Growing from pips/ stones

I have kept a whole load of apricot stones, would like to try growing from them......well, one or two, maybe. Has anyone any advice/ info about this?
Thanks in advance.

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Hiya Leonora,

Growing plants from seeds is great fun, especially if you are fairly new to growing. Avocados and mangos are also fun to grow. However, fruit trees usually take several years to be mature enough to bear fruit (7 years is not unusual) and most commercially available fruit trees have been grafted (cut and paste!) onto the roots of a related tree with better disease resistance and dwarfing genes, so the fruit tree is of a manageable size. Varieties on sale in the UK are also tolerant of our grey climate, whereas your apricots probably came from somewhere nice and sunny (OK, today it's lovely. But my tomatoes were complaining last week about the weather.)

So yes, grow them for fun. But if you want to harvest your own apricots, it's better to buy 'proper' fruit trees.

 

No specific advice (although in recent days someone has set me a challenge to try one) other than pop in soil, cross fingers, pay homage to Mother Nature and ... wait and see! But, I'm new to this aspect of gardening, so I shall view the replies with avid interest.