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Miniature Indoor Apple Tree Project #1

I'm starting a new project that isn't really a bonsai tree but just a small tree in a pot.  It doesn't require special knowledge and skill.  It also grows a lot faster. I got the idea from the "Blog Click" site. The link on the blog:  Maçã como plantar, How to plant apple .  It's a good Brazilian site in Portuguese and English. I started with two large Gala apples.  The first one only had two seeds!  I thought there would more.   I had better luck with the second apple. I always have a problem with planting seeds and thinning the seedlings.  Which seeds do I plant and which sprouts do I let live when I thin out the pot? Even though it can't be helped, it still feels a little sad, like I'm killing some of them. I didn't use the two seeds from one apple because it seems to me there must be something wrong with producing only 2 seeds. I read somewhere that if a seed floats in water instead of sinking; it may be e

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