I Grew Fruit Trees from Store Bought Fruits and this is what happened - Full Tutorial

Today I'll be taking you through the whole process of how I grew fruit trees from store bought fruit, including growing some from seed to harvest. I share updates along the way to show you what happened with each type of fruit tree. We'll also go over some growing requirements to help you get started with learning how to grow different plants, vines and trees in your garden.
I've selected 7 store-bought fruits to grow with each one suiting a slightly different climate, so you should find one in here that you can grow in your garden wherever you live in the world.
We'll be growing pomegranates from seeds to fruit, as well as growing goji berry plants (wolf berries), dragon fruit, peanuts, tamarillo, papaya and kiwifruit (kiwi).
Experimenting with this kind of thing gives you more that just a plant or fruit; it also helps you to learn skills of how to grow different trees from seed, care for plants with different requirements and it can lead to many other skills or passions down the track, like grafting, growing you own food and many other interests. At least it did for me!
I hope you find this guide helpful and it inspires you to get out there and grow something :)
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Hey, my name is Kalem, and this channel features all sorts of unusual and exotic fruiting plants with tips of how to successfully grow them. I'm interested in all things gardening and love growing my own food and all types of edible plants.
I live on a 2 acre piece of land in New Zealand where we are turning a grass paddock into and abundant, edible paradise! So come along on this journey with me as I experiment with growing, and try to push the limits of what I can grow in my area. I'll share with you my successes and failures so hopefully you'll learn from them and have a go yourself! Come learn with me and Subscribe!
0:00 Intro
0:35 Pomegranates
2:17 Goji Berries
4:51 Dragon Fruit
8:03 Peanuts
10:04 Tamarillo
12:06 Papaya
14:29 Kiwifruit
16:14 Final thoughts
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[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks heaps for watching - I hope you found it useful or interesting in some way. Feel free to share the video with a friend who might also enjoy it :). Hope to see you in the next one! 🌱 PS - If you want to see my new video showing How To Eat Sunflowers in 7 Different Ways, you can find it here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXm3gnZopLyHqrc - It was pretty fun to try out! 🌻 Might see you there -Kalem :)

[@tonymarselle8812]

@@askfadzean yeah, wtf man. Let’s go Agro on the random fruit video guy. That gonna teach em

[@TheEnderCraft]

@@askfadzean guess you need glasses buddy, he's holding a pomegranate.

[@szymonpiotrowski5335]

2:00 genetik play role in frut there is many seeds every one of them is random half of every parent plant dna / you can get soure frute from sweet frute seed its gamble

[@davidroberts3262]

A great sequel would be going trees from store fruit, plus grafting them onto rootstock. = You buy the rootstock and fruit and that's it.

[@fadaazahira]

I HOPE YOU SUB ... TNX

[@NourArt02]

This man made a 16 minutes video out of a 2-4 years experience. MAD RESPECT

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks heaps! :)

[@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm]

@@TheKiwiGrower how did you even manage to keep all those video clips for all those 4 years? Where do you even store them?

[@Fanguru666]

21

[@helensernett9477]

Had a similar thought, with him noting that the pomegranate takes up to 6 years to fruit.

[@TahtahmesDiary]

@@English_Lessons_Pre-Int_Interm Theoretically one wouldn’t have to. Just grow the plants and demonstrate the process with new ones years later after they give fruit to show how you did it 🤗💜

[@Gatrax]

I've never once gardened and here I am, watching a man tell me about how to grow things. KZbin algorithm is something else

[@dustinclouse6888]

Start a garden! I started by watching a few videos as well. 3 years ago I started with a couple tomato plants, which are very easy, and they produced a lot of fruit. Now this year i have 18 different plants/herbs! It's a very satisfying and healthy habit to get into, and so rewarding when you get to harvest at the end of summer/fall! I knew basically nothing about hardening, and just began researching online, and watching different gardeners on youtube and here I am with plants growing all around my house 😂

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Awesome! Good luck with all your gardening ventures Dustin! :) Sounds like you've got heaps of awesome stuff growing

[@dustinclouse6888]

@@TheKiwiGrower Thank you sir! Its been quite a success this year. Sadly here in the northern US gardening season is just about over. Will start again in the spring!

[@lordndrew]

What’s good plants to grow in tropical climate with no direct sunlight?

[@Ulexcool]

I guess you are 75 years old and new to the internet.

[@Consequensentor]

I cannot realise that this video contains a 6 YEAR PROCESS .I have huge respect for this man . This is called EFFORT 🙏🙏

[@ElderWillows]

You cannot realise? Is it too complex or is the span of 6 years just too big for you?

[@karazanic]

@@ElderWillows You're not that smart, are you.

[@ElderWillows]

​@@karazanic I'm sure you think you had something there. Stay outta this weeb.

[@karazanic]

@@ElderWillows Thank you for confirming what i said.

[@phnix6242]

You mist be really sad and lonely

[@hanvyj2]

My 3/4 year old would plant any seeds she found. We'd find little apple or lemon trees growing out of any household plant pot within toddler-reach. I once found a potato quietly burried in one of the flower beds.

[@am_Nein]

I wish I had a four year old that would grow stuff for me! Then again, I don't plan on having kids and who knows if I do they are interested in seeds

[@smipy]

@@am_Nein you want your seeds to be interested in seeds?

[@sahilsquadron2286]

@@smipy 🤣🤣

[@pajamallama2364]

@@am_Nein children are generally very interested in the things their parents do. My 3 year old loves gardening with me.

[@TheBcoolGuy]

@@am_Nein If you're into growing plants from seeds, why wouldn't you want to take on the ultimate seed project? Growing a human from a human seed.

[@Alyss93]

Me, a Canadian with winter right around the corner: I'm gonna grow ALL the tropical fruits!! Edit: If your comment is "I'm from [x] and this is what it's like for me!" or "If you buy [a+b+c] then you can grow anything!", you can rest your fingers, your people have spoken. If you have something else, fire at will!

[@sidereus7]

Same! Sitting here in gray Seattle, dreaming of being a kiwi farmer.

[@unbound2424]

im a canadian too and I really wanna grow dates but you know......

[@Rori-]

That's exactly how I feel about European flowers, hahaha (I'm from South America).

[@miningbooms]

It's like Cubans trying to grow apples.

[@mvadu]

Southern Ontario here.. I just moved my Jalapeno and 🍅 plant indoors under a grow light and youtube thought I can grow all these!!

[@joethompson11]

There's so many clickbait type videos showing you how to germinate seeds and they never deliver. Then there's you giving the full rundown of everything and some amazing advice to boot. Great job, thanks for sharing your passion!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Cheers Joe! :)

[@susannadzejachok3230]

I saw one that was completely whacked. This one is real.

[@Mason-kd2zr]

For real. Within the first two minutes this dude is tossing some seed in a tupperware container and showing you how they sprout in 2 weeks with no bullshitting in between. Simplest shit in the world displayed in the simplest way possible.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Yeah, never listen to Blossom, 5 Minute Crafts, Troom Troom, or any other content farm garbage channel. If I were you, I'd just block 'em outright. They rarely ever give good information, and some of what they post is blatantly dangerous. Better to just keep the content farms well away. Good information can be found elsewhere.

[@mightym]

@@TheKiwiGrower i stopped at pomegranate knowing they aren't true to seed/type

[@ub_general]

This remembers me time. My dad brought wolf berries packed from China. They were supposed to be eaten as they are useful for health problems especially for older people. We gave it to grandparents, but they didn't like it and threw it to the yard in winter. We went to visit them in summer and saw unusual plant in the yard. Asked grandpa and he was not sure and guessed some kinda wild plant. After a year or so bushes gave a fruit and it was a wolf berry. Found out later that the weather and environment in our area (Central Asia dry areas) is similar to where these berries grow. It was mind blowing for me back then.

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

heheh, I guess tossing 'em out ended up giving him more than he wanted. Hopefully, the berries went to somebody, at least.

[@accesspoint6917]

Mild or mind?

[@arianewinter4266]

I have lots of childhood memories of wolfberries, they grew on my way to school at the trainstation. found it where funny when the superfood craze around them began

[@ianparry8278]

And that's how ya get an invasive species

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

I had something similar happen with some strawberries. I threw some rotten strawberries on my compost pile last fall. This spring, i saw a bunch of tiny plants sprouting up on the compost. Took me a while to figure out what it was.

[@sethelkins6958]

This video has helped me a ton, and I have referenced it many times while growing a lot of these. Thanks so much for the awesome content!

[@Johan-tn2wt]

gie me monay

[@sethelkins6958]

@@Johan-tn2wt I can't you have comments turned off 🤷‍♂️

[@frankkirkman5994]

@@Johan-tn2wt why?

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much for the support and generous donation, I really appreciate it! Glad you found the video helpful too :)

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

Wtf?

[@vicriosRN]

I had a roommate that would throw compostable waste onto the small dirt patch outside our patio. She moved out this past May, and I started noticing some weeds that were growing. They sprouted some pretty yellow flowers and grew from the dirt through the fence of our patio and close to our back door. Eventually I noticed three small melons that were growing and I was so amazed! The rainy season was ending but I took to watering the plants everyday since, and I’ve already gotten to eat some sweet cantaloupe❤️ I’m new to this but I am a very happy plant mom, haha even though I became a mom by accident. I can’t wait to keep growing more. Your videos inspire me!

[@SwayTree]

last year me and my mom was cleaning old pots that were around our house and backyard (we only had flowers no vegetable garden or something). And we noticed that in one of the pots something was sproating so we left it to se what it is. And accidentally we got some tomatos. Well, tased like tomatos. xD

[@feliciapate7926]

You can eat cantaloupe seeds like sunflower seeds. Roast and salt them or just eat them straight from the melon (shelled, I mean).

[@vicriosRN]

Thanks for the tip!

[@badfishpisces8428]

Interesting surprise for you!

[@leewstone]

I love when this happens... I composted a pumpkin after Halloween one year and the next spring I had 3-ish plants sprout from it that ended up turning my entire garden into a beautiful pumpkin patch. They call plants that sprout this way "volunteers."

[@smartereveryday]

Ridiculously good video. Watched the whole thing.

[@kierenrogers425]

Proof of Destin getting smarter every day

[@MysteryHistery]

I doubt that

[@samstanbury5115]

@@MysteryHistery :(

[@Oscar4u69]

same lol I want to grow pomegranates

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much Destin!

[@ItsaRandomista]

Wow you’re like best plant teacher I’ve seen on KZbin. You don’t talk too much and get straight to the point, and you mention mistakes etc.. I’m glad you popped up in my feed!! Thank you and please keep making useful vids like these!!!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you liked it! Welcome to the channel :)

[@somethingdifferent737]

I remember when I was kid I had buried a peach seed in our back yard after I had ate it. shockingly 10 years later we had a peach tree and my dad cut it down because it was right next to our porch and would attract nats and bugs. I was so sad that the seed I planted as a kid actually did grow with out any love and care in our backyard. it managed to survive through harsh winters and crap weather and then my dad just went and cut it down anyways. :( Broke my heart

[@kysmik8214]

What a crappy thing to do!

[@aaloohaa]

he should have moved it to another place 😢 i’m so sorry for you !

[@cpmillz]

Drop out take drugs vandalize take down society

[@triopical6884]

@@earthling9614 he probably didnt know better

[@mariataslitsky9102]

What a piece of shot father you got feed him rat food

[@scottplumer3668]

I grew jalapenos from seeds from store-bought jalapenos. I ended up with 14 plants and hundreds of peppers. I pickled a bunch, plus made jalapeno jelly and ate a lot fresh. I want to try more after watching this!

[@havokmusicinc]

I have done this with fresno, anaheim, naga jolokia, serrano, and habanero peppers as well. Serranos and anaheims in particular grew very well and very healthy

[@tonykhang1984]

cool

[@lynn6799]

I tried it once with store bought bell peppers and I got some weird shapes as well as ones that grew upside down. None grew to any significant size either. I have good luck with Italian sweet peppers which produce very well.

[@scottplumer3668]

@@lynn6799 Yeah, I had similar experience this year with a bell pepper plant I got from Home Depot. They grew in really weird directions, and it took forever for them to turn red. I also only got two which grew to normal size. I think the plants need to be manipulated some way in order to get them to grow properly, but I don't know how that is.

[@Ryanrulesok]

@@scottplumer3668 you need the peppers to grow downwards otherwise you get funny shapes.

[@grimgracious]

This just reminded me of the time my mother planted a papaya in a small garden at a rental unit. It actually grew and had 3-4 papaya's on it before we had to move out, but we moved only down the street and were able to see the poor thing die a month later because the new inhabitants didn't take care of it. I was so mad for my mom.

[@blom6930]

Why didn’t you take it

[@quadraticeqasians5362]

@@blom6930 How can you take a garden? If you meant taking the plant I don't think it is possible to easily move a full grown tree.

[@Zeemas]

Bruh, papaya trees can easily grow and maintenance of it is minimal. Just grow it again. I have a papaya tree for more than a year now and its almost two storeys tall lol, but I do live in a tropical place though

[@grimgracious]

@@blom6930 It was fairly thick and would have taken too much work + time to dig out. It was a rental so we didn't want to leave an empty hole there on the off chance the new tenants complained. My mother did take some of the papaya's, though.

[@entrophyer]

@vrtxte GrimGracious

[@haziln6753]

I am an Indian, living in Canada. My lunch consisted just of fruits when I was in India, I really miss those tropical fruits very much, unfortunately store brought fruits in Canada are no were near to the fruits I enjoyed back in the old days. I wish everyone gets the opportunity to try what we had in India. I heard Jerusalem also have awesome fruits I tried mango once will never forget the experience. I ate even the skin it was that tasty 😋

[@hauntedshadowslegacy2826]

Some tropical plants can be grown in greenhouses, even in the icy Canadian landscape. Do be careful if you try planting a mango seed, though; there's an irritating latex between the seed's shell and the actual seed, so you need to wear gloves to protect your skin.

[@DaveWhoa]

what are some of your favourite fruits from India?

[@Levimillsap07]

Mango skin has urushiol a harmful oil also found in poison oak and ivy I ate a mango a few days ago and now I have a rash all over my mouth

[@Olivia-bq9rk]

I love mangos from Peru, since you mentioned mango, they are amazing from there.

[@topramen5884]

@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 I cut open mango seeds with bare hands all the time. I’ve never once seen a latex in there

[@MelDormoy]

I stopped this video to go plant 15 pomegranate seeds that were headed for the compost pile. So awesome! Thank you!

[@getskrunked]

When I was a little kid I tried to do some gardening. The “gardening” in question was planting a baked pumpkin seed (left over from Halloween pumpkin carving) in sand and then watering it once a month or whenever I remembered to. In a desert. Needless to say I didn’t get any pumpkins.

[@whitealliance9540]

Haha no punpkin for you

[@tiyetiye379]

When I was a little kid my younger sister and I buried our “seed collections” (including some pumpkin seeds) in our sandbox to “keep them safe.” Our sandbox which we frequently flooded to make sandcastles. About a month later we were so confused by all these plants that kept sprouting in our sandbox!

[@Karmy.]

I tried planting an apple seed but it never did anything

[@Jibbie49]

@@Karmy. I saw a video like he was doing where they took the apple and cut it open and took the seeds & wrapped them in a moist paper towel & put them in the refrigerator for six weeks (he did 2 wks on some of those seeds) and then they planted them in pots to start. It is a process.

[@Alexandra_Wolf]

This is an adorable story.

[@Cristofre]

I randomly stuck a peach pit in the ground about 8 years ago, for the last three years or so I've been eating fruit off the tree that came from it. It actually does much better than the three grafted store bought peach trees I have.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's great, peaches usually turn out pretty good from seed! Well done

[@JulieWallis1963]

Where in the world are you @Cris?

[@Cristofre]

@@JulieWallis1963 North Georgia, USA.

[@spudothy]

@@Cristofre I'm moving to georgia this weekend, the first thing I'll do is plant a peach seed!

[@Cristofre]

@@spudothy Funny thing was I wasn't trying to grow a tree, I just happened to be out in the yard eating a peach and stuck the seed in the ground. Pure luck that it came up and did good there. You'll probably have better luck if you plant it in a pot and get the tree going in a more controlled environment (then plant in the ground). 🙂

[@meganrae27]

i’m on a trip in alaska right now and was cutting lemons two weeks ago and noticed one of the seeds with a small sprout… i put it in a water with and now it’s has 4 leafs and is getting so tall!! it’s genuinely so fun watching it grow a tiny bit everyday!!! loved this video i definitely want to grow more plants from seeds in the future

[@connorpursell1228]

Did you mention your trip to Alaska just to flex?

[@yogurtmale1862]

@@connorpursell1228 who wouldn’t lmao

[@millyndaparvin126]

hi i live in alaska, bring us fresh fruit xoxo

[@Fyreflier]

My mum grew tomatoes from a commercial variety's seeds last year. The yield on those things was _ridiculous._ She was handing out tomatoes to the neighbours left right and centre!

[@pedroff_1]

I did so in 2020 as well. My issue was the offspring that grew had godawful taste. They were a bit bitter in a way they were unfit for essentially anything, even sauces! Then, I planted a plarticular variety from a seed packet, and, while they grew, were super tasty and all, it was my mom who tried them out, as I had to move back to university by the time they yielded

[@keithws2779]

The turkey wrecking the plants make me laugh - because I remember when a chicken scratched my mother-in-law's car... And she was like "well... Dinner tonight is going to be chicken"

[@bbbrittanyyy]

😂I hope she knew who the guilty chicken was

[@febrip.a1119]

LMAO 😂

[@marhawkman303]

this was my thought.... "time for roast turkey!"

[@timothylolcats8020]

i bet the chicken did not know that mistake would end its life

[@zakeveritt9140]

those 2 things aren’t at all related

[@solidsnake8331]

I'm glad my grandparents taught me how to garden since I was a little kid. Banana trees, avocados, papaya, and passionfruit ( when the season comes,) and tomatoes. I learned a lot growing up and teaching my daughter how to grow her own food has been rewarding. I miss my grandparents. I'm glad they I learned this when I was young in Puerto rico and st. Thomas

[@quixotical5174]

always cherish the times with your parents👍

[@randobad]

Sounds like you're living a pretty good life.

[@TainoMoya]

Wuepa Puerto Rico! Yo quiero aprender a plantar con mi madre cuando tengamos casa con jardin

[@TheJimprez]

Yeah, well where I live, it's a 4-month growing period, so until electricity and grow houses, NOT our thing. We had small gardens for root vegetables and quick seasonal things like peas, leafy produce, and herbs... BUT, we learn to fish and hunt before we get to ride bikes. . When we are kids or to use a microwave if it's a city kid. The only fruits that grow here are mainly Apples because we can store them in a cold cellar for months.. Otherwise, it's seasonal wild berries. When I was a kid, we'd get oranges from Florida in the winter, those Morrocan clementines, and some grapes from the USA. But that was it until globalization and the first KIWI fruits got around with fast shipping. BUT I know which mushrooms I CAN eat (and not to touch ANY other ones), how to move and survive in the Boreal forest, and how to live with, and even work and play in arctic cold spells. I think we BOTH learned a lot and are LUCKY we did because 90% of my local society can't survive one week without a grocery store and processed food. Now let's just see which of us is going to become the most efficient survivor in this new climate change era. I think we'll probably need a MIX of both. But I am finding a CAVE to hide in for a few years... The word is gonna get CRAZIER before it gets any better..

[@helheimrgaming2547]

My neighbor when I was younger managed to get a fig tree growing in their backyard. Keep in mind we lived in Nebraska, where the soil is incredibly clay-filled and the climate is crap. I’m honestly impressed by them.

[@markiangooley]

A few types of fig grown from cuttings bear fruit without pollination and are surprisingly cold-tolerant…

[@jillellis62]

i learned in orange county North Carolina that the orange clay soil is actually pretty rich & does wonderful for plants- even without or tending to them... 12 years ago I had a lot of seeds to try to do a project with my kids, and my then 5 year old found my corn, tomato and other seeds and decided to sprinkle them all over the yard and around my porch.. honest to God, the BEST yield of crops Ive ever seenn & did a garden for about 10 years with my gpa- who tilled the soil, fertilixed it, watered it morning and evening... come to find out 1: orange or clay soil is wonderful 2: you do more harm to your soils when you till them up, add a lot of stuff to them, etc.. The soil is great too when rich in CO2, add in natural earth worms if you wish in a controlled area.. this has been shown to be the best way to garden.. doing all the excess work in raised beds & adding chemicals or other items really not needed only make it harder on the crops. So, dont do much to the soil- barely open a spot just big enough for the plant, or seed, and leave it be- water when necessary.. its by far the best way i have ever seen

[@ldlink3935]

Bro, you got another viral video on your hands, congrats, don't give up, keep em coming!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thank you, I will :)

[@twelvesevven4678]

I can't believe you took years of progress and put it into one video. Honestly, incredible. Not the first time it's been done, but it always amazes me, the dedication. Well done!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thank you so much! :)

[@funloop]

When I was a kid, my mother would leave squash seeds out to dry after scooping them out before cooking. One day I decided to take a few of them and go into my back yard and plant them myself. For several days after school I would go into our backyard ND water them. After a while, I was able to grow like 2 squashes. I was so proud.

[@njmoonfrost6145]

That is so awesome! I did that with a grape but it did with in two months

[@LuisPerez-fy6up]

Now imagine GOD who made them Grow.

[@njmoonfrost6145]

@@LuisPerez-fy6up …….. I just woke up so I might just not see your point

[@bleddynwolf8463]

@@LuisPerez-fy6up i think that fact that they were watered consistently might have something more to do with it

[@Jimins_Pookie]

@@bleddynwolf8463 And photosynthesis

[@ncmartinez_his]

I've always been fascinated with these kinds of "free" plants available at the supermarket. From experiments growing ginger and turmeric in pots to the accidental tomato, pumpkin and watermelon plants that seem to sprout near the compost heap.

[@the_wavy_carrot5047]

when i was a kid i used to plant store bought fruits such as mangoes and blue berries, the first couple of seeds failed to grow but as i kept going i finally managed to grow my first tree

[@Zed9659]

The dedication my man several years have passed , you earn my subscription You deserve alot more for your hard work , patience and determination

[@chadgamer6942]

yeah hes been on this since 2015 thats fuckin nuts

[@Calcifernus]

Mine too

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much and welcome to the channel! :)

[@living_my_allotment_life]

so last year i purchased and saved the seed of a pink dragon fruit, carob, pomegranate, snake fruit, oranges, lemons and apples. all have successfully germinated and are a year on and growing well! it was good seeing yours and the other varieties. i have a 'jenny' kiwi fruit which is self fertile. its 2 years old now so hoping for fruit in a few years more. :)

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Sounds like a wide range of things you've got growing. Good work. That's awesome to have a self fertile kiwifruit!

[@arfaabbas]

VeRy NiCe

[@nevaeha4048]

Having a self fertilizing kiwi is great! I LOVE kiwis so thinking of having my own home grown kiwis is amazing!

[@amalie5172]

Hi, this sounds amazing! I want to test that. Do you grow them inside or outside? If outside, where in the world are you placed?

[@living_my_allotment_life]

@@amalie5172 im in wales, UK. the exotic fruit ive germinated using a heat mat and grown on a windowsill in my house but as they get bigger they will be going into a polytunnel outside. The kiwi has been grown outside continually.

[@misstweetypie1]

I love these videos! It's so amazing to be able to see a multi-month or multi-year progression instead of having to hunt around hoping that you'll find an update video! I really appreciate the effort it takes to make this style of video, so thank you!

[@jamiestewart7327]

Best home grower on KZbin! Thanks for taking so much time to edit all your videos, so many people appreciate it 💚🍀

[@plantguy9]

When I was a kid, I grew some watermelons from the seeds I got from the fruit. The fruit was crap but it was still cool to grow the plants themselves 😀

[@nootsuspicious]

Same! When I was around 4 my housekeeper grew some watermelons in the garden. They only grew to the size of an adult fist though but it was so fun! ❤️

[@melonie_peppers]

😂

[@futur3ndings651]

They say that cucumbers and melons can't cross pollinate but one year when I was growing both from seeds; the melons ended up looking fine (coloration and size) but somehow ended up tasting like cucumbers with a slight sweetness. It was so odd.

[@melonie_peppers]

@@futur3ndings651 We used to grow from them from seed but we would specially buy the seeds from sellers not from the supermarket. They tasted amazing and my granny has "green" hands so she plants well

[@sokkimmartin788]

Cool I grew some pumpkins when I was a kid

[@datwistyman]

Thank you for saying how long it takes to fruit. It gives me the shits when I'm trying to find out about a plant and then it doesn't say how long it needs to grow before I can get a feed off it. Great video mate.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

No worries, cheers mate

[@trinity5842]

I've sent this to my mum as she has a garden and I'm going to be prepping the seeds for goji, kiwi and pomegranate today. My plan for next week is to get some soil and pots and also try to grow papaya and dragon fruit! I just want to say thank you for this video. I'm usually dealing with bouts of depression and this year I decided to plant ginger, bell peppers, lemongrass, potatoes. Sometimes I can't relax in nature so I thought that I would being nature to me. I can spend so much time taking care of these plants and I feel so much better. I really like this video and I come back to it for ideas. Thank you for taking the time to document your growing journey and inspiring me to do something a little meaningful.

[@jabulanimbelesouthafrica6808]

I love your philanthropic spirit. Teaching us is generational and will go a long way. Subsequently, teaching our children. What a wealth of information 👏🏽

[@Fox_Baldur]

Oh wow. This reminds me of the time I put every seed of a fruit I ate in a pot to try to grow it. It's such a nice thing to do and I ended up with 30 plants. But sadly a fly put its eggs into the soil and the maggots ate all the roots, I almost cried. But when I moved out, my parents kept the survivors (prickly pears) and my dad puts so much love into caring for them that they got really huge. Sadly I live in an appartment now with little windows and cats that would destroy.... uhm... "play" with every plant. I really miss planting seeds.

[@dang6832]

You should have eaten the maggots to get back at them.🤢

[@Fox_Baldur]

@@dang6832 Oh, to estimate dominance. Great idea but several years too late. Will write that down, thank you!

[@Fox_Baldur]

@@telepathicmagicshop Thank you for this idea. I'll think about it. Maybe I could put them onto my balcony and try to make it cat safe.

[@mudkipjuice]

@@Fox_Baldur You can always try growing some cat grass, barley, or wheatgrass for your cats. They tend to leave other plants alone when they have safe grass to eat

[@rileyroberts3230]

OH MY GOD! I remember watching you so many years ago! You inspired me to grow my first garden. I tried to find you back then but couldn’t remember your whole channel name, plus KZbin wasn’t what it is now. You popped up on my recommended and I nearly screamed! I’m so happy to be able to watch you again ❤️🤗

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Hey Riley! That's so cool that we're reunited again haha. I'm so glad I could inspire you to grow your first garden, that honestly makes my day! Happy to have you back :)

[@rileyroberts3230]

@@TheKiwiGrower I can’t wait to catch up on everything that I’ve missed! 😍🙌

[@lenasolarova]

I love this. These videos always just show the tiny tiny plant and that's it. This is so good and you can actually see the final product

[@akarshaggarwal3022]

I am blown away by the fact that how smoothly you make this video. So much effort and care behind the camera

[@StedMuffin]

I've got a mango I've managed to sprout, doubt it'll ever fruit for me cause of my climate but it's been a fun project to watch so far.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Nice one, they do make really nice plants or trees :)

[@slowstang88]

Be careful as the sap contains high levels of urishiol. I germinated and grew one in a pot and left it outside in the cold accidentally and killed it. I found out the hard way when I pulled the stem out of the pot and got a bad rash on my hands

[@ellienoel8357]

SAME

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

Learn about your horticultural zone, apparently mangoes are invasive in Ohio so they will grow there And in zone 10b I've seen with my eyes; mangoes fruiting

[@kermdeezy5330]

You can still sit under it like Buddha

[@hatefunwrx]

Not gonna lie, this makes me miss gardening with my great grand parents when I was a child. We grew everything from mint to tomatoes, pumpkins just about everything

[@Kt-cn2rq]

My mom has on garden. Grows okra like it's a weed 🤣 daughter eats them raw. Has chili's look like flowers because all the different colors in her yard.

[@Me-th3gj]

You should get back into it! 👍

[@hatefunwrx]

@@Me-th3gj I want to, once me and my wife buy our own place and are no longer moved around every few years

[@Me-th3gj]

@@hatefunwrx Awesome! I'm rooting for your dream to become a reality! 👍

[@hatefunwrx]

@@Me-th3gj thank you very much, it would be great to teach my kids as well

[@zilesomething]

The respect i have for you is ginormous. You ate the type of people that got my gardening from a young age and the region that i lived couldn’t stop me from following my dream Grow my own fruit❤

[@petesdogtreats3805]

Awesome video, thanks for the info. Here in the USA many people take the tops off of pineapples and plant them. You can literally just twist off the top and put it in water until you see roots and then put it in dirt for a new pineapple. 😃

[@bellama920]

I just left a couple of inches of the fruit on the top then put it in a pot outside and waited out the fruit fly till I brought it in for the winter. My pineapple will be 2 years old in May, and is 2.5' tall! (Which is really impressive given that I do not have a green thumb

[@BlissfulMartini]

In 3rd grade we tried growing flowers in red solo cups and we got to take them home when they started sprouting. I was so excited to be growing something I couldn’t stop touching it, and after a week or so I couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t growing anymore. I don’t know how true this is but I read somewhere years later that touching plants too much can stunt their growth. So basically I loved my plant so munch I sabotaged it. 😂

[@malkiamweusi7203]

Omg I will stop rubbing my cucumber plant now 😭

[@smeggerknee2448]

@@malkiamweusi7203 Look up.....cucumber poisoning,the pefect excuse to NOT eat your veggies as a kid.

[@teenapittman4241]

I grew my first full size cabbage from my grandsons 3rd grade, red solo cup, plant project. He was so excited the day we cut it. Until then, I wasn't aware that we could grow cabbage in our area.

[@carriegroth9061]

@@malkiamweusi7203 haaaaa why are u rubbing a cuke plant

[@LineMo09]

I got 3 different kinds of avocado I've grown from seeds. I'm not growing them for the fruit but for the fun of seeing the plants sprouting and thriving.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Nice one. The process of growing something is often enough on its own I reckon! Enjoy

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

My neighbor grows avacado, it's beautiful when it becomes a tree of golden flowers!

[@charlottesmom]

I want to try this also, my last attempt was ruined because my African Grey parrot dumped the pot and chewed at the seed (didn't eat it thank god!). Will put the new one far away from her.

[@LineMo09]

@@charlottesmom i used the method of cleaning the seed up and putting them in a moist paper towel sealed in a plastic bag for a few weeks.

[@charlottesmom]

@@LineMo09 , I'll try this, wish me luck! 😊👍🏻🥑

[@hjaltesolvang]

You can also grow a plant from a store bought tomato. I tried I once, and while it hasn’t produced any tomatoes yet, I could get it to grow, which was more than I expected.

[@michaelchin6626]

One of best illustrations to view so many plants to grow from seeds in one video. I give 100 MARKS in this video as PERFECT!!!!!

[@Lumimyrsky]

I'm very used to gardening, and self taught in a lot of things related to gardening (both indoors and out), but for some reason I never knew that a Dragon fruit comes from a cactus. I always imagined them coming from a bush or a funny looking palm tree. And we're even talking about my favorite fruit 😂 Super nice video, it gave me some ideas for my next projects!

[@rpgryder1886]

your favorite fruit is a dragon fruit? It tastes like nothingness tho

[@Lumimyrsky]

@@rpgryder1886 They are flavourless when they're not ripe 😁 Otherwise they have this interesting sweet pear kind of thing going on :D

[@fireprophetproductions4967]

I didn't know dragon fruits could be red inside, thought they were always white

[@malcontender6319]

Ah.. The Dragonfruit plant looks just as unbelievable as the fruit. Seriously, if I had only been described this, I would not believe its real.

[@jordonlarsen4752]

This is a man with patience. Much respect brother. I love pomegranates!!!

[@tactical12]

I got this video recommended several month ago and decided to watch it even though I’ve never gardened or grew anything before. I’m addicted to growing exotic plants where I live. I took every single seed out of a pomegranate like you showed and EVERY SINGLE ONE sprouted. They won’t survive winter where I lived so I got rid of almost everyone. Right now I’m growing passion fruit inside during winter and outside in the summer!

[@SadhviJenn]

I used to babysit for a kiwi family. They have since moved back to NZ, it’s nice to hear this accent again. I wanna grow these things too!! :)

[@LessThanThree76]

Reading you comment, at first I thought you babysat someone’s kiwi plant due to the contents of this video. 😂

[@MaruskaStarshaya]

@@LessThanThree76 me too :D

[@rektifyr...]

You should've gotten some cuttings and grown a kiwi family of your own...

[@christinamammolito8887]

Kiwi like the bird NZ people are nicknamed after?

[@1anonymous_moon]

@@LessThanThree76 ＋1

[@lucindatyrrell4903]

omg the borage behind you is huge. Thanks for your experimenting with seed growing. I was gifted a store bought bag of boiler peas and sprouted some after several years just sitting on the shelf. Just harvested my first peas. yay

[@dontong5548]

Man who lives so close to Nature is so gentle, passionate, beautiful, and so genuine. Loving it!!!

[@snakefly3183]

A few months ago I had bought some medjool dates from the store. The seeds looked so good that I soaked them in water for 24 hrs and then threw them into a pot with another plant so just in case I forgot about them they would still get watered. I did forget about them, so I was surprised when just recently I saw a palm sprouting out of this pot. So awesome!! Thanks for doing this video. Too much fun!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Nice work, they make beautiful palms, even as an indoor plant! :)

[@benny7257j]

I CAN'T WAIT to see you harvest those dragon fruits after they're formed, that DIY trellis you made and cactus together look really cool and aesthetic , they gave me an idea, and I made a trellis , and I have been growing my own cactus from cuttings,Plz update when they fruit, very excited 😄.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

I can't wait either! Will definitely share the whole process. That's awesome that you're growing them too. Hopefully you'll get some fruit soon!

[@AbsoluteNut1]

@@TheKiwiGrower Glad you used the red fruit. That light blue fruit has no flavor.

[@sabata2]

​@@TheKiwiGrower How do you deal with the spines? I noticed your "final" plant doesn't seem to have any, but your "I planted them too close" had loads.

[@sambird7946]

haha, using cuttings is a good idea! I have a container of dragonfruit seedlings that are a few weeks old, and a container of ones that are a year old... they really need more space lol

[@Candy_McK]

@@sambird7946 So next you'll have a third container full of cuttings. xD

[@Bonapetit20]

Wow! I’m so glad I found your channel! Is motivating me to keep trying planting seeds from the fruits we get from the stores!

[@JoniDiMaggio]

WOW! That was impressive. I can't wait to to try this out next year. I'll also be telling my tomato growing friends anout you and will send them this video. THANKS for sharing your wisdom and expertise

[@0rnami]

A memory that always stuck with me is when my brother told me about his time working at McDonald's. Someone tossed their nearly empty parfait cup into the drive through planter, but over time, by some small miracle, some of the strawberry seeds from the parfait were actually planted, and a little strawberry vine started to grow, with little wild strawberries growing on it and everything. I always remark on how amazing it is that life can spring up from such cynical corporate circumstances.

[@thefloatingislandyt5704]

That sounds unlikely

[@GrifoStelle]

@@thefloatingislandyt5704 nah Strawberries are practically weeds. You have to want them not to live to kill them off.

[@knightwalkr]

When I get strawberries… anything I don’t eat gets tossed in the yard. I have a couple dozen patches of volunteer growth strawberries. They don’t get big but they taste fine.

[@kangaroopasta]

yeah strawberries are real fighters. that’s so cool though I hope they kept the plant :)

[@donnietheiii8759]

This was the content I didn’t know I needed, I love learning about new things and this is my new binge. Gonna learn everything about plants now!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Awesome, so glad it interested you! :)

[@randobad]

Everyone needs to learn how to do this before the dark winter, it's coming.

[@birdpirch1669]

I stumbled on this by accident and now I will become a farmer. Top vid!

[@Ravencall]

We harvested pomegranates this year from our seed grown plants. So exciting- and delicious! An added benefit is that our garden is in a very hot, drought prone area and the pomegranates seem to like that . Thanks for the encouragement to try other seeds- dragonfruit next!

[@Didi.creation]

I grew a avocado!! It took almost 12 months before the seed sprouted. So have patients with it if you try it. I kept the seed in a small shot glass and changed the water for fresh every week. 👍🏼

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Nice one, yea they do seem to vary a lot in how long they take to sprout. Well done for having such great patience!

[@Didi.creation]

@@TheKiwiGrower sorry for my English lol. 💚🤗

[@billysbigworld6166]

I grew my avocado from the ground and it took about a month to sprout! I recommend planting it into the ground rather than putting it in water. Keep it nice and warm and keep the soil from drying

[@yeet-dg7cg]

@@billysbigworld6166 you guys do realize that you cant grow an edible avocade from a Hass avocado seed or any store bought seed for that matter right?

[@mitlanderson]

@@yeet-dg7cg are they bred that way?

[@JCC_1975]

I absolutely love growing my own fruit trees from seed. So far I have apple, orange, avacado, goji, peach, pear, plum, blueberry and strawberry plants. I'm slightly addicted lol. I started doing this about 15 yrs ago and have truly enjoyed watching them mature and produce food for my family. Keep up the good work 💜

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Well done, that's very cool! It's a pretty addictive hobby haha. Have you had all of the things above fruit for you? Interested to hear how they turned out, especially avocado, apple, orange etc.

[@JCC_1975]

@@TheKiwiGrower I have actually. I do have to protect them from frost so I keep them 6 feet and in containers (the avacado) and I bring them into the living room during the colder climate but that's fine. I bring in my bell peppers also. I heavily mulch the orange, strawberry and banana plants but they fruit very well every year. I have a list to start getting more fruit trees. I'm wanting to start olive and a few others. I'm glad to see someone showing others how easy (mostly lol) it is to grow your own fruits. It's very satisfying. Keep up the good work 💜

[@TheKiwiGrower]

@@JCC_1975 Awesome stuff, well done, and thanks for the reply :)

[@lantrick]

I'm sure you realize this , but the Apple will never be the variety you planted. It's pure pot luck as to the fruit you get. All varietal apples are grown by cutting and grafting varietal branches on root stock.

[@Pikrodafni]

@@lantrick I don't do it for the fruit - I love watching things grow. Whatever fruit they might produce, apple flowers are magnificent! And very photogenic - macro photography is my hobby.

[@mandiigraham1596]

Found your video just as I was thinking of planting my Reed seed. Just put it into soil. Wish me luck. And I agree, there is defiantly something rewarding about growing something. I have grown many things from what people throw away.

[@SheldonBeldon]

The amount of work that went into such a short video is astounding- really amazing work man!!!

[@katrinepedersen9660]

You made me wanna try dragonfruit and papaya, the plant themselves look really cool! Right now I have two avokados going on their third ish year. I'm impressed I've managed to keep them alive for so long. I nearly killed them off by frying them in the sun one really hot day, but they bounced back lol

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Cool! Enjoy the growing :)

[@chars.9780]

I really wish I could figure out how to keep avocado plants alive. I've grown 2 from pits from the store. Unfortunately I can't seem to get the plants to live beyond a few months

[@katrinepedersen9660]

@@chars.9780 I think you just have to try different things with how often you water, how much light, pot size, humidity ect. I usually water them when the leaves start to hang a bit, and at first I would water every two days almost. But even then the leaves would dry up along the edges and sometimes turn a bit yellow. A friend told me it could be because the air humidity was too low. After changing to a bigger pot, placing it a little bit brighter and starting to mist the leaves with water every few days, they really started to thrive and I got lots of new leaves. I still water when the leaves hang, but with a bigger pot they now manage for a week or two between

[@Sasaroly]

A neighbor of mine used to have an avocado tree that gave cannonball-like avocados. It was taller than my house! And every year we would get these cannoball avocados falling all over our backyard. Our dogs went crazy, and we collected the ones that didn't end up too beat up. He cut down the tree many years ago because it had gotten so tall that if it fell it could seriously damage the surrounding buildings. I really miss it.

[@chars.9780]

@@katrinepedersen9660 thanks for all the great tips. I've tried a couple different things in the past but my attempts never were successful. The leaves always seemed to brown around the edges and fall off. If I try and grow another avocado I will definitely remember about the humidity issue and mist the leaves.

[@acuteteacher]

When my brother in law was a struggling newly wed working at a florist shop back in the 70s, he planted lemon and grapefruit seeds in clay pots and sold them as ornamental plants at the florist shop. No surprise, he is a successful business man now, probably worth a few million dollars. (Not from the plants, but from his other ventures)

[@furrycircuitry2378]

He shoulda planted marijuana lots of money

[@FoxFighter-HellBringer]

I germinated Granny Smith apple seeds when I was in elementary school and my parents ended up having to plant the seedlings in our yard because it grew quite large. They can't produce apples, but I thought it was still neat that I did exactly what you did and grew my own tree!

[@AssassinIronMan]

This video deserves wayyy more likes even though I have no interest in growing plants I know this took a very long time to make and was still executed perfectly.

[@alyssarose2818]

I’ve been watching a lot of nature videos and TikToks recently, everything from gardening to off-grid and zero waste living. I really aim to have a garden and live a low waste lifestyle in the future (I still live with my parents right now haha). I just stumbled across this channel, but I’m loving your content, it’s so informative with high production quality, and fun to watch! It’s crazy how you compressed years of learning and growing the plants into less than 20 minutes!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Thanks so much for the comment Alyssa, glad to have you over here, and what a cool thing to work towards!

[@tag1462]

Very informative. I'd like to share my grow from seeds experience. Strawberries. And some context here, I did "wild planting" pretty much as nature does it. The results exceeded expectations. What I did was quite simple. I had some store bought strawberries, with the intention of making pemmican. That didn't work out so well, but I still had a small handful of the seeds. So, I scattered them about a clearing close to my campsite. And pretty much let it be. Here's what happened: Next season, I noticed some new strawberry plants. No flowers, no fruits. Third season, more greenery and a few flowers. No fruit, maybe because the critters beat me to it. Fourth season was glorious. Great ground cover, plenty of flowers and later fruits. I had to share with the critters, of course, but that harvest was more than what I started out with. All said and done, the strawberry patch is still there and providing so I consider that a win/win for me and for Nature. Side note: The strawberries weren't as large as the store bought ones, but what they lacked in size they more than compensated with quantity. And in my mind, they tasted far better.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's such a cool story, thanks for sharing and well done!

[@livenotonevil8279]

Johnny strawberry seed

[@tag1462]

@@livenotonevil8279 not far off from the truth.

[@ShenJones]

Do you know what kind they are? There’s alpine, day neutrals, etc

[@tag1462]

Nope, it aint. I can still go there and yeppers there will be strawberry plants. Still producin strawberries. Not the big grocery store kind, but I'm sure the critters don't complain. I've also planted legumes and gourds... to the same effect. The point being, you let nature does what it does.

[@melanieallen3655]

I love how you have put your dragionfruit on branches..great video!

[@JessicaVanderhoff]

This video was so fun to watch!! I loved it. I'm surprised your pomegranate took years to fruit. I had a 3 month old cutting start fruiting in the pot shortly after it grew new leaves! That's why I swear by begging cuttings from your neighbors of anything that's doing well. You know it likes your climate and everything.

[@MikeP2055]

I grew four types of flowers from seed this past summer for the first time in my entire life. I. AM. HOOKED! Remembering to properly and regularly water them (I live in an arid desert region) was kind of a hassle and took some getting used to, but once they took off and started to thrive I fell in love. They became my little babies, haha. The sadness I felt after the first frosts and freezes recently killed them was totally unexpected and bizarre. I'd grown so attached to them! I can't wait to try my hand at a small vegetable garden next spring!

[@pawelkapica5363]

One pro tip when starting seed I learned over the years and that works wonders: soak the seed overnight in chamomile tee (organic just to make sure there are no chemicals). I almost never have seeds not sprouting even with difficult plants where others report a 50% rate of failure.

[@mitchellsteindler]

What's a chemical?

[@LIBqueen]

Interesting -thanks! Did you come upon this tip accidentally or did someone tell you?

[@pawelkapica5363]

@@LIBqueen ouff i definitely learned it somewhere, but I don remember. I used it many time on chili pepper seeds some of which are notiriously difficult and it worked great. I use it on all seeds now

[@LIBqueen]

@@pawelkapica5363 cool I'll be giving that a go!

[@Eid0lonic]

Would peppermint work or is it too minty?

[@JulieWallis1963]

I’ve just stumbled across this wonderful channel! Being from the uk I may not be able to harvest fruits from exotic trees like pomegranate, but I can definitely try to grow the tree just for its beauty. What a gorgeous looking tree.

[@elizabethkrueger5589]

Great video! I've grown a few things from store bought produce. Pumpkins, squash,green peppers,banana peppers, and cantaloupe. It was fun watching them grow.

[@zarahsgarden2097]

Seeds just want to grow! We have several citrus trees in our living room started from seeds my son planted in my house plants lol! I also have several apple trees from seeds I noticed were actually sprouting inside the apples!! Couldn't help but plant them even though I definitely don't have enough space in my yard 😋 🌱💕

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Nice one, citrus make such nice plants! I know what you mean, it's hard to throw something away that just wants to grow!

[@jordanforbes2557]

I wish that were always the case. I tried, lemon seeds, apple seeds, plums, dates, nothing came from any of those.

[@robertreed9818]

@@TheKiwiGrower What is the flavor profile of a tamarillo? I know you said they are closer to the original tomato, and tomatoes are technically a fruit not a vegetable, but are they sweeter than tomatoes, like what we have come to know fruits to taste like?

[@mcgeufer]

Well, I got bad news for you, pal. You won't have fun eating your home-grown apples ever. Apple messes up the genetics between male and female, so they almost never produce edible apples. I guess it was about 1:16000 with apples, not much better with lemons. But there is a way to grow lemons from seeds. You would need bittet orange three and a citrus (Citrus medica) one.

[@b.lloydreese2030]

"Seeds just want to grow" Not when i plant them

[@wilg8206]

I have to confess I get more excited about indoor gardening in the winter as you have all the plants with you in the kitchen sharing the sunbeams. I'm looking forward to avocado this year. One year I made a fenugreek tea and forgot about the mug for a week. I was surprised to find they all sprouted even after the hot water and they taste amazing. For any of you into sprouting they are cheap to buy and fast growing with a great flavor!

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's pretty cool that the fenugreek sprouted. Bit of a bonus!

[@kampbadam295]

Fenugreek leafs is also used in Persian foods

[@yes12337]

This video is super awesome! I was planning to start growing clementines & strawberries from store bought fruits, but after watching the video I'll go for kiwifruit as well. No fruit tastes better than homegrown ones ❤️

[@glassy_rose]

You know what, I wish to get to a point in life where I can have my own fruit garden that I've grown from scratch. Plants and flowers are nice but trees that bear fruit after years of work are on a completely different level.

[@karlharvymarx2650]

I tried pomegranate years ago and didn't expect them to germinate well. I ended up with 300 trees. I planted them as a hedge and they were doing well up until I moved. Sadly someone mowed them down with the grass so they are no more. My method for starting them was to gently eat the good stuff while watching TV to keep from getting bored since a good cleaning took hours. Then I sowed them into roughly 1cm^3 seed trays, transplanted to larger pots when they got secondary leaves. I planted them outdoors when they were about 1 foot tall. (If you start a lot of seeds, the tiny seed trays are great to have. They're hemispherical shaped so it is easy to use a little widget to free them and pop into larger pots sometime after germinating.)

[@TheKiwiGrower]

That's such a shame that they got mowed down :(. Sounds like you've had some good success though! :)

[@KanishQQuotes]

Pomegranate trees are the most beautiful looking ones for the garden Beautiful flowers and shiny leaves

[@eab576]

I purchased a home in 2020 it already had 2 peach trees an apple tree and a bush but I had no idea what it was. In 2021 i noticed it fruited a single pomegranate. It was delicious and figured the plant was young (even though it's massive) This year we have over 20 pomegranates growing! I had no idea they took that long to bear fruit. Now I feel even more blessed!

[@sashakehoe1782]

Currently scouring my kitchen for fruits and a way to explain to my husband that I absolutely *need* to have twenty seedlings sprouting in our kitchen because we could have our own lemons and limes in a few years :)

[@TheKiwiGrower]

😂😂 enjoy!

[@Ratsny]

Good on ya gert, yeah I have grown lots of lemon trees from seed BUT they don't grow true to type so I've been very disappointed not getting nice lemons. I realise now that I need to grow them from cuttings. Same with avocado and apples. Peaches and plums and cherries were fine. Bummer but I thought I'd say and maybe prevent you being disappointed like I was 🤗

[@kaballfs]

Warning from someone who had papaya trees on a garden: do not plant them unless you're prepared to build a house out of papaya for your newfound swarm of bats and insects. On tropical/sub-tropical weather, those trees won't die, not even to a flamethrower, and the papaya will keep on coming, year around, forever, and since it's sweet, along with it will come bats, birds, insects, primates and all sorts of shenanigans. So, yeah, unless you're ready, willing and able to eat a metric ton of papaya and have your household grow tenfold, don't even touch the thing. Your neighbors thank you very much.

[@rubberonasphalt]

This reminds me of the pumpkin patch that grew from eating pumpkin seeds. After constant pumpkins that our family got sick of eating, my Dad did almost everything to get rid of the patch, but they kept coming back. Fun times, but til this day, there is only so much pumpkin you can eat

[@kaballfs]

@@rubberonasphalt So pumpkins are nightmare-ish too? Gotta write that down.

[@alexia3552]

The absolute time and effort that went into this, thank you! It's such an amazing thing to see

[@catjones672]

This was amazing looking forward to seeing more of your videos ❤

[@louiZiana-Gurl]

My mom planted a lemon seed it’s now a beautiful plant no fruit though …really enjoyed this video and definitely plan on trying these out! The turkey “ I do what I want”=🤣😂

[@micalhull7463]

The pomegranate is so pretty. Definitely will be adding one or two to the yard just for the beautiful foliage! Thanks for the video!

[@jeremiahjohnson2741]

Great Work! I like how straight forward you are with your demos and showing what happens over time. Plus you're climate seems quite diverse and slightly cooler than mine here in south Louisiana, we're 8/9. I've already got 6 small potted pomegranates, and fairly confident I can plant them now.

[@thavylor]

Encouraging. I enjoy your video on how to grow from seeds and how to grow any plants in general. Thank you.

[@clayeii8571]

omg this is literally what i do with every fruit i get my hands on. my friend had some mangosteens at their house and i took a few seeds and put them in a damp paper towel. they’re sprouting now! cant wait to see what the tropical fruit seed turns out as

[@arvisprikulis899]

This spring I grew my first plants from seeds- avocados and mangoes. This was so fascinating to watch, and I can't wait to try and grow some more plants from seeds.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Nice one! Enjoy the growing :)

[@Modelmomomo]

i've wanted a lil push on the shoulder to go to my fridge, take out the rotted kiwi and mango that's been calling me for months and plant them. this vid helped a LOT

[@dragon1950]

I just started an apple from a seed. It is rewarding to grow these from a seed. I will have to try some of these others.

[@TobyJin]

I remember watching your coconut videos so many years ago, you were one of the few people I watched on KZbin when I started my plant collection.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

Man that was a long time ago! That was a pretty fun experiment I reckon. Cheers Toby

[@TobyJin]

@@TheKiwiGrower Yeah, I grew one for around 2 years before it died, I think mine died because it finished using up the nutrients in the coconut and wasn't to well established. Plus I live in a temperate region so not really a great place for coconuts.

[@CLS300SimulationVideos]

I watched the coconuts growing adventures too. I have been following you for years. It's been fun watching you grow up.

[@TheKiwiGrower]

@@CLS300SimulationVideos Thanks so much for the support along the way!