The secret of growing my 6ft south American Tamarillo tree tomato in the UK

[@joestropicals6760]

Fantastic looking plant Mike 🤩 congratulations on the fruits 🎉

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

Thanks Joe. I try not to miss an episode of your videos. It is remarkable what you have done in growing tropical and subtropical fruit trees in the ground in your UK garden; and to show other exotic fruit trees such as Avocados, Persimmon etc, growing outdoors at various sites in London. Pity I do not have a bigger garden so I could copy you 🖕.

[@MoebiusUK]

Fantastic to see. Awesome job, Mike. Your plants look great and I'm so pleased for your success. Thanks for the mention. 👍🏽

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

Thanks Dominic, love learning from you guys. I will be knocking down your door for details of how your rooted those Tamarillos.

[@tropicalsat52n86]

Sadly the cutting you sent me didn’t survive 😢

[@louiscarberry3138]

Wow! Looking good Mike!

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

Thanks Louis. Welcome to the channel, and good to see you you have become a youtuber. I am a subscriber, and I look forward to seeing more of what you are growing.

[@tropicalsat52n86]

Well done Mike, you’ve done a great job. I do something similar with my tomatoes. I haven’t sown tomato seed for years.

[@howdyEB]

I want a tamarillo tree so badly. There is a dwarf one that makes little orange fruits for sale near me, but I want the large, red kind. Very awesome Mike!

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

Hi, if you are in the UK, Message me and I can send you a rooted cutting from my tree.

[@howdyEB]

Thats very kind of you! I don't live in the UK though, I live in US, in Florida. 😟@@myexoticfoodplants6727

[@lyonheart84]

At that stage you'll have ripe fruit by Autumn. Amazing job Mike. I gave up on tamarillos, its probably a blessing mine all died from cold in my summerhouse last Winter. Every year they grew to 8 feet plus but NEVER produced a single flower, probably because i grew them all from seed, very frustrating. I definitely think the secret is to grow them from cuttings off an already fruiting plant. They just take up too much space for me to grow again unfortunately 😢

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

It is not like you to give up on anything Brett, even if your garden is bursting at the seams like mine 🤣🤣🤣. Keep going. Your are a great inspiration.

[@lyonheart84]

@@myexoticfoodplants6727 haha I give up on lots and focus on the doable plants 😂

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

@@lyonheart84 🤣so have I

[@PeterEntwistle]

Wow, great job Mike! Those tamarillos look really close to ripening and there is plenty of time for them to ripen at this time of year. Unfortunately, the cuttings that Moebius sent me didn't make it, I think they ended up getting root issues when I had them inside. I since got a couple from Victoriana, one of them is growing but the other doesn't have any leaves left, I think slugs and snails have eaten them all 😱. So far I'm not having the best luck with them lol 😂

[@dilciaseecharan2146]

I now got some seeds . I want to get a tamarillo tree

[@ritaalaga1]

What is s reason of this video?

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

Read the description

[@ritaalaga1]

That is the point, there isn't secret 🤷 I couldn't finde one. Yes it's grate to grow from cutting, but, when don't have them🤦🤷

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

Oh really, I have been trying to grow Tamarillo in the UK, since 2016, this is the firsts time I have managed to grow them outside in the UK. Have you any experience in growing Tamarillo to share?

[@daleschrader1946]

Too soft not enough volume