Still here... just been busy with kids, staying sane from 10 days of clouds...

Most of my seeds that I stratified in the refrigerator have sprouted. I potted about 2 dozen this afternoon. I noticed a lot of my flat peach seeds sprouted nicely. Does stink that i have to baby them through the winter months.

Frank:

I potted many up recently also. Only Flavor Supreme had sprouted but others may have been too dry. Mine are outdoors in the shade. Pot temperatures are running 30s and 40s so should finish chilling in time for spring. Not sure what I'll do when real cold hits but do have an insulated shed nearby.

Weather here has been pretty unusual. More like CA than TX. No Arctic cold since early Nov but expect that in Jan and Febr.

I plan on putting mine under lights...at least on cloudy days/evenings. I'll get them outside under plastic probably in late Feb.

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I use yogurt containers filled with moist peat moss. No mold issues like in the past.

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Here is some i just potted up. I'll move them up to 1 gallon pots in probably a month or so. They just had small feeder roots starting to form. Got to be careful because they are so easy to break off.

Wow, so you guys are growing out some of your seeds? Cool! I want to do this too! How long a stratification? Looks like shorter than you thought! I have raspberry seeds in stratification after bleach scarification. One is an unreleased cross from a breeder. A black raspberry.
I'm following his instructions to germinate.

Here are the seedlings that I stratified over the Summer.

Right: Mariposa plums x unknown pollen

Middle: Flavor Top Nectarine X unknown pollen Satsuma plum (seed parent) x Krauter Vesuvious plum Hybrid.

Left: Burgungy plum,; Top left: Burgundy plum x Krauter Vesuvious (pollen parent).

TWM
You will be the next genius fruit trees breeder.

Tony

Frank, Will you be grafting those sprouts to get some sample earlier or stickin 'em in the ground?
r u ice fishing yet? This warm trend has put a damper on our season, now that there is an inch of water on top of the ice. Think i will launch the boat for some walleyes if i can find enough open water...

This post was edited by valgor on Sat, Dec 20, 14 at 8:11

Tony,

Thanks.

I'm also developing a self-pollinating almond and drought tolerant stone fruit rootstocks.

TWM.
Keep up the good work. One day we all will benefit from your hard work.

Tony