Can you grow a peach tree from the pit in a store-bought peach?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

I know you can do that with an avocado, how about a peach?

[Richard D]

1. You can

But the chances of it having good peaches is slim.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

3. Why are the chances of it having good peaches slim?

[Richard D]

7. Good question, and I was wrong

I messed up a bit. You can grow the peaches from a pit, but the fruit will not be the same as the original peach. Has to do with genetics, root stocks, and all that.

http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/VegFruit/Fruits/pits.htm

[Feanorcurufinwe]

10. Awesome link, thanks! nt

[bkcc]

2. I think you can.

It worked for me, anyway. I planted one in the yard and it grew into a tree.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. If you can do it, I can do it.

[Liberal Veteran]

5. I'm sure it was just a coincidence.

That tree would have grown even if you hadn't planted that peach pit.

:)

[bkcc]

9. LOL

Nice bit of freeper logic.

;)

[Lavender Brown]

6. My dad did that when I was little

The tree produced nasty little peaches, but the blossoms were beautiful!

[Wickerman]

8. My sister planted a peach pit in our garden when she was quite little

it grew into a tree that produced fantastic looking peaches. However, it was a really unhealthy, dirty tree and developed a bad split in the trunk so it got prematurely offed.

[Mr.Green93]

11. not without written permission from Monsanto's Seed Police