Watch Tucky?" So, here´s some ❤🧡💛💚💙💜 for Tucky from my little one :)

Oh yes, I can tell you now that I'll be watching this at least ten times. I'm interested in dwarf apple trees, and keeping them pruned small. Your advice on everything from soil to water to pruning is invaluable! Thanks James! Thanks Tuck!

I'm glad your tree is doing well. I hadn't seen you showcase it for awhile. It's gotten big.

Congrats for your apple tree! I have six apple trees grown from seeds that are about 3 years old now but no fruit yet.

I love your enthusiasm. It's amazing, keep on inspiring.

prigioni shoud be the type of apple

After watching this video, I'm definitely going to try direct sowing some apple seeds. Thank you for this.

The problem with growing apples from seed is that since they need pollination to have a successful apple it’s common practice for commercial apple production to use crab apples as a pollenizer. Which is what I assume happened to your apple tree there as it looks very similar to a crab apple.

I love watching almost every video you have up, and I love how you get so excited every time you Harvest are you have grown, and it just makes my day!!!😊❤

Thanks for the update, James! Your first video about this years ago inspired me to try this. I kept seeds from my Kindercrisp apple tree, which was pollinated by my neighbor's tree (unknown variety), and planted them in the fall of 2021. In spring (2022) only 1 germinated, but it grew fast! A rabbit chewed it down to the snow line the first winter, but it came back in spring 2023 and surpassed the previous year's growth that was lost. It's now protected (fenced in) so I'm excited to see what happens next spring! I can't wait for the day that I get to taste an apple from my own unique variety!

Your enthusiasm is contageous! Keep on doing what you do and sharing it with this great community of subscribers!

One of a kind apple! 🍎I really want to play the apple lottery myself. It seems like such a rewarding process and experience,

Hi, I just cant wait for spring sowing ,i have my flower game going strong now and with your last video about the best tasting prolific seeds to purchase, its going to be a wonderful spring 2024 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thanks James & tuck!

The hand just does the tasting so so well, lucky hand 😊

I wonder if I can plant an apple tree by dropping a few apples on the ground in the fall? This is how nature does it, and the seeds would experience stratification over the winter. Has anybody had any luck with this method?

@Nick-Freeman

6 ай бұрын

I did it, and it worked

@oldtimegamer2.098

Ай бұрын

I haven't tried that before of letting the seeds out in the winter but there is this one time I have grown apple seeds from the pink lady apples what I have noticed about the pink lady apples the seeds in them are usually sprouting I do think for easy growing I would recommend the pink lady apples

Blessings to you and all you do. I Am Growing 10 Plants from seed I'm year 2 it's so exciting. Blessings and thank you for all you do. New Earth 🧑🏾‍🌾🥑🥒🍠🍆🌻🌷🤘🏾💪🏾🙏🏾💜💫

That's really cool! I also have my own apple going on, it is possibly a crossing between crabapple and a regional summer apple (a sort of sauce apple) that is really nice. This year it grew to 60 cm, from 20. So soon I'll also have fruit.

Like your advice about throwing down many seeds and saving the healthiest starter, gonna give it a shot. Good video, got some good info.

We are on this journey with growing our own apple tree. Thanks for the good info! ❤ to Tuck!

This is the first winter I’m growing in my greenhouse over winter and planted various seeds from trees, but never thought about fruit. Now’s the time! 😊

This is the video that i was waiting for!! I want an Apple tree so badly but i don't know how to do it. Thanks James :) I love Tuck appareances on the camera

@jamesprigioni

6 ай бұрын

Let’s Gooo!!!

@kele1264

6 ай бұрын

Same! I want dwarf or miniature trees, to keep them in control. I'll be looking at Stark Brothers, Rain Tree, and Bay Laurel as sources. I'll be paying special attention to climate hardiness and whether or not the trees need more than one planted near each other. James' videos with tips on pruning and care (like Surround Kaolin clay) will be invaluable as I go. Good luck to you!

@blessinganslem512

15 сағат бұрын

Same here I would love to plant one in my farmyard in Nigeria

Let my 3 and 4 year old watch this, they loved it, Thanks!

This is how I found your channel years ago, when I looked up how to plant apple seeds! I am working on my own food forest now. Thanks James and TUCK♥♥♥♥

@jamesprigioni

6 ай бұрын

Let’s Gooo!!!

Thanks for another great video. An apple that grows true from seed is the Antonovka apple. I think it does good up to zone 8. I have lots of seedlings from other apples that will probably be crab apples but I need them as pollinators so I'm pretty happy.

Today I planted two apricot seed that I have kept in my refrigerator for a couple of months. I bought the apricots at the store. I hope they are wonderful trees someday that I can give my grandchildren fruit from.

@abdulkadirbilgin1556

2 күн бұрын

Apricot seedlings require grafting to ensure fruiting

How did you know i was planning on doing this, this year? I collected a ton of apples from my husbands grandpas property for applesauce and i collected several hundred seeds to try my hand at getting my own trees to grow! Perfect timing! Thank you!

Thank You so much! I always wanted to plant one of the sprouts I find in an apple sometimes.

I planted apple seeds in a McDonald’s cup in my garage, just for fun after eating an apple. Long story short, it’s 5 days later and they are already sprouting. I heard that they needed to go through a cold period or some process to get them to germinate so I honestly didn’t expect anything to happen. But to my surprise this morning I checked all the seeds I planted and the apples are growing just breaching the surface of the soil

Wow this is beautiful!

Very cool! And ❤❤❤❤ for Tuck as always!

Those little apples were adorable.

My Gradson and I have planted gala apple seed and now have seedlings sprouting up so far we have 13 that have came up we planted about 28 hills 3 seeds to each hill.

If you thin them out, would you get bigger apples? The tip to put the seeds in the fridge for 6 to 8 weeks is genius, thanks!

@lpmoron6258

6 ай бұрын

Just don't forget them. I did that and the spindly things didn't make it.

@voiceofunreason5153

4 ай бұрын

@@lpmoron6258 cheers, will do!!

We plant some apple seeds every couple of years. The strongest ones grow very vigorously. It took less than five years to get our first fruit from one. And seven years from the second. The first one is a lot like yours. My kids call them Cherry Apples. The second tree makes little yellow apples, tons of them, but they don't taste good. It's a very fun experiment. Since starting to play with apple seeds, I've learned that my little red and yellow apples were probably cross pollinated by a crab apple and that most commercial orchards have crab apples to help with pollination for better fruit set. So if I were to collect apples from trees with no crab apples around, any fruit bearing trees from those seeds would likely be bigger. That's my next experiment - to collect some seeds from some abandoned orchards in the area that do not have crab apples nearby.

That crunch when you bit into that Liberty apple! I said out loud,' That's a good apple! '

Thanks so much for the inspiration!

This is awesome!!

This is awesome bro, lately I've been dreaming of lush vegatation & growing my own food stuffs. I have been experimenting with making apple fruit flour amongst other fruits to make bread & the endless possibilities with the right methods, I have been mind blown why bread companies haven't come up with different types of breads & my homemade bread makes store bought bread taste bland & boring! Just the thought of walking through a garden & you're surrounded by the things you have grown from seed & feeling good that it's because of you that made it happen, & it helps you to love & appreciate yourself better, it's therapeutic, just hope that it doesn't turn up feeling like a chore, because nobody really likes chores!😊

❤ it amazing 🍎 🌳

Great episode! I'm going to try!

That is cool!!! I grew a plant from an apple seed out of an apple I got from the Farmer's Market about a year ago and people told me it was going to turn into a crabapple,,,so I appreciate your correct information about growing from a seed out of an apple you ate 😅🍎 The plant is still alive too!! I actually just have it with my house plants and have not planted it outdoors yet but now I will!! Thanks!!!

Thank you for sharing your joy! I am about to begin planting and propagating apple seeds in a moist paper towel in a plastic bag in my fridge; very excited to try this. What are the best heirloom / disease resistant apple trees that you have found? Have you done any videos on grafting apple trees? :)

Crab apples are used as pollinators in commercial orchards. Collect seeds from an old orchard where there isn't crab apples present and your results will be much closer to the parent tree.

Your Apple 🍏 Tree looks amazing 😁

❤❤❤ for Tuck and all. Thank you.

I think smaller is better! ❤ so beautiful.

My next door neighbor gave me some of the apples off one of his trees and I saved some of the seeds. Imma try this. Love Tuck!! ❤❤❤❤❤

Maravilhosa sua experiência de ver sua cria, suainda macieira crescer e frutificar. Parabéns James. Um grande abraço de Antônia de Itumbiara Goias

Amazing work ❤🎉

Great job ❤

We don't have apple tree in our country the Philippines but this month a planted a seed in a tissue and it sprouts.from now on it is already 20 days old and having a three leaves coming out.

I have multiple apple trees, but have never started from seed. Thanks for the info

Tuck...he is the best gardener!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

Hi James, I was just wondering about the grafting to a dwarf I didn’t quite understand what that meant. What you do to do that process could you explain thank you.

Either that apple is really small or you’re a giant.

@4dojo

22 күн бұрын

In the wild apples are very small. The ones that you buy in the store are genetic clones of each other so that they can consistently sell large apples. Even if you grow a tree from the seeds of a store bought apple the offspring tree will usually have tiny apples.

Thanks!

Very cool !!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Love you Tucky!❤️❤️❤️💕

They look like a kind of cherry 🍒. Awesome tree.

Great channel ❤

I’m feeling confused on how you made it your own variety.

Such a fun video! I have several acres now to work with so my experiments of growing apples from seed aren’t that crazy after all lol. Last year I sprouted dozens of apple seeds and was so excited but a freeze killed them all as I was away from home. Sad. I do still want a honey crisp apple tree though. ☺️ Still experimenting is just so much fun so I’m excited I have the room to do it. I love the Prigioni apple tree! Beautiful! My, you are patient though ! 👍🏻

Very informative! Funny, I just saved some Gala apple seeds a few days ago… Timely info! 🍎🍎🍎 Thank you

Congratulations 👏🎉😊

Thanks for posting. Love your videos & Sweet Tomato Vine Homestead hands down best growing food videos.

Im about 3 weeks into the stratification process with pear seeds at the moment, going to try apple seeds over the winter too :D

Awesome video I'm trying to learn more and more about apple trees I have some that are finally producing Delicious Fruit after 7 years planting a twig and I just planted more apple trees and some peach trees this last summer I can't wait till they start producing fruit

I was just wondering how to grow apples from seed... Ambrosia apples are my favourite and i purchased some from the local farmers market so the should grow in my region. Might give this a try!! Thanks for the inspiration ❤❤❤

So nice to see you guys ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ tuckaroni❤the best video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Cute little 🍎

Hi, I got do excited to find your site. I have a question, I started the growth from seeds and planted it in a pot but the stem is growing so skinny but I have 6 leaves. My question is how do I get the trunk to get thicker? Thank you

I would love to see a video of you grafting a tree to a root stalk , it's the first I've heard of that. Then again I am kind of a gardening noob...lol PS: please give Tuck a nice head scratching for me bro... 😁👍

Hi.. its lovely to see your passion for home grown plants and fruits..got 2 apple seeds germinate in the heat of Mumbai..i grew them by natural method of sowing in the soil.. and they have germinated.. one was plucked off at the sprout ..will that continue to grow?

Hi James, I love that you grew your own apple tree. It’s such a beautiful tree. I’m wondering if the seeds I planted from my lemons will be genetically different from its parent tree. I’m so excited to see what I get. Thanks for the encouragement. I planted 6 seeds. Let’s see how many make it.

I would call it Cherry Apple 😊

Good work ffrom trinidad

I Know you are so Proud Warrior 👑💫💜🔥🔥🔥🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎

I’m going to try to grow dwarf apple trees again this spring. I got some really young saplings that didn’t survive the frost we got in April.

Thank you so much this is the content I like. Planting from seed is magical and so important, we need more landrace varieties like yours. Btw does anyone know how well this works with citrics? I want evergreen fruit trees.

I wish I could make an apple that tastes like pure candy ,calling it the candy apple or mix a green apple with something sweet. How fun this is.

I recenetly ordered a dwarf family apple tree. Supposedly this one tree will have 3 different varieties of apples. I don't know how good it'll be at producing fruit, but I'd be happy just getting fruit from the backyard. I think it's realy cool to see that you grew one from seed to full size, but that just takes up way to much space sadly.

Those are some pretty small apples.

I just planted around 35 apples from seed this year! You have a higher chance of it being a good apple of you grow from good varieties that were crossed with other good varieties!

❤❤ for Tuck!

I`ve just found some Malus Pumila seeds in the cupboard. Just potted them and put outside in the cold. Cheers. I`ll get back in 10 years if they work out ok. :)

Just found out that the orange tree i bought as a baby from Florida is actually a calamondin orange (i probably messed up the spelling) and that's why the 🍊 are so tiny. I now get to find an orange i like and plant up a bunch of orange seeds in hopes of getting one that is close enough to what i want. This is on top of my lemons, grapefruits, avocados, mangos, muscadine grapes, and yes.... several apple varieties as well.

@slowpoke4557

6 ай бұрын

Peaches, cherries, never could find a lime or a key lime seed though

@rebeccaburdette3114

4 ай бұрын

A calamondin is a lime though, it's not an orange. It's an orange colored lime.

I can’t do apples because my property is covered in cedars, but I would love to try this with some nuts and stone fruits ❤❤❤❤❤❤

I've got two four year old apple trees from seed in the garden. No fruit yet, hoping they'll be edible and not crab apples😂

@Nick-Freeman

6 ай бұрын

You can always graft another kind of apple tree to it if it’s not good

Had a transplanted apple tree twice and nearly some decades old. Forgot the variety but looked like it's a HoneyCrisp and after a couple of decades it was producing over medium sized to large sized apples. What can you suggest to expedite the growth into larger apples instead of waiting a couple of decades. In Japan, they cut off multiple apples once the flowers had changed to fruits so that more of the nutrients would go to the remaining apples in the cluster. Will continuously doing it every year cause the apple to naturally grow into larger size? Also glad to see Tuck's still up and have a healthy appetite, my Yorkie Terrier had some great last months before it passed away after 11yrs.❤🍎

@cynthiafisher9907

6 ай бұрын

You should thin the fruit so there is only one apple per cluster and no fruit closer than 6” apart. You have to do it every year, the tree won’t “learn” to do it.

Interesting

In Kashmir we call this apple variety chilli apple.

You enjoyed it

This is so cool. I can't believe how many apples are on that three. I planted some germinated apple seeds (germinated in the apple) about two years ago. Mine is less than a foot tall at this point and I think it's not getting enough sun. I wonder if it will be OK to move it or will I damage the tap root?

Hi little Tuck ❤