Turn Apple Seeds Into A Tree! How To Grow Apples From An Apple Seed

Hey guys, it's good to see you again. I'm back today with a fun and simple little experiment that you can try at home. The only materials you're going to need for this project are an apple, a knife, a Ziploc bag, and some paper towel. Now for this project today, I thought it would be fun to see if we could actually sprout an apple seed. Now when you were a kid, there was a good chance your parents told you not to eat apple seeds or swallow watermelon seeds, because it would sprout a tree in your stomach. But that's not necessarily true, because there's quite a process to getting a seed to sprout. And that is the purpose of this experiment today. Now to get started, we need to extract the seeds from our apple. And so you could just eat it and pull the seeds out as you do. Or you could grab a knife and cut very carefully at a 45 degree angle through the center. Okay, so once you've got your seeds separated from the apples, go ahead and grab one sheet of paper towel and something like this little water mister. All we're going to do is take our paper towel, and we're going to fold it in half lengthwise and set it down on the counter. Then we're going to use our little mister to give it five to six sprays on one side, then flip it over and give it five to six shots on the other side. The goal is we want to get this thing damp, but we don't want it to be wet. All right, with our paper towel moistened, we can go ahead and take a few of our apple seeds and place them down into a line somewhere in the top half area. The only thing left to do after that is to fold the paper towel in half over top of the seeds, place it into a Ziploc bag, and seal it tight. So there we have it guys. Just like that, we now have five of our apple seeds tucked away inside of a moist paper towel and locked in a Ziploc bag. By the way, it's not a bad idea to mark the date under the bag, so you know when the three weeks is up. The only thing left to do now is to tuck this away deep into the back of our fridge and completely forget about it for the next three weeks. Now, through the magic of editing, we fast forward into the future three weeks with a simple clap of our hands. Boom, here we are three weeks later. Let's go check our results. All right, I'm actually really curious to see what we got here. This bag has done nothing but sit in that fridge for three weeks in the dark, completely neglected, and the first thing I noticed is the paper towel is actually still quite moist, still quite damp, which would make sense because it was in a sealed Ziploc bag. All right, let's peel back the top layer and see what we've got. Oh my goodness, look at that. Our seeds have actually sprouted. Some more than others. These two over here seem to have taken off quite vigorously and viciously, and these two over here, you can see little sprouts, and this one's got a little bud coming out there as well. All five of our seeds have sprouted, which I think is pretty cool. And now if we wanted to, we could move these things to a seed starter to help them establish some roots and begin budding into a tree, and if we wanted to, we could actually grow them into apple trees, which is kind of mind-blowing. But I have to crush your expectations. Even if you put years and years of effort into growing your own apple tree, the chances of your apples tasting like the one you grew this from are very, very slim. The reason is because in our industry today, most of the apples are grafted onto existing root structures. So even though you use the seeds from an apple you like, the apples you grow from it will taste completely different. So there you have it, guys. Now you know how to take the seeds right out of the apples you're eating, stick them in the fridge for a few weeks, and grow an apple tree right in your own backyard. Thanks for joining me for this experiment. I'll be looking for you in the next one. Talk to you then. That was a bad bite. Now you know what the paper towel is for. Hey guys, thanks for watching, and remember, I'm giving away prizes now on every new video. All you have to do to qualify is subscribe to my channel, ring the bell, and select to be notified when my next videos get released. The secret link to my giveaways will be pinned in the comments for the first 12 hours. If you like what I'm doing, show your support right now by giving this video a big thumbs up, and share with a friend. I love you back, and I'll see you next time.