16th December 2015 in UK we collected seeds from our ancient orchard, rinsed and dried them and laid them on kitchen roll, covered with a sheet of kitchen roll, put into a ziplock bag and left in fridge.on 1st March some were just beginning to sprout so we put them in mini pots with earth, not compost. in 3 weeks they were sprouting well - having been left on a sunny window sill and watered twice a day. They were transplanted into larger fibre pots on 22nd March and are now around 4" high, each with 7 leaves. We had 70 seeds and we now have a potential 35 trees. We'll do it again late this year after the apple harvest but, after they've sprouted we'll put them straight into the fibre pots to avoid damaging the fragile roots in transplanting time. We haven't big potted them yet, the frosts are still with us so they're staying indoors. Hope this is helpful.
16th December 2015 in UK we collected seeds from our ancient orchard, rinsed and dried them and laid them on kitchen roll, covered with a sheet of kitchen roll, put into a ziplock bag and left in fridge.on 1st March some were just beginning to sprout so we put them in mini pots with earth, not compost. in 3 weeks they were sprouting well - having been left on a sunny window sill and watered twice a day. They were transplanted into larger fibre pots on 22nd March and are now around 4" high, each with 7 leaves. We had 70 seeds and we now have a potential 35 trees. We'll do it again late this year after the apple harvest but, after they've sprouted we'll put them straight into the fibre pots to avoid damaging the fragile roots in transplanting time. We haven't big potted them yet, the frosts are still with us so they're staying indoors. Hope this is helpful.