T-budding method is usually used for bud grafting. Budding is done in late August in northern areas and in June in the South. They are usually grown by budding good peach varieties on peach, apricot, or plum seedlings. It is difficult to start peach cultivars from cuttings ordinarily, but some varieties root fairly well from softwood cuttings that have been treated with rotting chemicals and placed under a mist system. Even hardwood cutting are sometimes successful where the growing season is extra long. Do not plant a new peach tree near the spot where an old one was taken out, since many diseases that affect the roots of peaches are inclined to live on in the soil. Although peach seeds have a better record of producing worthwhile fruit trees than the seeds of most other fruits, peach and nectarine trees grown from seedlings do not reliably produce fruit similar to that of the parent. Peach seeds are usually stratified for 3 or 4 months before planting, but it is also possible to grow seedlings by planting the seeds immediately after separating them from the ripe fruit. The best of luck with your grandmothers tree.
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