How to grow apricots

Every week I take my granddad shopping, and every week I pick a different fruit and try to grow it. This week, apricots.

Initially I thought of just popping the seed in some compost, but thought I'd look it up on YouTube. Good job I did, because you have to get the seeds out of their shells first. Pliers didn't do the job, so into the vice they went.

 Once out of the shells they looked like almonds.

 My research had turned up two methods of getting them to germinate.One wrapped in a piece of tissue in a plastic bag...

 ...the other straight into compost.

We'll see which method works best...