Nice video, such a lovely fruit, I have been to the Philippines four times and seen Papaya freely growing, amazing how cheap they are there, looked at like we look at blackberries here!!
Home Gardens. yeah i probably eat to many of them to be honest! with lime juice they taste so good! Im gonna try to get a few plants to fruit... a challenge in the uk I know, but will be interesting. Even without fruit, as a plant they look great in the garden.
Sounds like a plan, some of the trees are huge in The Philippines, I have seen a plantation, its an amazing sight to see, the nicest fruit I have had from the Philippines is the small yellow Mango, now if you could get one to sprout then fruit that would be impressive, apparently the issue is that we have to simulate a dry season somehow....
Home Gardens. your probably talking about the ataulfo mango, or the honey mango as its sometimes know. Mangos are probably one of the hardest to grow, because of trying to simulate a continual warm temperature which they need, think id need a glass house like they have a Kew Gardens, London. But hey, if I see any at the local asian market I would definitely still grow one.
If I'm not mistaken, I heard that if you burst the Papaya water bag, and grow them you get a male Tree that does not produce fruit but only male trees with flowers which is good for pollination.
Hi great video, I'm going to try and do this but I'm not sure what kind of soil to buy for this. Could you recommend a soil which would work for planting various seeds including citrus seeds and tropical seeds if possible online. I'm in the UK btw. Thanks in advance. P.s. great channel thanks for creating it! :)
Ben Pellow hi Ben, your best type soil for starting “specialist” seeds, things like you mentioned, tropical seeds and the like, your best to use a mix of peat moss, perlite and vermiculite. This gives a nice sterile medium for germination. As a side note, somethings are worth growing from seeds, like the papaya, passion fruit, and cherimoya. Others like citrus however your better off buying grafted varieties. Seeds don’t bear true to type, so if your after a quality citrus for fruit your best bet is to buy particular variety. Of course for rarer fruit trees, growing from seed may be the only option, but it is worth being selective. All the best. Chris
GoTropicalUK do you mean that I should buy those things separately and mix them together? Or should I look for a soil which has those things? Thanks for the quick response btw :)
Ben Pellow you buy them all separately. You can find them in most garden centres, and you want to mix them 1/3 peatmoss 1/3 vermiculite and 1/3 perlite. Vermiculite holds moisture evenly through the soil, and the perlite adds air to prevent the soil from becoming compact. Chris
You need to remove the outer jelly part of the seed before planting... So by "squishing" (not probably the most technical description!!) against something like a sieve you can remove it.
+Sound & Vision You can tell which is which by the flowers. Male flowers are a different shape to the female ones. Its only the female flowers that will produce the fruit. cheers.
