I was gifted a good sized box of small unripe apples and pears that would only be useful for a small amount of jam or maybe candied.

I'm lazy and I didn't exactly feel like processing them so I set them out back, and it is cold enough now that they don't seem to be ripening / rotting.

Question is - If I leave them in the box over winter and they freeze and thaw - will that make the seeds viable do you think? Or is it necessary to take the seeds out of the fruit for some reason? There are so many that I don't really need to worry about a few being duds. I don't even know where I'd plant them but I'd like to get some use out of the seeds for fun.

  • Dingus_Khan [he/him, comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    Most fruit trees are grafted, so the seeds will usually not produce the same tree that bears the fruit. Usually you need a cutting of the fruit bearing tree

    • Dickey_Butts [none/use name]
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      9 months ago

      Pretty sure these just came from "wild" apple and pear trees in their yard. I don't mind if the plants aren't exactly like the fruit as long as they sprout. Just trying to get some seeds to screw around with using minimal effort lol.

    • Dickey_Butts [none/use name]
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      9 months ago

      thanks! yeah I was kind of thinking a lot of the seeds may be underdeveloped but mostly just kinda wanna experiment with them and see what happens.