Homestead Farm For
Kids!

How to Plant a Peach Pit
(also works with nectarines and apricots)

If you save a peach pit
you can grow your own fruit tree.

  1. Clean the pit and store it in the
    refrigerator in a plastic bag until
    September or October.
  2. Place the pit about 5 inches beneath
    the soil surface.
  3. In the Spring, your tree will start
    to grow and should be visible by July!
  4. Keep the tree watered and fertilized
    (fruit tree spikes from Wal-Mart,
    Home Depot, etc.) and you’ll have peaches in 2 to 3 years!

Ben and Maureen Allnutt
Homestead Farm, 15600 Sugarland Road, Poolesville, Maryland 20837 301-926-6999