I had sprouted a little apple tree from a seed in an apple I was eating one day. It was growing good and strong but then I left to go camping for 5 days. I asked someone to come look after it but they must have not even checked on it as after 5 days of no water and high heat (27+ degrees C)
It seems to be dead. Before and after picture attached.
Is there any chance it could come back to life with good care? It was special to me.
by TheBoxShark
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The stake saying Basil is not because I planted basil but this however was my little trees name.
Also adding some helpful information:
I kept Basil outside during each day it would say under 26 degrees C (78 F)
I would mist it’s leaves and water it’s roots each morning before it warmed up.
It’s planted in a pot that has excellent drainage. The soil too. I would sometimes ensure I provided less water than regular for a day to avoid any sort of overwatering.
I made my own compost to add to the soil when I first planted the sprouted seed.
It was beginning to show some signs of heat stress on the warmer days so I started to bring it inside whenever temperatures raised too warm.
Are you sure another seed couldn’t have gotten into the pot? Basil looks like a type of goosefoot/Chenopodium.
Anyway, how does the soil feel? Was it completely dry when you got back?
1. That is/was not an apple tree.
2. Planting seeds of nice apples will not (or only extremely rarely) result in a tree with nice apples. Apples don’t breed true and good trees are always propagated vegetatively.