GROWING FRUIT TREES FROM SEEDS: Will You Reap What You Have Sown?
How many fruit trees have you planted from seed? When the pandemic started and I became engrossed in gardening, I made a resolve to plant fruit-bearing trees and to germinate seeds myself instead of buying from outside seedling providers. My thinking was that if I am able to germinate seeds from good quality fruits, then I am assured of harvesting the same quality of fruits in the future. I also saw the need to optimize the use of my limited garden space where trees do not have much room to spread their roots and branches, much more to accommodate a tree that does not bear good quality fruits. Not only is it space-consuming to grow a tree. Time, effort and money are involved in growing a tree before it starts bearing fruits. It can be very laborious or expensive if later on you decide to have it cut or uprooted when the fruits are not as good as you expect them to be. I give credit to my mother for growing an avocado tree in her small yard from the seed of one very good