Acquiring and Preparing Fruit Tree Seeds for Germination By Patrick Desnoyers

Fruit trees are often very beautiful in spring and autumn. Spring, as are full of flowers, and fall as they are full of fruit.

Many species such as crabapple, cotoneaster, plum and cherry trees themselves are beautiful. Often, such shows can cost a lot in the garden nursery specialist. An inexpensive way to buy a tree is to propagate them. Fruit trees can be played with seeds or cuttings. Seeds is the easiest method but longer. You can buy seeds or pick them up.

The best time to collect seeds of fruit trees in the autumn when the leaves begin to fall. At this point you are sure that the fruits are ripe, therefore, the seeds also. So, you can collect as much fruit as the seeds you need. Some species have more than one seed per fruit.

The method for cleaning and preparing the seeds is simple. Of fleshy fruit such as cranberry cotoneaster, crabapple or cherry, you can fill a container of hot water, but not boiling water. In water, which brings together the fruit and rub with fingers until the meat is completely removed from the seeds.

Once you separate the meat in bulk from the pulp of the seeds, you can collect the seeds in a bowl, pour boiling water over some that, to clean the seeds. Empty the water, keep the seeds, and repeat the process of boiling water.

You will then need to sterilize the seeds. This can be achieved through the establishment of the seeds on a paper towel in a tray of cookies. On a sunny day, leave the seeds in the tray of cookies in the sun for at least 4 hours and dry to the touch.

You can store your seeds in a dry ziplock bag in the vegetable compartment of your refrigerator until you are ready to germinate / sow their seeds. For further instructions on the germination, you can refer to my articles on my website.

Full-time avid amateur bonsai grower. As practicing bonsai and gardening for more than 8 years. Owner http://www.mishobonsai.com, a website with resource for Bonsai seeds and tree seeds.