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Have you thought about all the seeds you might have in your kitchen at one time or another?: you might be able to grow some houseplants from these fruits. I have a few suggestions that may help you decide to try this unusual type of producing houseplants from seeds. I might add that you can expect some fruit from these plants, but not always: however, you will always have the beautiful foliage to enjoy.
You will need a standard potting soil mix for starting fruit seeds and pits and this would need to be combined with an even amount of horticultural sand, and vermiculite. This mix would need to be kept moist consistently and also warm. You could achieve this by keeping a glass container over the pot or perhaps just keeping them in a warm place in the home.
For apple seeds you'll need to have a chill period before germinating by putting the seeds in the refrigerator in a tight container for about six to eight weeks. You'll want to get little seed containers or flats and put in the soil I mentioned above and let the seeds lay right under the top of this soil and keep them just a tiny bit moist. It won't take long for them to germinate as it usually takes about five to seven weeks depending on the type of apple seeds. After these seedlings are about 5 inches tall you'll want to transplant by putting htem in individual pots. It is possible to obtain fruit but in any case you'll enjoy the plants.
For any of the citrus fruits, you'll need to rinse the seeds clean and soak them overnight to remove the seed coating, then put them about 2/3 of an inch deep in the same mix as above. You might take a small sharp knife and scarify every seed and leave the scar face up. As the seeds make leaves you can remove the ones that don't appear to be very hardy. I would suggest not feeding them after transplanting at five inches tall for about five months. Then I would suggest a house plant food or perhaps 15-10-10 or even citrus food available at your local plant nursery.
If you would like to have a peach tree you will need to soak the pits for several days, then just drop them in a pot. In this pot you will have combined horitcultural grade sand, two parts peat moss and three parts of potting soil. You wil need to put the pot with the seeds in a nice warm location as it mihgt take at least seven months for them to germinate. I would feed them a 5-10-5 plant food at about half strength as directed on the package above ever two to three months, perhaps twice during this six month period. Hopefully, they will bear fruit, if not, again you have a beautiful plant.
If you would like to plant a coconut you will need to purchase an unhulled one and you will need a very deep and wide container, perhaps 20 inches across and at least 15 inches deep. I would suggest using very sandy soil with some potting soil mixed in and shove only the narrow end of the seed into this soil. I would also say that I always keep this mix wet until I see a little sprout in abouve seven to thirteen months after planting.
I have also had much success with placing the pits of the pulp of a guave about 1/2 inch deep in a starting mix and have kept the pot covered with plastic wrap until I would see sprouts appear in about five weeks. Then I transfer these seedlings into pots when they are about seven inches tall. I would also advise waiting till the spring to prune these plants.
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