How to plant a plum seed

The next time you're enjoying a juicy plum, consider using its pit to grow your own plum tree! It'll take several years before your tree can produce fruit, but it can be a really fun way to try your hand at a new type of gardening. Harvest...

Have you ever wanted to plant seeds from a tasty plum and grow a new tree? You can! Plum trees grow easily from pits, but there are pitfalls. Read for more.

Learn how to grow a plum tree from a seed and how to crack open and germinate plum seeds and pit purchased from a grocery store.

The next time you're enjoying a juicy plum, consider using its pit to grow your own plum tree! It'll take several years before your tree can produce fruit, but it can be a really fun way to try your hand at a new type of gardening. Harvest...

The next time you're enjoying a juicy plum, consider using its pit to grow your own plum tree! It'll take several years before your tree can produce fruit, but it can be a really fun way to try your hand at a new type of gardening. Harvest...

The next time you're enjoying a juicy plum, consider using its pit to grow your own plum tree! It'll take several years before your tree can produce fruit, but it can be a really fun way to try your hand at a new type of gardening. Harvest...

Plums are categorized into three main groups -- the European, Damson and Japanese, according to the University of Rhode Island Landscape and Horticulture Program. Each group has its own qualities and benefits, but all have the same general growth requirements, although some have different pollination needs.

A nectarine and pit.

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