OK, it’s not exactly a forest — yet.
But the trees I’ve started from seed will eventually have to be moved outdoors. Or I may have to cut holes in my roof to accommodate them.
I love growing things from seed. And my latest “baby” is an apple tree I’m calling Johnny Appleseed, in tribute to the American pioneer nurseryman known for introducing apple trees to large parts of the United States and Canada.
I planted some seeds straight from the apple, and lo and behold, one has popped up and is growing quickly.
I also have two “Christmas trees” — a.k.a. Picea abies, the Norway spruce or European spruce — I started from seed.
And there is my peach tree — again started straight from a freshly eat fruit two or three summers ago. As you can see in the picture above, it is getting big. I won’t be able to plant it outdoors in this northern climate, so it’s inside to stay — though I can put it out on the deck during the summer.
Speaking of the deck, I always have a lot of plants out there spring and summer, including tomato plants. This past autumn, I brought a couple of the tomato plants indoors and, wouldn’t you know it, they are still producing fruit.
Other seedling successes: one Lophophora williamsii, also known as the peyote cactus, and several San Pedro cactus — which can grow up to 20 feet tall, even more! Yes, I like to walk on the exotic psychedelic side with plants, even though I would never sacrifice one for personal use. They are my babies, and I delight in watching them grow.
I’ll spare you the details of all the other plants in my home.
How about you? Have you started anything from seed indoors that you are proud of?
— Jillian
Maybe put that peach tree on a small dolly? It might get big.
One of the problems with growing trees in containers is that they become root bound. There’s a limit as to how big of a container it is practical to put them in.
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The peach tree is not heavy yet. I have some other plants that are root bound, too. They’re at least 30 years old. Indoor plants can live a long time. I’ll plant the others outdoors eventually.
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I don’t know if Johnny Appleseed is based on a real person, but in the very early 20th Century, New England had apple trees growing wild everywhere. They were ordered cut down with prohibition because Apples fermented nicely.
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I think our Johnny may have had something to do with those trees in New England. According to Wikipedia, Johnny Appleseed was actually John Chapman (September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845). He was “an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, as well as the northern counties of present-day West Virginia. He became an American legend while still alive, due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples.”
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Two unintentional seed starts in this house: a peach and an avocado, both salvaged as sprouts from the composter….
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Oh, wow. I love surprises like that.
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