Hardy Tamarillo - This Fruit is RARE but is it GOOD?

[@WeirdExplorer]

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[@dantegrandia1990]

Thank you so much for making these videos, this is actually the only channel on youtube of which I’m always waiting for the next release. Keep up the good work!

[@Anaesify]

I love how this has just become your life

[@zinckensteel]

I started both species from seed last year, though I think I have a yellow-orange variety of standard tamarillo, not red. I agree that the northern hardy fruit is excellent. Several plants wintered over in garden beds, and though most of their above ground growth died back, each is thriving now. I kept one in a small greenhouse as well, and as such it appears to have a few months' head start, setting fruit while the rest are just opening their first blooms. My largest standard tamarillo also lived in the greenhouse over winter, into the ground this spring and now with several fruit set per flower cluster, I have my fingers crossed here in the PNW.

[@dawnkirk2838]

😄😄

[@kendaocripto]

Hi, I'm Brazilian, and here in our country this fruit is very common. I love your content. Hugs from Brazil!

[@oreopaksun2512]

Jared, you make me want to try and grow every weird fruit you describe! This one looks just like my baby papayas.....right b4 they fall off the trunk and die! Thank you for munching the rare fruits, seeds, rind and all....for the team! Yeah, your suggested uses for this tamarillo do sound spot on! I am almost ready to try your Cape gooseberry catsup recipe....my one plant has taken over the bed, and has bunches of lanterns plumping.

[@nichcool4651]

Man your videos just make me happy!

[@Sun-ut9gr]

The real question is, will it ketchup? ❤

[@smellycat249]

No. No it won’t.

[@twilightraven1232]

YES! BRING IT BACK!

[@jamesbochnik1696]

😂

[@SultrySeeder]

😄😆

[@alvin9882]

Too small

[@tylerjones1574]

I have one that survived my 16f winter. It completely defoliated and grew new shoots from the base.

[@markiangooley]

Probably would have been okay most years when I lived in northern Florida and it almost never got under 20F. But the sudden winter swings in temperature were very hard on many plants.

[@zinckensteel]

Mine did the same, and are only now opening their first blooms whereas one I kept above freezing never dropped its leaves and is bursting with dozens of flower clusters.

[@Ruktiet]

Same with mine

[@memph7610]

Was it 16F for long? Wondering if it can survive in my garage, where it gets down to 20F, but it can get stuck below 32F for days on end.

[@tylerjones1574]

@@memph7610 it was below freezing for the whole night but was only in the teens for a few hours. Probably around the upper 20s for most of the day. I think it helps in our climate that it stays dormant the whole winter by never getting above 50. The newest growth, usually the newest leaves burn off but the rest of the tree seems fine until spring. I imagine they could be kept in a garage for a month or more. I'm tempted to try again if I can get some seeds or a cutting for cheap.

[@Ruirspirul]

I can not be the only person terrified by the way you use knife… I know you do work with knifes for living but still 😅

[@ShellyS2060]

Great episode BEST LIGHT EVER!!beautiful soft side light. Background bright. Man, ive been a photog for too long...

[@elliephants7047]

Hey, I might actually grow this one! This seems like it *would* be a fun one to experiment with. Thanks Jared!!

[@Ruktiet]

I’ve grown these. To me they have a bit of a banana aroma too; like artificial banana flavoring, together with passion fruit as their main aromatic components. They’re really easy to grow for Solanaceae; they’re relatively very disease resistent too on top of frost resistant. I was able to overwintee them unprotected in Belgium, which is REALLY impressive! Alsways fun to watch your videos, Jared.

[@thetrawlerman]

Wow, in Belgium, that's impressive You got me at the flavour description

[@Ruktiet]

@@thetrawlerman you need to be lucky in terms of which genetics you end up with because some are not very palatable. Yes, these flavors are in there, but some have a very weird and, to me, unpleasant acidity to it, reminiscent of vomit. Probably butyric acid or derivatives, akin to ripe tomatillo, if you know it. It’s cool that you can grow such an exotic fruit in a colder climate, but don’t expect something that will be the next popular fruit to advertise.

[@elivalentine452]

I like this growing info you’ve added to the video!!! I’m a grower so that was pretty cool for me

[@GoldenBoy-et6of]

Thats not the only hardy tamarillo! The dwarf tamarillo is a sweet orange berry sized tamarillo plant that taste like peaches and nothing like tomato and you can grow it just like tomatoes!

[@johnnyearp52]

Yum!

[@Ruktiet]

That one isn’t a tamarillo though. It genetically very different and the flavor is highly variable, with a lot of them tasting like gasoline.

[@AnanasDoktor]

Ich baue schon seit gut 2 Jahren Hardy Tamarillo Pflanzen in Deutschland erfolgreich in Kübeln an .

[@JTMusicbox]

You know it’s going to be a great day when a new Weird Explorer video drops!

[@FlatHamsterStudios]

I’m growing these! I don’t have any mature fruit yet but they’re getting there! They’re cute and stripey!

[@diannaodman2847]

looks like i'am on a new quest for the green hardy tamarillo, i have the larger red one and as you said it is easy to grow (having a green house helps) the seeds come up easily and so does cutting.

[@Ruktiet]

They’re available everywhere. Even though the plants are very ornamental and fun to grow, the fruit is quite underwhelming.

[@alfredo42o]

@@Ruktiet and by everywhere you mean??? where do you live that these are everywhere lol

[@pattheplanter]

Solanum corymbiflorUM, the gender usually has to agree between species and genus, though not always as obviously as this one.

[@TMKII]

The correct name *is* Solanum Corymbiflorum. This species used to be part of the defunct genus Cyphomandra (as Cyphomandra Corymbiflora), which was merged with Solanum. I suppose the people who gave Jared these fruit didn't realise that the species name should be changed as Solanum has a different gender?

[@hase.von.b]

@TMKII ok, pero el epíteto específico va en minúscula

[@slawekwojtowicz]

Awesome review, as always! 😀🖖

[@notmyworld44]

Fun and very interesting, as usual. Like it!

[@pocketeights8665]

shout out Santa Cruz!!!

[@davidarundel6187]

Tama-rill-o , is the proñunciation in NZ, where youll find either of the large fruits Red or Yellow Fruit . That red one you hàd appeared to be , an sounded , under ripe , as when ripe the big tamarillos a red color . This is the first ive seen of the small hairy one . Yes , jam , chutney , and preserved fruits can be done with this , and quite possibly fruit leather . Théy can also be used in a cake like desert , or a steamed pudding , even icecream .🙂

[@alfredo42o]

why did you put the pronunciation?? thats the exact same as how he said it lol

[@sproutingresilience4787]

Awesome found a new plant i need to grow! Maybe ill try making some hybrids even

[@sazji]

This sounds like one to try! The plant looks pretty cool too. To me it sounds better than the normal tamarillo, whose flavor I found kind of disturbing and never got used to.

[@thedoctoradvocate8251]

Tamarillo is so weird on its own, I found it to be quite good on buttered toast with some salt and pepper

[@asiafruit99]

I love your content ❤❤❤❤

[@hansladefoged382]

That one is very rare. Impressive.

[@erutuon]

Sounds tasty. I wonder if it could grow in Minnesota like a tomato, though it isn't hardy enough to survive the winter outside.

[@frankmacleod2565]

Amazing that we can just order these and grow them ourselves now.

[@magnumxlpi]

What's the best tasting garcinia you've had? Have you had Lucs?

[@lemagreengreen]

Sounds interesting! wonder how it would cope with Scottish weather... tempted to get some seeds, I like strange plants.

[@rudimentaryganglia]

Can always grow it on a windowsill or in a greenhouse

[@bathtap91]

@@rudimentaryganglia Greenhouse is your best bet, windowsills can still hit sub zero over here

[@thebearman324]

Well that settles it ig lol definitely going to try growing it up

[@munk4hire]

Been watching your channel for a while. I dont know if you have ever eaten a particular fruit from my country called locust, or (old man's toe) that's the fruit you want. Check it out

[@CasimiroBukayo]

I tried reciting the name out loud and my phone started to float. Heeelpp! 😂

[@chosen2030]

Does the fuzziness rub off at all if you wash the fruit thoroughly?

[@marisaphoenix1893]

Is it supposed to be more yellow/orange? Looks a bit green/unripe?

[@keithjrisk]

Numero UNO!

[@WeirdExplorer]

you get the gold star 🌟

[@ZacchaeusNifong]

Dammit!! 😂

[@amberanees5940]

We called it peanut butter fruit in Malaysia

[@KyDarknight]

So cool!!

[@kaichidraws7787]

Now, will it ketchup? Sorry Just had to do it XD, being in the same family as tomato it just has to be ask.

[@sdfkjgh]

But will it Hollandaise?

[@thetruthstrangerthanfictio954]

I wish they grew where I live in the US.

[@sneakythumbs9900]

Tamarillo is not a spanish word! It was created as a branding exercise in New Zealand i the 50s to try to sell more fruit, so will don't pronounce the 'll' like in Spanish.

[@Erewhon2024]

Tamarillo is native to Colombia among others, and that was its name there. The world doth not revolve around New Zealand. Maybe Middle Earth, but not Earth. Tamarillo absolutely is Spanish. Perhaps the "branding exercise" kept the original name for once.

[@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920]

@@Erewhon2024 if it's native to the Andes then the "original" language was certainly not Spanish. lol Maybe they should find out what the native Andeans called it.

[@erutuon]

​@@Erewhon2024 Any source for that? Even Spanish Wikipedia says the name tamarillo was invented in English.

[@lloovvaallee]

Hardy to 15 degrees ... to bad it's not hardy enough for me here in Wisconsin.

[@alvin9882]

Change place

[@Youngstomata]

Nah make a friend grow it and grow something better tasting.

[@mlte2660]

This species' native range is from warm temperate to subtropical climates. I would like to hear where people are growing this and succesfully overwinter it with minus -15C winters?

[@Ruktiet]

Nope, way too cold.

[@mlte2660]

@@Ruktiet That was my assumption. In the video, Jared mentions folks that claim to grow this down to minus 15C.

[@erutuon]

He said 15°F, which is -9°C. He said it was from the equatorial Andes, where it would have to grow at a high elevation to get that cold, but a website says it grows in southern Brazil and nearby areas of Argentina to elevations of 2,000 m, where I guess there could be some Antarctic air bringing cold snaps.

[@deathpyre42]

Have you ever tried Schisandra Chinensis?

[@WeirdExplorer]

I haven't found fresh ones yet. but the tea made from dried berries is really good!

[@applegal3058]

Newfoundlander here. I wonder if it could grow here with our -5 to - 20 Celsius winters and late springs with frosts up to mid June?

[@Erewhon2024]

"Hardy" as ill-defined by Californians, unfortunately. It might make it in z8b+ Gulf Coast USA, but Andean stuff sometimes resents hot summers and irregular weather (even humidity if it came from a rain shadow area) so it would need to be tested. For Newfoundland, I can say without testing based on where it is native, you need something like a greenhouse.

[@applegal3058]

@@Erewhon2024 I figured that. Yeah, we had 2 weeks of -20 Celsius weather. A couple of days ago I heard that Labrador has 5 cm of snow.

[@applegal3058]

@@Erewhon2024 thanks for the information

[@Ruktiet]

No. Too cold.

[@applegal3058]

@@Ruktiet I figured as much. Thanks

[@Ruktiet]

If I want to send you a rare fruit, also a very, very rare, and supposedly very delicious Solanum, how could I contact you for this?

[@PosauneundPapier]

Where specifically do you get your tomatillo in NY? I've been around Chinatown and still haven't seen one

[@spookz4469]

Tomatillo and Tamarillo are two different fruits. I'm not sure about Tamarillo, But Tomatillo is used in mexican cuisine.

[@PosauneundPapier]

I meant Tamarillo, it autocorrect it

[@spookz4469]

@@PosauneundPapier oh, okay

[@WeirdExplorer]

You gotta hit a grocery store with south american products :)

[@leticiavega3493]

🎉

[@djadysiti7371]

wow the seed it's very tiny 😯

[@Jacob-ee8ux]

I would grow those in columbus ohio if they were just slightly more cold-hardy.

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

Will it ketchup? ;-)

[@loganlogon3720]

Ketchup!

[@ThatManDre]

6:40 use the seeds and grow more!! 😖

[@DankFroot]

I grew all sorts of tamarillo species over the last year with plans to hybridize S.diploconos with S.corymbiflora. the hybrids are supposed to be delicious.

[@pregnant9574]

Pineapple that taste like green beans? No thanks from me.

[@brisavespertina]

Meoooowwwwwwww

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

has he always been married? curious what his wife or husband looks like and tastes like need a partner breakdown

[@pattheplanter]

The point of many marriages is that strangers on the internet do not get to find out what they taste like.

[@riverAmazonNZ]

He got engaged to his wife when they were in Iceland. You haven’t been following the lore

[@Skitdora2010]

@@pattheplanter Smell o vision might someday be a thing but I believe taste o vision would not translate well. Some people are allergic to peanuts.

[@joshw.2739]

We gotta get you a sharper knife or a knife sharpener my dude

[@mandab.3180]

anything that is tomato-y i just.. no. i can't. 🤢 the bane of my existence.

[@clobberelladoesntreadcomme9920]

omg but they're so good. Like salty smoky fruity grass.

[@Ruktiet]

Sounds like you’ve never had an actual ripe tomato

[@DankFroot]

I wish it were rarer! Ive had 1 for sale on my etsy shop for months! lol