How to plant apricot kernels



Almonds are among some species that are produced in true copies of the parent fruit, so growing apricots from the core requires a little effort-although it does require patience. Next time you eat apricots, save the seeds and plant your own fruits. Homemade apricot pies make sweet taste, pies and jams and meat dishes are very good. Because apricots are self-fertilizing, you only need one tree to get a delicious fruit crop.


1. Buy local apricots in summer, when they are in season. Choose locally grown fruits to let you know they can grow in your area.


2. Divide the fruit in half and scoop out the inner core. Let the apricot pit dry out of your kitchen counter for a few days until it no longer feels damp.


3. Open the almonds by squeezing it with a nutcracker or hitting it with a hammer. Scoop out the white almond-shaped pieces, which are the seeds. Discard the shell.


4. Store seeds in glass jars with lids until autumn. Keep your jars in a cool, dark place like your kitchen.


5. Find a sunny place for your almond tree. Turn to the ground and shovel to loosen the soil. The smooth soil retreated, dug a small hole twice as deep as your descendants.


6. Put down the hole of your apricot seed and cover it with dirt, then add up to 2 inches of sand. According to Pennsylvania State University, sand helps keep the soil from getting grumpy, and it prevents your descendants from sprouting.


7. Cut a piece of wire mesh four or five times as large as the tree planting site, as a small animal barrier. Cover the apricot and the screen, and push the edge of the screen to a depth of 2 or more inches around the core of the soil.


8. Leave the rest of nature. The cold winter prepares the spring for seed germination. Check the tree planting site throughout the spring, and remove the protective screen when you see the growth



How to pot apricot flowers?

The potted apricot tree has a short body and is easy to move, which is conducive to centralized dormancy and scattered management. The apricot fruit is bright in color, beautiful in shape, fragrant, and rich in nutrients. It is very suitable for planting in houses, balconies, etc.


1 Variety selection greenhouse potted plants should choose varieties with bright fruit color, high yield, early flowering, long viewing period, and late frost resistance.


2 Seedling cultivation and planting in the upper pots from autumn to before the soil freezes, sow the rootstock seeds in the nursery, the seedling rate can reach 90% in the next spring, and select good varieties for branch grafting in the third spring. It can also be sown in spring, budding in summer and autumn.


Choose seedlings with well-developed root systems and strong growth, and plant them before germination. Put a few broken tiles on the water seepage hole at the bottom of the flowerpot with a diameter of 20-25cm, put 2cm thick coarse sand on the bottom of the pot, and add part of the nutrient soil. The planting depth should be just covered with the original soil mark of the seedlings. The soil surface should be exposed at the grafting interface. The nutrient soil should be filled to the 80% of the pot, leaving about 20% of the edge to facilitate watering. After the pot is poured, it is watered once.


3 Plastic and pruning potted apricots can be dried while planting the tree, and the dry height is 20-30cm. After the side branches germinate, choose 4-5 symmetrical branches as the main branch, and the main branch has a group of branches. When the main branch grows to 12-15cm, it will be pinched to promote the secondary shoots. Pruning can be done before germination and during the growth period. In summer pruning, in addition to topping, pull the branches before and after germination to increase the angle of the branches, increase the germination rate, increase the amount of short branches, and promote flower formation.


The pruning of young trees in winter should adhere to the principle of light pruning. For temporary branches, according to their growth conditions, it can be treated with slow release, removing the strong and leaving the weak, and the opening angle to make it form flower buds in the coming year and give early fruit. Temporary branches that are too dense can be thinned out. For branches that extend too long and too high, retract to full flower buds and short branches with a large angle to achieve the purpose of crown control; thin out strong and vigorous branches, overlapping branches and cross branches that are erect and have a small amount of flower buds. For trees that are older or have too much fruit, the tree is weak and the inner bore is bald, the weaker branches in the middle and lower parts of the crown should be re-cut to promote branching; Bouquet-shaped fruit branches to facilitate fruiting.


4 Temperature and fertilizer management At the initial stage of planting, the temperature in the greenhouse is controlled at about 20°C during the day and 2-5°C at night; after 1 week, 25-28°C during the day and 5-8°C at night; the maximum temperature during the daytime during the growth period of young trees does not exceed 30°C , No less than 5℃ at night; temperature during flowering period should be below 22℃.


Water once every 7-10 days in winter and spring, once every 1-2 days in summer, and once a day if necessary. Water well every day on sunny days to keep the pot soil moist.


Fertilization mainly applies the organic fertilizer solution made from cake fertilizer (sesame sauce residue and bean cake, etc.), which is diluted to 200kg with water after soaking and fermenting with 1kg of dry fertilizer. The application effect is the best. From the flowering period to the fruit picking, apply the organic fertilizer solution every 7-10d. 0.1% urea solution can be applied 1-2 times during the flowering period, and 0.1% potassium dihydrogen phosphate can be applied 1-2 times during the fruit expansion period.


5. Flower and fruit apricot trees can self-flower and bear fruit, but in order to increase the fruit-setting rate, artificial auxiliary pollination or bee pollination is still needed. Move the beehives into the greenhouse 7-10 days before flowering, pick some flowers when the apricot blossoms just open, soak them in sugar water (1:1) for 4-6 hours, pour the sugar water on the basket every morning and feed the bees, and the bees can pollinate after 3 days. It can also be sprayed with boron or urea during flowering.


2 weeks after flowering, remove deformed fruits and over-dense fruits, leave 3-4 fruits on long-fruit branches and 1 on short-fruit branches, with about 30 fruits per pot; focus on thinning out over-dense fruits every 10 days, leaving 20 fruits in each pot.














Pest control

 Overwintering management Potted apricot plant diseases and pests mainly include almond bee, green peach aphid, mulberry white scale, long beetle, peach heartworm and apricot furunculosis. Control method: Combine pruning and cutting off diseased branches. Commonly used drugs are 10% imidacloprid, pyrethroid pesticides, 65% zinc, polyoxin, and Nongkang 120.


Potted apricot trees can be put in a cold room for safe overwintering in winter, and can also be overwintered in the open field in areas that are not too cold in winter. Cover some grass on the pot. Before the cold current comes, if the pot soil is dry, water should be poured once to ensure safe overwintering.