A bag of Forbidden Fruit peach seeds ready for stratification

Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix (100 Seeds) | Ships ASAP

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Pollination Self-fertile

Bloom group 5 of 7 (Mid-Late)

Peach & Nectarine Pollination Chart

Ripening

Will it finish before your first hard freeze?

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Disease resistanceNot tested yet

Bacterial spot : Unknown, no published data yet
Brown rot : Unknown, no published data yet
Cytospora canker : Unknown, no published data yet
Peach leaf curl : Unknown, no published data yet
Shot hole : Unknown, no published data yet

Scored 1 to 5. Higher resists better, and ? means no published data yet.

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At a glance: Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix is peach seed rated hardy to zone 4b in our ratings (winters to -25°F), and self-fertile, so one plant can crop.

Hardy to	Zone 4b to 8. The b means the warmer half of zone 4 only (winters to -25°F). Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator.
Chill hours	About 900 hours (750 to 1,100). Seedlings vary, so this is based on the parent tree. Montana winters give it plenty. In milder climates, make sure your winters average at least this much. Check your chill hours or see our sources.
Pollination	Self-Fertile. Bloom group 5 of 7 (mid-late), early spring here. Most peach seedlings are self-fertile and will crop on their own. A few seedlings can turn out to have poor pollen, so planting two or more improves the odds. Bloom group is our estimate from the variety's origin and relatives. Peach & Nectarine Pollination Chart.
Good for	Fresh eating (6/10). Scores are our own 1 to 10 ratings; 8 and up makes our Best Of lists.
What you get	100 peach seeds. Ships ASAP.

These are all from an open pollinated mix of peaches ranging from Contender, Blushingstar, Redstar, Coralstar, and others, from Forbidden Fruit Orchard in Plains, Montana. These are from some of the best performers there.

Questions we get about Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix (100 Seeds)

Does Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix need a pollenizer?

No. Most peach seedlings are self-fertile, so a single tree can set fruit. A few seedlings can turn out to have poor pollen, so planting two or more improves the odds.

How cold hardy is Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix?

We rate Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix hardy to zone 4b, which means winters down to about -25°F. Our ratings come from real winters at our two Montana sites and from trusted growers across the North, not from a catalog average.

How many chill hours does Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix need?

About 900 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 750 and 1,100. Seedlings vary, so that's based on the parents, Contender, Blushingstar, Redstar and Coralstar (mixed). Mixed parents (roughly 850 to 1,050 hours), so seedlings will vary. Stratify the seeds cold and moist before spring sowing. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.

What is Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix good for?

Our top use scores for Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix are fresh eating (6/10).

What arrives, and when does it ship?

100 peach seeds, shipped as soon as you order.

Is Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix disease resistant?

We don't know yet. Nobody has published solid disease data on Forbidden Fruit Peach Seed Mix for bacterial spot, brown rot, cytospora canker, peach leaf curl and shot hole, so we list it as unknown instead of guessing. That doesn't mean it's weak. Plenty of the plants we grow have never been through formal disease trials. Our peach and nectarine disease resistance chart has every rating, the notes and the sources.