Question
How to you grow a nectarine from a seed?

Dan

Answer
Hi Dan,
Thanx for your question.  Wash the seed and let it dry for a few days.  Plant it one inch deep in a pot of moist but not soggy potting soil and seal this inside a plastic baggie.  Put it in the fridge for 90 days.  After that period, remove the pot from the baggie and place in a warm room and keep it watered.  The seedling should emerge in a few weeks.  Keep the pot in a very sunny window or under a 40 watt shop light (no farther than 8" above) until the sapling is large enough to be transplanted into a larger pot.  I don't think you're going to have enough time this season to grow a peach that way so I recommend that instead of putting the pot int the fridge inside a plastic baggie, leave the pot outdoors for the winter.  Peaches and many other non-tropical fruit require a cold period in order to break dormancy and germinate.  The reason for this it is theorized that when the fruit falls off of the tree in the fall, hormones in the seed prevent it from germinating until it has experienced a certain number of hours at a temperature of 40 F or below.  This keeps the seed from germinating at a time (winter) that would most likely result in its demise.  Anyway, if you keep the pot watered all winter, the seed should germinate in the spring and become a new tree for you.  I hope this helps.
Tom