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Wait - apple trees started from seed have high odds of not growing apples like those that they came from? What are the odds of such a mutation?

• formerkrogemp 4y ago
  It varies based on the plant. The phrase you're looking for is called 'true to seed.'. For some plants it's odds of 1:100,000 and for others it varies an order of magnitude in either direction. Don't try growing avocados from seed either. You'll get some disgusting fruit, most probably, in this little genetic lottery after 5-10 years. You can buy presorted seeds that'll grow good fruit, but they're awfully expensive and take roughly a decade to grow. Most fruit trees are just grown via cloning/grafting.
  • elhudy 4y ago
    Jeez here i thought i knew a lot about gardening / ag. I would never have guessed nature worked that way! That said i wouldn’t mind a few apple trees for cider myself.
    • formerkrogemp 4y ago
      I really don't know that much either. I just took up a little bit of gardening last year. I just learned all of that from a few short videos on YouTube. I'm sure we'll both learn more given time. Best of luck.