GROW QUINCE - NEVER BUY PECTIN AGAIN! + HOW To Make DELICIOUS QUINCE PASTE - 2 Ingredients!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Good evening and Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture! I hope you enjoy the video! 😊

[@waroark1]

Your videos are fantastic! I thought that I had already planted all of my fruit trees. Now I know that I must add Quince.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you Bill! Good luck with the quince! You’ll love it. We planted a shrub variety, which is hardy to zone 4

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you for hanging out with me for this premiere. Hope you liked it!

[@ssstults999]

Every time i watch your videos, I find myself smiling throughout. That's useful to me in and of itself. Learning to make quince paste/ leather/ steak is a bonus. Thanks!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you ssstults! 😊

[@2023praise]

How do you plant the seeds

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

I’m going to try planting them this fall by direct sowing outdoors in pots. I’ll know next year if it worked. The trees I have, I purchased bare root saplings.

[@jeffbee6090]

very cool... I didn't even know there was a quince bush... and I had never heard of quince paste either!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

It’s wonderful to discover new things! The bush is very beautiful!

[@bearsbreeches]

I think flowering quince is a shrub called Chaenomeles. Its not the same as a quince tree of which there are different varieties (mine is Vranja) and not so flavourful. In Britain quince was called the 'fruit of kings' because it was so delicious.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

The one I have is hardy to zone 5a and is called Flowering Quince. As you could see, the fruit looked very different from commercial quince - it was very smooth and vibrant yellow. Not fuzzy and knarly like a commercial quince. The skin was thin and edible. The fruit very tart but sweet at the same time. The resulting paste was better than any quince paste I have ever tasted however. So this flowering quince was a winner. The flowers are very showy too! And yes, definitely a shrub, not a tree.

[@bearsbreeches]

@WillowsGreenPermaculture they both have fruit that can be used. I don't know which is superior but I'm glad you're happy with yours

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

👍🙏😊

[@sandraromero5899]

Those Quinces look awesome. I've never heard of it before. Have you tried blanching them to see if the peel will loosen so they'll peel a little easier? Or are they more like apple's and not like peaches?

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! They are in the same family as apples and pears. I actually use the skins for their pectin content. The skin also tastes good like an apple.

[@dianatoo940]

Beautiful flowers and beautiful music. Thanks! 👍

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! 😊

[@StephanieS-v5y]

Loved the video! Ive heard of quince as a pectin source, but i only have flowering quince that are more ornimental. What variety of quince do you have planted? Can't wait to grow some myself! Cheers!!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! Ours is also called flowering quince. As you saw in the video, the fruit looks a little smaller than regular quince. But it worked perfectly and was delicious. If yours has fruit, you can use it There’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to. The food industry will often not consider something food simply due to inconvenient size or shape and declare it ornamental.

[@Egret13-ps5te]

Hi, you are so cool! Pektin ist realy expensive, in Germany too. Great idea. Hugs from Taffy

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you Taffy! 😊

[@mums_homestead]

I love quince, I used to make quince jelly regularly from quinces given to me by friends, alas I have moved now and yet to find a source. I must get my own tree now. How do store the cheese, is it just in a jar?

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

For now it’s on a shallow plate (it’s really in the form of a cheese), wrapped in parchment, in the fridge. I also have a piece wrapped up on the kitchen table, European style, experimenting with that. It’s not going to take me long to eat it. I’m going to look up it’s shelf life. I must say though, just a little fills me up. It’s dense with nutrition.

[@rogerkenworthy6380]

Hi Stefan, once again a very informative video. How many years for a tree to produce fruit? We just planted two and look forward to a successful harvest. Cheers Roger

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you Roger. We got ours bare root (just a tiny stick with roots) in 2020. This year was our first harvest. About 2 dozen fruit on one shrub and a few on the other shrub with a different type of quince.

[@rogerkenworthy6380]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture Ours about a meter tall, fingers crossed for the next couple of years. Roger

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@rogerkenworthy6380 does it have lots of branches yet?

[@olson7156]

Do you sell seeds? I would love to buy some. Quince ans sorkoa

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! What region/country do you live in?

[@LavenderSpell111]

You guys are beautiful. Thanks for the recipe.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! 😊

[@RhondaMurphy-r4m]

Cool love to try this.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you Rhonda!

[@keepitmoving8787]

Did you use raw sugar or dark brown? Also love your cosmo's I havn't been able to find the tall variety local for a few years and the store seeds were really poor quality dwarfing varieties, Would love to know where you got your seeds from.

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

It was raw sugar. The cosmos were from collected home grown seeds. I’ve been collecting them for years, so I don’t know where I got them from. Your dwarf ones might revert to being tall if you collect your seeds. I think tall is their natural state.Thank you for watching!

[@jackieholmes-brown4576]

Fantastic job guys making your quince paste! It looks beautifully rich in colour and perfectly set! My friend encouraged me to buy myself a quince tree so I could make this as I enjoyed her quince paste. So I finally have put one in the ground about 2 months ago. My only question now is, how do you store this paste for long term storage as I have forgotten how she did? Thank you!👍

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you! Good luck with your new shrub! That’s a good question about the storage. As you saw, I didn’t make much. I know in Mexico it was sold on the counter, not even refrigerated. I can’t remember if it had a best before date. I’ll have to look up your question.

[@katherinenightingale2205]

I think our quince are ornamental, but not real sure. Lots of fruit, though; do you know if they can be used too, if they are ornamental?

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@katherinenightingale2205 Ours is called flowering quince. As you saw in the video, the fruit looks a little smaller than regular quince. But it worked perfectly and was delicious. As yours has fruit, you can use it There’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to. The food industry will often not consider something food simply due to inconvenient size or shape and declare it ornamental.

[@katherinenightingale2205]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture thank you!

[@jackieholmes-brown4576]

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[@nbeizaie]

Looks yummy!

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Thank you!

[@jenpalazzo5728]

I have a quince bush here in South Florida but it hasn't bloomed yet

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Give it time! 😊

[@garrettpeters3438]

Nous n’avons pas encore planter de coings au jardin; an arbre à considérer pour notre verger! Merci! 😊

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

Ah oui! C’est sur! 😊 Moi, je vais semer des graines cet automne et au printemps! J’alimerais en récolter plus!

[@jacquelineTXRealtor]

Quince is so hard to find , I like it cooked too with water, sugar and cinnamon

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

I had rarely heard of it before coming here, and only began to look into growing it when I researched the best natural sources of pectin to be able to grow my own. Finally after 4 years, I have some! And it really works!

[@jacquelineTXRealtor]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture I had it in my Country , Chile we had so much and it was so cheap.. we used to Cook quince, apples, dry peach , with sugar , cinnamon and then , let ot chilled in the fridge.. Here in TX , I have not seen it..

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

@@jacquelineTXRealtor ¿Habla Español? ¡Descubrí atte de membrillo en Oaxaca, México!

[@jacquelineTXRealtor]

@@WillowsGreenPermaculture siiii membrillo 😀

[@WillowsGreenPermaculture]

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