You could have nicked the seed coat to let moisture in . Quicker . Many seeds have a thick seed coat that keeps water out . Kind of delayed germination .
They are complicated . In nature a bird or animal eats them and poo out the seed . This is chemical scarification .They go through summer . this is warm stratification . Then they go through winter . This is cold stratification . Then with luck they sprout in spring or summer . I treat with...
Took me years to figure how to grow raspberries and blackberries from seed . Here are some thornless blackberry seedlings . Before and after repotting them .
A difficult seed to germinate is blackberry and raspberry . Took me years to get it right . Need to mimic nature . Bird eats it then poo it out , warm stratify ,them cold stratify . Here are some seedlings .
The problem with store bought fruit seeds is the fruit is not fully ripe when picked . So not all seeds are fully mature . You will get fruit but it may not be as good as the parent . Grafting is cloning the best fruit trees . There are many reasons for grafting .Most fruit trees have a diverse...