Redstar peach seeds ready for stratification

Redstar Peach Seeds (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?

Check it on the Ripening Map (opens in a new tab)

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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Full description

At a glance: Redstar Peach Seeds are peach seed from Redstar, 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). Our notes have it taking -25°F. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator.
Chill hours	About 900 hours (750 to 1,050). 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.
What you get	100 Redstar peach seeds. Ships ASAP.

Redstar is the most prolific peach of everything we have seen in Montana. They are the longest living, most heavily bearing, most continously bearing. All in all most productive. Mid-Season, ripen in Missoula mid-August. In terms of hardiness, hardy to -25F (zone 4b). The parent tree has survived those temps at Tom McCamant’s Forbidden Fruit Orchard in Paradise, MT. Not as hardy as Contender and certainly not as hardy as Siberian C.

Questions we get about Redstar Peach Seeds (100 Seeds)

Do Redstar Peach Seeds need a pollenizer?

No. Most Redstar 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 are Redstar Peach Seeds?

We rate Redstar Peach Seeds hardy to zone 4b, which means winters down to about -25°F. Our notes have it taking -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 do Redstar Peach Seeds need?

About 900 hours of winter chill (we count hours at or below 45°F), likely somewhere between 750 and 1,050. Seedlings vary, so that's based on the parent, Redstar. Seedlings should land near Redstar's chill, roughly 900 hours, but each varies. Stratify seeds cold and moist before sowing. Our chill hours guide has a calculator for your winters, and our research page lists the sources.

What arrives, and when does it ship?

100 Redstar peach seeds, shipped as soon as you order.

Is Redstar Peach disease resistant?

We don't know yet. Nobody has published solid disease data on Redstar Peach 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.