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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: SpudtheBinx on November 14, 2008, 14:00

Title: Quince
Post by: SpudtheBinx on November 14, 2008, 14:00

Is it possible to buy quince seeds? I have looked online and can really only find shrubs themselves for sale. For clarity sake I mean the edible quince for making jellies and wines. Mrs STB is also interested in learning to graft so growing quince rootstock from seed for her practice would also be handy :)

Thanks

David

Title: Quince
Post by: Oscar Too on November 14, 2008, 14:37

You'll probably find that they don't grow true to type from seed, like apples.

Title: Quince
Post by: SpudtheBinx on November 14, 2008, 14:44

Yes but it would be quite interesting to see what kind of fruit came out, as well as having some rootstock to practice grafting on.

Title: Quince
Post by: Oscar Too on November 14, 2008, 14:53

Might be easier to give Brogdale a call and buy some rootstock.

Title: Quince
Post by: SpudtheBinx on November 14, 2008, 16:06

Ahh but this is about having fun, not easily buying things. We could all just easily buy veg from tescos if we wanted too :)

Title: Quince
Post by: Oscar Too on November 14, 2008, 16:20

Well, that is true.   :D

Title: Quince
Post by: Swing Swang on November 15, 2008, 00:07

If you want cheap fun with quinces, but possibly hurry things up by a year or two you could always plant up a sucker that originates from below the scion of a pear tree as they are grafted onto quince rootstocks.

Something I've been meaning to try for a couple of years,

SS