Subtropical PEPINO Are All Year Climbing Melons

[@jetrx8rew]

I just started growing these in my new home here in south Adelaide. They grow really fast and have heaps of melons on them. I have found when they start ripening the birds like to punch a hole in them so I have started to bring them indoors to finish ripenening. Really nice tasting fruit, very unique, tropical taste. Like nothing else I have eaten. I have had a few very large ones, bigger than a rock melon. Thats great news that they produce fruit year round !

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing.

[@danilocastania7055]

Wow, how many Pepino plant is that? how old is the tree? do they need to be in direct sunlight? Love your garden bytheway. I watched all your videos. Great channel 👍

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Many plants now, started off 6-7 years ago with only a few. They self propagate and will eventually take over, so cut them back a few times a year. They prefer part shade.

[@danilocastania7055]

Real Life Fruitopia Thanks for the reply, look forward on your new uploads.

[@bodorupertorexjr.c.7742]

Sir, what is the best planting distance of pipino melon?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Mine self propagate by creeping along the ground.

[@bodorupertorexjr.c.7742]

@@RealLifeFruitopia ok thank you so much.

[@sabrina.m707]

So does the fruit get larger as the plant matures?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Seems that way. Every year they get sweeter and larger. I've been mulching more than ever though.

[@matpritchard5742]

Nice vid, how far apart can i plant cuttings

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Doesn't matter as they self propagate, turning into a hedge.

[@prakashbahadurshrestha9546]

How do we now when it is ready for harvesting

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Color and touch

[@sampathgamage5197]

Can I grow this plant very hot climate sir ❤❤🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

You can try.

[@MissPeachCobbler]

Tysm for sharing

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

My pleasure 😊

[@phuntsogangmo3]

Dose it grows in cold area like Ladakh....

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

I'm not sure

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

-3c has insane kill power, and apparently weve hit -7 before, lord have mercy lol

[@meethu101]

Is that one plant trained on a trellis or is it spreading on the ground and self rooting?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

It's doing all 3

[@dianapaulinocagas4680]

How old is your melon pear?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

10 years

[@antoniacain873]

Where can I buy the seeds?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Better grown from cuttings

[@gardeningatgaasperlandwith8000]

I grow these in 0c degrees and they will completely die down with yellow leaves and all.

[@margaretmunyua2959]

Does it need to be sprayed..

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

No

[@KaroAdC]

Does it propagate on it’s own??? Through roots?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Flowers are self pollinating. Easily propagates via cuttings.

[@mohammadibrahim9302]

What is name of this fruit?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Pepino

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

mine got fully killed by the frost, i got to taste a few and they were horrid anyway lol tasted even worse than a cantaloupe! possums loved em tho couldnt keep the buggers away from em

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

So stick with stone fruit and loquat. My pepino fruits winter to summer, with harvests from spring to autumn. I love the taste, almost identical to cantaloupe, fruit fly can be an issue in summer. Sold and juiced in the markets of central and south america.

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

​@@RealLifeFruitopia 2 late ive already collected half the things you have from seed lol god i wish my greenhouse was as free as yours was, mines full of things that need repotting, aint nobody got that many pots or dirt lol smoking weed made me able to do so much stuff i cant keep up with anymore, partly cause it also made me delusional i think, nothing was fully thought out.. i even wasnt taking b12 and was thinking i was getting enough from playing with soil all the time, dammit man, since 14 years old 2.. cooked it! and ive absolutly lost the plot now that ive quit.. i might aswel be a complete different person now, no interest or will power for anything! all i have is the fear of loosing what i cant get again.. and that if i dont grow my own food ill have to be on supplements forever, thats about the only drive ive got now and its not enough, i went vegan cause it was natural for me as i have a protective personality, but taking b12 is something ill never feel ok about, i no you get injections.. crazy guy :p no1 understands why i hate taking a supplement but i wasnt raised on supplements and that im very proud of and i wouldnt like raising a kid on them either, something about it is so wrong to me and ill never change my opinion on it, so come on science, prove vegans get get b12 naturally 2, we need more studies! till then ill be forcing these stupid things under my tounge and feeling like i dont belong on this earth.. youl never meet some1 so against supplements in your life, rastafarians are probably like me in this way tho, anyway, sorry for the long, im spastic dont mind me

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

@@VeganChiefWarrior when summer gets there you'll be fine. Get as much sun as possible and hydration.

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

​@@RealLifeFruitopia im so bad i havnt even been able to care about getting sun even tho i no i need the vitamin d, and i used to be a sun worshipper, always too much sun on my back in summer never enough on my face it seems lol i can get all different colours at one time, to the point where it looks like a black man with a brown face and white thighs, youve never seen such a pronounced tan line in your life lol thats what you get when your tasmanian aboriginal and your dads a ginger and you live in a temperate climate i guess, bet id have an even tan and id be about as dark as those tropical asians if i went and lived there, i always get really close but then winter comes, why do we live in these cold climates still? i could have so much more abundance im so unsure if i should move, everything i eat.. is from the tropics lol seriously.. but my area has trapped me with its beauty man.. and it being where i was raised, its home and it feels like i could never leave! native roots here and all, damit! i cant even imagine how lost id feel in a different country, the thought of needing to worry about crocodiles would be a whole nother level, nuthin down here is out to eat you like that.. thats some serious shit.. lol

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

@@VeganChiefWarrior I understand what you mean. Thanks for sharing.

[@mariapinto7001]

They can grow up to 1.5k nice!

[@cy4330]

Why is that most reviews say its taste is bland and uninteresting? I like to grow but after watching reviews I lost interest. If they really grow bigger and sweeter the older they get I want to plant. I had a plant before but died before bearing fruits due to aphids. The pests are the same as tomato or egg plant pests.

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Mine thrive in winter on neglect, keep soil moist in summer. Try again in an unused spot.

[@aladinvisuals]

i heard is because most people try the store bought ones that are usualy unripe, lots of people says its very tasty with a dash of sugar, never tasted preparing to grow it first time this year

[@sandrabatey3983]

Can you prune pepinos

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Yes. I prune heavily as they get invasive.

[@randyr5328]

Well great but soil amendments? Tips. Well

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Compost

[@randyr5328]

Thx, I like to add my recipe of worm castings, azomite, guano to all soil mixes is this ok?

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

@@randyr5328 sounds ideal

[@azshortpluspk9504]

Nice furit

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

Thanks

[@林詩芳-d3d]

Does it need to be sprayed..

[@RealLifeFruitopia]

No