Germinating Peach Seeds: Hybrid Warning and Cutting Alternative

Peach seeds from a farm stand may be heirloom (old orchard), but likely hybrid. Seedlings won’t match fruit; 5–7 years to bear.

If Trying Seeds

• Plant 1 inch deep; keep moist (not water).
• Stratify 90 days cold (fridge or outdoors).

Better: Cuttings

1. 6–8 inch green cuttings; strip to top 3 leaves.
2. Dip in Rootone; stick 1 inch in warm, wet sand.
3. Roots in ~8 weeks.

Cuttings clone the exact tree; seeds are a lottery.