How do you germinate a peach pit?

Jeez I hate to state the obvious, but you put it in the ground. However most fruit trees are propagated by grafting. Truer reproduction of the original fruit and faster, don’t have to wait for the tree to grow.

How to germinate a peach pit

This website has really good information: http://www.michiganpeach.org/facts/pit.html

Basically it’s just like planting any seed unless you want to use special methods to make it more successful. It also notes that not all peach pits will sprout.

After you wash the peach pit and let it dry overnight, make sure there are no fruit flies around it. If there are, start the process again before planting.

I have found with some pits it’s helpful to wrap them in a paper towel and place in a glass in the sun. Just make sure the towel stays moist until a sprout breaks through the shell. Then plant in some good soil in a pot.

I’ve heard that sprouting the peach pit will not necessarily get you the fruit you got the pit from. Since most fruit trees are grafted onto root stock, the seeds will tend to revert back to the root stock, whatever that happens to be. If you are interested in propogating the fruit, it is better to use air propogation, also known as air layering. I have not tried it, but I will try with my peach trees this coming spring.

@Yetanotheruser
Very good but difficult unless you’re a professional farmer.

As I stated, I have not tried it yet, but the method as explained to me is as follows:

1. In the spring, cut a “collar” of the first layer of a small branch.
2. Pack this wound with sphagnum or soil, so it can retain moisture.
3. Keep it moist throughout the summer.(a plastic bottle with the bottom cut out, turned upside down works well for this).
4. By the fall, there should be sprouts from the wounded portion. Cut below these sprouts, and plant them as roots.