How to plant peach seeds in pots so they sprout and survive easily

Peach flowers are ornamental, the fruit is juicy, the flesh can be white or yellow, and the skin is usually fuzzy. Today I will explain how to plant peach seeds in pots.

1. How to plant peach seeds in pots

1. Time

The choice of planting time is very important; most planting is done in spring and autumn. If you choose spring, you can do it between January and March; if you choose autumn, you can do it between November and December.

2. Soaking the seeds

When planting, you can take the seeds out of the peach, remove the flesh, and take out the seeds, then put them in clean water and soak them for about 5-7 days. Some seeds may be damaged by pests; such seeds cannot be used, as they will not sprout.

3. Soil

   For pot planting, prepare a suitable flower pot and soil in advance. If the pot has been used to grow other plants, it should be disinfected first, then put the nutrient soil into the pot.

4. Planting

After all the above work is ready, put the seeds in the soil, and note that there should be a certain distance between each seed. After sowing, cover them with soil, about 6cm of soil is enough.

2. Tips for eating peaches

1. A clever way to remove peach fuzz

Put a little edible alkali in clean water, soak the fresh peach in it for 3 minutes, stir a few times, and the peach fuzz will float up on its own; after washing a few times the fuzz is gone.

2. Choosing peaches

Feel with your hand: those with a fuzzy surface and a prickling sensation have not been watered; those that are moderately firm and do not release water when pressed with a little force are suitable, while too soft ones rot easily. A red peach is not necessarily sweet; do not buy ones where the pit separates from the flesh, and only those where the pit and flesh stick together have sweeter flesh.

The gum secreted on peach tree trunks, commonly known as peach gum, can be used as an adhesive and is a kind of polysaccharide substance; hydrolysis can produce arabinose, galactose, xylose, rhamnose, glucuronic acid, etc. It is edible and also used medicinally, with effects of breaking blood stasis, harmonizing blood, and tonifying qi.