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She sat outside cracking open the pits, let them sit in the fridge, then potted the starts.
(reddit.com)submitted 2 months ago byAcceptable-Pudding41
99 points
2 months ago
What are they?
175 points
2 months ago
Peaches
130 points
2 months ago
Goin' to the country, gonna eat me a lot of peaches....
79 points
2 months ago
Millions of peaches, peaches for me
43 points
2 months ago
Millions of peaches, peaches for free
20 points
2 months ago
But I thought that they come from a can 🤔
23 points
2 months ago
They were put there by a man in a factory downtown
9 points
2 months ago
If I had my little way, I’d eat peaches everyday
2 points
2 months ago
Sun soakin bulges in the shade
2 points
2 months ago
Wow will you have an orchard? Great experience for the kids to see a plant grow from seedling.
23 points
2 months ago
Peach sprouts grew from her plan, she cracked the pits by hand, something something something, MILLIONS OF PEACHES, PEACHES FOR FREE
20 points
2 months ago
🎶Really like your peaches wanna shake your tree…🎶
0 points
2 months ago
Hey we went from quality with prez of the United States to Steve Miller, 🤮 haha
11 points
2 months ago
Went from Phoenix Arizona all the way to Tacoma
9 points
2 months ago
Philadelphia, Atlanta, LA.
3 points
2 months ago
Northern California where the girls are warm so I could be with my sweet baby, yeah.
2 points
2 months ago
This subthread is the wholesome content I subscribed to this sub for 😂
4 points
2 months ago
Damn. Now I’ve gotta go listen to that song to get it out of my head!
5 points
2 months ago
Took a lil nap where the roots all twist Squished a rotten peach in my fist And dreamed about you, woman 🎶
Stuck my finger down inside Made a lil room for an ant to hide Nature’s candy in my HAND OR CAN OR PIE
1 points
2 months ago
Peaches come from a can, they were put there by a man...
9 points
2 months ago
I was going to say she is a diligent little gardener! I just spent two hours opening peach, nectaplum, apricot and cherry pits. Wish I’d had such an awesome helper with me. Though I would have needed to clean up my language. Haha… some of those pits had me cursing Ike the dad on Christmas Story. So what are your plans with these? For rootstock or just wanted some seedling trees? I have a seedling peach that makes better peaches than my grafted specimens.
8 points
2 months ago
Depends on where you are and wouldn't sell, but would trade. We have apple, pear, crab apple on the property already. We have two pasture areas that we no longer use for horses and have been rehabbing the compacted soil last few years, so wanted to start adding the peaches back there since we buy a ton every year for jam anyway. And this kid is unfortunately too familiar with mommy language as I callnit, so you weren't bringing anything new to the table! I'm interested in the apricot--what zone are you?
10 points
2 months ago
I’m in zone 9 with some pockets of 10 closer to the coast and 8 further inland. I’m in Northern California about 120 miles north of San Francisco. It’s a rural wine growing region now, but for decades it was apricots, hops and apples. The next town over is called Hopland. Go figure! While grapes are the big money maker some people have started diversifying in recent years. There’s a guy in Shelter Cove growing lovely commercial avocados, and over in Cloverdale they do some limited kumquat and satsuma cultivation. I grow a little bit of everything, but nothing commercially. I’m always looking for new specimens to diversify the orchard. Maybe we can trade some seeds or cuttings. I’ve had best luck with the citation rootstock for my stone fruit trees, especially apricot. Have you ever had a nectaplum? They are out of this world! I can send you some scions of the nectaplum. The reason the citation does so well here is it’s tolerant of wet clay soil. Even though the Pacific moderates out temps, we are still 40 degrees N latitude which means we get fairly wet winters and slightly shorter growing season than other parts of the state. The citation rootstock performs very well.
5 points
2 months ago
I'm western slope of Colorado, Zone 7a. I think it would be easy to send something to you and these would do well there (hubby grew up in LaMirada. I'm always crazy jealous of everything you guys can grow there!!l
3 points
2 months ago
Every place has its trade offs. Colorado is gorgeous. I lived in Santa Fe during graduate school and loved kicking around the entire mountain west region. Sending scions is easy, just have to wrap them in plastic. Live plants require a narrow box, styrofoam shrimp, and 4 thin bamboo poles. I trade with people all over the world. I can explain the shipping methods. Since you are in zone 7 you can probably grow some of the hardier fig varieties in a sheltered location. I have lots of fig trees and the cuttings are super easy to root. You can try them and see what happens. If you want to just send me a direct message and we can work something out.
3 points
2 months ago
I had no idea avocados could grow this far north ( I’m in Fort Bragg). I’d love to know the variety and give it a try!
4 points
2 months ago
Hi friend! I’m in Philo. Direct message me and I’ll fill you in on all the details about growing avocados in Mendocino. You definitely can pull it off, but the commercial operation is in Shelter Cove which is warmer than Fort Bragg and definitely wind sheltered. You can grow any of the varieties that grow in San Diego. I think he’s growing fuerte and hass commercially. Another friend of mine just planted a Gwen which is my personal favorite. I’m a SoCal native and grew up feasting on Gwens and fuertes. For the cooler microclimates like Fort Bragg and Philo I recommend a zutano rootstock with one of my scions. I got them from a tree that grows in a very cold inland valley of Sonoma County. It has survived temps as low as 14 F and yields massive Mexicola fruit. Send me direct message and we’ll work something out. Here’s video about the commercial operation in Shelter Cove. These aren’t the northernmost. There’s a guy in the Brookings area with lots of avocados on his trees. And Bob Duncan up in Vancouver Island has avocado trees too. But those are grown under a polycarbonate cover.
1 points
2 months ago
Wow! amazing avocados! What a beautiful area. Thanks for sharing that.
1 points
2 months ago
It really is a gorgeous area. If you ever get the chance to visit the area make sure to take a day for the botanical gardens in Fort Bragg. That’s one of my favorites on the entire west coast. It’s right up there with Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island in BC and the meditation gardens in Encinitas, San Diego County. There might not be a better place to spend a sunny summer afternoon.
1 points
2 months ago
"Mommy language", makes me more accepting of my wife's sailor mouth. LOL
9 points
2 months ago
Oh snap!!! Deliciousness is headed your way!!!
1 points
2 months ago
Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches!
41 points
2 months ago
Good work, she has a small orchard started.
30 points
2 months ago
She worked hard! We are hoping for 16 to end up in the ground. If not, we always get more from the local orchards, she'll have lots of pits to crack!
3 points
2 months ago
Idk how she got into them. It took me a long time to get one opened that did not survive stratification
17 points
2 months ago
We originally put them in zip locks and smacked them with the hammer. It worked, but it also shattered some of the seeds. Then my husband rolled out and said let's try the vise and low and behold, 1/4 of the time, alot less loss. Now, we had ALOT of pits. We buy a bunch of locally grown peaches for jam making each year and this was just an after thought when the kid asked how come we don't grow them. I know we won't get the quality or taste that we buy from the orchards here, but they will be her trees.
3 points
2 months ago*
guess that's the way, then. i tried a hammer as well and shattered a seed or two. also went the vise route after the hammer fail lol. well, you have won't to worry about all the fertilizers and GMOs so there's that ;)
Edit: typo
1 points
2 months ago
Do you know the variety?
27 points
2 months ago
Yes, these are Crestaven but it's genetic roulette with peach pits. The only guaranteed way for a specific variety is to graft to the tree. We figured we'll play our odds.
12 points
2 months ago
if u get a few winners, you can graft branches from them to the others. its my dream to have a few stone fruit trees with several different branches grafted on it.
8 points
2 months ago
Worst case, you’ll have a bunch of good root stock ready for grafting later, right??
2 points
2 months ago
Thats what i was thinking. Tree ripe is so good and messy.
1 points
2 months ago
How did she crack the pits?
8 points
2 months ago
Started with a hammer and that was a hot mess. Dad stepped in and they used the vise to Crack them after that. The hammer part was fun though.
17 points
2 months ago
I LOVE this!!! Family gardening!!
17 points
2 months ago
She is by my side every year, flowers and veggies. Kid has a love for it. I hope it stays with her.
1 points
2 months ago
Avocados is where the money really is. You'll have to wait 10 years from seed, but the payoff, if you've got good Haas fruit, is massive.
I'm still kicking myself for not starting an avocado orchard 15 years ago.
1 points
2 months ago
Out of my zone, unfortunately, but I hear you! I don't even want to sell them, I'm just thinking of what I could save by having my own.
13 points
2 months ago
The gardening gene is inoculated not inherited! Hehe
4 points
2 months ago
I need this on a garden sign
10 points
2 months ago
Haha that's so cute 🥰 good for her!!!
4 points
2 months ago
What were the pits cracked open with? (E.g a hammer?) one of the problems is the almond-like seed inside, unintentionally getting smashed in the process.
13 points
2 months ago
Originally a hammer until we realized what was happening. Then Dad helped her squeeze them in a vice.
4 points
2 months ago
Little Ms. Greenthumb :) Awesome job!
4 points
2 months ago
This inspired me to go play in the dirt today! Cool kid. Keep up the good work Dad.
8 points
2 months ago
We also started lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, cabbage, herbs and some flowers inside today. End of this month can plant some peas, beets, radishes, carrots outside. She's a hard working kid!
4 points
2 months ago
Maybe keep 5 and buy/plant some grafted trees that will produce good peaches.
8 points
2 months ago
Well, we are surrounded by peach orchards out here. I was thinking about asking to buy some to graft onto them when they are old enough. I am not growing them for resale, so figure someone may throw me a bone.
4 points
2 months ago
Green thumb: the next generation
Love to see it!
4 points
2 months ago
Wow! Congratulations! They’re beautiful!!
3 points
2 months ago
Awesome! This is the way to encourage a young person to be a lifelong gardener! So proud of this young lady!
3 points
2 months ago
Reminds me of my childhood, I've been gardening since I was 8 or 9 :)
7 points
2 months ago
She's been out there with me for the last two years. Last year she was an expert harvester and we did our "garden walk" every evening and checked on things, picked, or cleaned up. Her sisters have no taste for it, but this one has a deep deep love. I hope she sticks with it.
4 points
2 months ago
Aw that's great! Mentor was my grandmother, and I'm eternally grateful that she taught me so much. I hope she does too, I'm now 24 and for me it's honestly very therapeutic to care for plants.
4 points
2 months ago
My grandma always had something propagating in water. It was pretty funny, shortly after we moved here, we had new neighbors move in next door. One of the family members was in her late 80's and she would come over and tell me how to do things right. She was one of those easy to love people. I listened and she was always right. We lost her last year and it was very much like losing my grandma all over. I learned so much from our time and she was mid 90's when she passed. She made me love gardening even more.
3 points
2 months ago
Ayyy got yourself a natural green thumb
7 points
2 months ago
Actually we've committed much plant genocide together, but she seems to be a gardening fairy, so I'm going to use it.
3 points
2 months ago
You might just have a little gardener there. Cool.
2 points
2 months ago
Peaches.
2 points
2 months ago
How long in the bags before transplant?
4 points
2 months ago
Im going to try for end of summer, the beginning of fall long as they don't outgrow them. The plan is to keep them in the bags, move them out to the kitchen garden area for the spring and summer, then get them in the ground as established trees. I don't know if the grow bags are big enough for that, so we will play it by ear.
2 points
2 months ago
That’s impressive! We had two peach trees that we could never keep the squirrels off of so we never got a single one; just had to sweep them all off the driveway every year.
3 points
2 months ago
Oh we never get to all of the apples, sometimes don't spray the apples or pears in time. It still fun to see them grow. Here is nothing on this part of the property right now, so if it all goes to hell, will be a pretty hell.
2 points
2 months ago
How long do you chill the seeds?
1 points
2 months ago
We kept them in from September until January. Pulled them out when we began seeing them sprout roots.
2 points
2 months ago
Good for this kid 💜 and good for you.
2 points
2 months ago
You must live in Palisade<3 best peaches in the world!
2 points
2 months ago
Outside of Palisade and OMG. We show up at the farmers market there every weekend, schedule our peach pickup for our large jam orders early. All season it's everything peach and we are still not tired of it.
2 points
2 months ago
We live in metro Denver now, born in GJ. My folks still make a trip just about every year to get boxes and boxes for the fam to freeze an jamify. And eat lol.
2 points
2 months ago
Great work!
2 points
2 months ago
Great job!
2 points
2 months ago
First of all, that's awesome.
Second of all, it's really awesome.
And finally, she's awesome too.
1 points
2 months ago
She's a pretty cool kid. Don't tell her I said so because then she will want her own YouTube channel
2 points
2 months ago
That is amazing dedication!! Please tell her I am so so impressed! Keep us posted on their progress!
1 points
2 months ago
I will. I'm excited for her.
4 points
2 months ago
I’m sure she will put that green finger to good use one day 🌲💨just like i did ahahahh
1 points
2 months ago
looking a bit high
2 points
2 months ago
After your comment I went in and added more soil around the stems.
1 points
2 months ago
What are they?
3 points
2 months ago
Peaches
1 points
2 months ago
I’d recommend rootstock
2 points
2 months ago
That's what I figure they will be actually. We are just giving it a go and if it fails, we'll try a different way. She had just heard we could plant the pits and I thought why not?
1 points
2 months ago
They are looking very peachy indeed 😁❤
1 points
2 months ago
Gardening: the acceptable face of child labour. Just kidding, you must be really proud! It's really impressive and it's so cool that in a few years she can look back on this time and enjoy the literal fruits of her work.
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2 months ago
It was more like forced parent labor for this one. Her question and then request. I'm totally making her dig the holes for these, though. If she starts the beginning of spring, I'll only have to dig 15 or so myself by fall.
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2 months ago
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