This year, I went back to ziplocs, but since I'm expecting to be busy in the greenhouse in the early days of spring, I decided to skip a step. No paper towels in the baggies, just good ole dirt. I didn't do as many bags this year either, and I used more seed per bag. If they sprout, they can be moved to the sunroom as is, and just need to be opened and watered, then straight outside to be transplanted in June.
Should be interesting to see what kind of apples you eventually get, because it is usually difficult to tell what kind of apple trees have cross pollinated to make the seeds.
ReplyDeleteThey'll most likely resemble crab apples, if they survive. I'm fine with that. There are many uses for crab apples, such as jelly, pectin, and livestock feed. So long as they survive our harsh winters and short growing season, I'm happy.
DeleteWill you plan these where the cows can get to them. I am thinking about the feces and peeeeee on the ground where they might fall. Plus, the cows would get lower apples. Oh, horses love apples. I cannot wait to see you get apple trees set out!
ReplyDeleteThey'll go in the forest garden, behind the house, out of the pasture, where we planted the 4 apple trees we bought last year, and the two trees I started from seed four years ago.
DeleteThey wouldn't grow in the pasture, unless I completely fenced them off from the critters for several years. All of the critters, especially the goats, would eat all of the leaves off and kill them.