I wanna try to grow my own fruit trees/plants.

[Deja Q]

Anyone know where I can buy some seeds, so I can prepare for Spring?

[gardenista]

1. Plant bare-root fruit trees.

You can get a great selection here:

www.raintree.com

Good luck!

[Deja Q]

3. Blank DVD-R discs grow on trees? Sweet, I can save a fortune!

:D

[gardenista]

9. LOL, just be sure you plant semi-dwarf DVDs, otherwise they'll get too big

[XemaSab]

2. If you live in a climate that's hospitable to avocados

the strategy for rooting the seeds is to take several seeds and throw 'em in a compost pile. Check in a few months to see if any have sprouted.

Or buy a tree. :)

Good luck. :)

[Gato Moteado]

10. looks like he's in minnesota....

no avocadoes there.

[XemaSab]

11. Oh yah

Well, there's always the indoor tree. :)

[dajoki]

4. for a beginer...

i suggest potted trees.

[Deja Q]

5. I prefer seeds.

No point in cheating. :7

[dajoki]

6. then you'll be...

waiting for your fruit for years.

[miss_kitty]

7. Most fruit producing trees are grafts

some trees need pollinators (a different variety of the same species)

not starting any fruit bearing plants is not cheating. A plant uses a lot of enrgy to produce fruit. A perfect start is necessary to insure that. It involves a lot of control
The pros use grafts and cuttings to get the fruit they want. Many fruits do not come true from seed.

If you want to read a very good book about seeds and fruit and plant growing, I suggest The Botany of Desire-no scientific background needed to get the gist of it.

[philosophie_en_rose]

8. I'd suggest buying from a local source to avoid frankenfruit.

If want to wait forever, you could buy a little tree. However, I wouldn't mess with seeds without doing a lot of research. It takes a while for a tree to make fruit.

I bought a bunch of fruit trees two years ago from a local nursery. They cost about $20.00 for little trees, but they were grown locally and aren't frankenfruit. (i.e. trees grafted with sheep genes, basted in chemicals, etc). It's only been two years, but we're getting a small amount of apples, pears, and a lot of cherries. No peaches yet, although I'm not expecting many peaches here in Washington.

If you really want to start from seed, I'd contact a local fruit seller (try a farmer's market) to get recommendations.