Our guest blogger for today is David Francisco, one of my fellow elders at Webster Bible Church.
My daughter Ellie had just finished a plum and she told me that she wanted to keep the pit and plant it in the hopes of growing a tree. Interested, I did a google search and found out some interesting stuff.
Have you ever eaten the last of the most deliciously juicy plum and with the pit as the only memento wondered “Can I plant a plum pit?” The answer to planting plums from a pit is a resounding yes! Keep in mind, however, that the resulting tree may or may not fruit and, if it does fruit, the plum from the new tree may be nothing like the glorious, succulent fruit the pit is reminiscent of.
Most fruit trees are propagated from compatible rootstock or the mother plant onto which the desired variety is grafted to obtain a “true” copy of the fruit. Planting plums from a pit may result in a very different variety of the original; the fruit may be inedible, or you may produce an even better variety. Either way, it is fairly easy and super fun growing plums from pits.
Isn't this amazing? The parallel with how God saves us is incredible. We too are not grown from seeds but rather "grafted" on to the "mother plant" to obtain a "true" copy. I just love how God works!
Have you ever eaten the last of the most deliciously juicy plum and with the pit as the only memento wondered “Can I plant a plum pit?” The answer to planting plums from a pit is a resounding yes! Keep in mind, however, that the resulting tree may or may not fruit and, if it does fruit, the plum from the new tree may be nothing like the glorious, succulent fruit the pit is reminiscent of.
Most fruit trees are propagated from compatible rootstock or the mother plant onto which the desired variety is grafted to obtain a “true” copy of the fruit. Planting plums from a pit may result in a very different variety of the original; the fruit may be inedible, or you may produce an even better variety. Either way, it is fairly easy and super fun growing plums from pits.
Isn't this amazing? The parallel with how God saves us is incredible. We too are not grown from seeds but rather "grafted" on to the "mother plant" to obtain a "true" copy. I just love how God works!