I Grew Loquat Trees From Seed and this is what happened | 0 - 6 YEARS of Growth!

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Let's explore how I grew Loquat trees from seed, right through to harvest. This took several years to get to this point and today we'll dive into the full journey from start to finish of growing these beautiful and productive fruit trees!
Quick facts about Loquats:
•Loquats (Eriobotrya japonica) are evergreen trees native to China.
•They belong to the Rosaceae family, which also includes apples, pears, and roses.
•Loquat trees can tolerate temperatures down as low as 10°F (-12°C) without serious damage, but temperatures below 27°F (-3°C) can kill the flowers or fruit.
•The fruit is also known by other names, including Japanese plum, Chinese plum, and pipa in Chinese.
•Loquats have been cultivated for over a thousand years, prized for their sweet and tangy flavor.
•Loquats are rich in vitamins A and C, as well as potassium and dietary fiber.
•Loquat leaf tea, also known as "biwa cha" in Japanese, is a popular beverage in East Asia. It is made by steeping dried or fresh loquat leaves in hot water. This tea is believed to have various health benefits, including soothing sore throats and aiding digestion.
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0:00 Intro
0:20 A bit about Loquat Fruits
1:28 How to Grow Loquat Seeds
2:00 4 Month Old Seedlings
2:21 How To Plant a Loquat Tree
3:14 Trees at 2.5 years old
3:54 Grafting some of the Loquat trees
5:34 Loquats are flowering!
6:50 Fruits are ready (5 Year Update)
8:13 Ways to use Loquat fruit
8:35 What's better? Grafted or No Grafted?
9:35 Loquat Satisfaction! :D
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@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Here’s another video you might like 😁 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BF2ZWVdUUkg.html By the way, I’ve added a few quick facts about Loquats in the video description if you’d like to know more about them :). Thanks so much for watching! -Kalem

@tealkerberus748 3 месяца назад

I wonder if the hairiness on some of the loquats protects them from fruit flies? As a fruit that exists to be eaten so that the seed will be deposited away from the parent tree, an unpalatable fur on the skin seems like a negative, so it must have some selective advantage in the areas where loquats are native. As a matter of keen interest, where would you say is the overall best place for growing fruit and vegetables for home use in NZ? My kids and I are kind of tired of droughts and kangaroos here, and we're looking to cross the Tasman for better farming conditions some time soon. Cheers from Victoria!

@brownericjason 3 месяца назад

Your ability to condense this 6 year process into a 10 minute video is simply AMAZING. Your passion for what you do is infectious and inspiring. Thanks so much for putting all the work into these videos for us

@maremacd 3 месяца назад

Agreed! I love that about his videos! But he never ages so it’s difficult to tell which is the older and which is the newer video. 😂

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Thanks so much! :)

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

😂😂

@nbarbettini 3 месяца назад

Major respect for the dedication to work on a video for 5+ years! Thanks for showing your loquat journey.

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@chinatownboy7482 3 месяца назад

We've all been waiting years for this video.

@ThePmfatima 3 месяца назад

These are so easy to grow and produce so much fruit so soon, that they used to be the childhood experiment of excellence in growing a tree from seed, when was a kid. That's because Portuguese people will try to plant and/or sow anything they can get their hands on, provided they have half a pound of dirt (and I mean it literally). Loquats are quite invasive and are everywhere in Portugal. I think there was a time when most backyards had at least one. We call them "nêsperas". The raw fruit is very much appreciated, and I, personally, used to eat them by the pound, when in season. The ones growing wild are much tastier than the ones you can buy. We don't really compare the flavor to any other fruit, because it's so distinct. Thanks for sharing, cheers from the other side of the world. Wth do you have 3 dislikes? Wh...? Some people are silly.

@prubroughton1864 3 месяца назад

I had a large grafted loquat fruiting well and suddenly had to move house I had a slightly bent seedling not in the best shape. I grabbed a small branch put in a plastic bag and it languished in fridge for about 10 days while we iced. I am not someone who has done much grafting. Grafted it taped it ( in middle of winter) and put it in a sheltered spot. After about 2 months it appeared to be growing above the graft. Looked after it well and in spring planted it out now 6 months later still small but growing well and looking very healthy 😊😊

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

That's awesome!

@Senoishi 3 месяца назад

Silly loquat fact, there's a "loquat's day" (día del níspero) in a city of Spain, apparently a festivity around the production of said fruit, but in Chile, "loquat's day" is an expression used jokingly for a day that will never come or will come way far in the future. Delicious fruit btw! maybe I'll plant one... el día del níspero :)

@aaronnauer2398 3 месяца назад

Can't stand when people say said whatever doesn't make you more intelligent

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Haha that's interesting!

@igorjee 23 дня назад

@@TheKiwiGrower Yes, but I'd add that níspero is a different fruit, it is medlar which is native to Europe (Mespilus germanica). Loquats are sometimes called japanese medlar in some languages (níspero japonés in Spanish) and of course are a newcomer in Europe and have nothing to do with medlar. So most likely níspero means medlar if it is an old saying in Spain and not the Asian fruit. Loquat arrived only 200 years ago and in turn, unfortunately, medlar has almost disappeared across Europe.

@GothBoyUK 3 месяца назад

I've got a Nispero (Japanese Loquat) that I grew from seed around 20 years ago. It hasn't flowered or fruited but it looks pretty. The joys of being in the northern part of the UK. 😂

@jamescanjuggle 3 месяца назад

All these videos are super inspirational for folks like us who hope to one-day have the space to be able to grow Thanks for making em!

@niamhfox9559 3 месяца назад

We've had some feral loquats pop up in the garden, the fruit is lovely and the tree is huge now.

@larakalevra2233 3 месяца назад

Oh lol, seeing those seedlings just solved a months-old mystery for me. I have these growing in a big pot with my passionflower, and I had no idea where they are from or what they are since they dont look even vaguely similar to any tree growing here. I bought some of those fruits last year and I must have planted a few of the big seeds in there haha.

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Haha well there you go! How cool

@ihopeugrow 3 месяца назад

6 years in the making! Love your passion and determination, very inspiring! You are so awesome!

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Thanks so much!

@scrotusmaximus3043 3 месяца назад

These grow in parking lot areas near me and the employees from the Asian stores always come and harvest a lot of them. Good stuff.

@sophiegossage 3 месяца назад

The gravel country road we grew up on in the Far North of NZ had loquats growing wild EVERYWHERE. We would ride our bikes as kids and just feast on them. You just needed to wipe the road dust off first!

@FallofftheMap 14 дней назад

Years to make this video and educate us other fruit growers around the world. Thank you. The loquats on my food forest appreciate you.

@tsugima6317 3 месяца назад

Loquats are delicious, and the blossoms smell wonderful.

@kolrhcp 3 месяца назад

Oh man this brought back some memories, by my old primary school in West Auckland there used to be a huge loquat tree that we would stop at on the way home and eat as many as we could. We didn't even know what they were at the time, just that they tasted delicious.

@PeterEntwistle 3 месяца назад

Incredible video, Kalem! I love how you show the entire process from seed to fruit! I grafted a couple of loquats last year, and I'm hoping to graft a few new varieties this year too. I have been grafting onto quince rootstocks as I want to keep them smaller in my garden, but hopefully, I will get some to fruit in the not too distant future 🤞

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Cheers Peter, and that's awesome! Well done, and good luck with them :)

@HFTL666 3 месяца назад

Great video. Quince rootstock is worth it. Loquat is HUGE! Quince keeps it more like 6 - 8 feet

@MitchK_ 3 месяца назад

I have a Loquat tree in my backyard, but I need a ladder to get the fruits off the top of the tree 😅. You should definitely trim them regularly if you're growing it for the fruit, but I love seeing all the flowers all over the tree (looks really cool), and the birds and squirrels go nuts for the fruit as well. ( I'd rather let the animals have the food )

@henriettasecker-shao 27 дней назад

Hello Kalem, just discovered your channel...hello from another Kiwi. And your description of you sitting up on the branch of the huge loquat tree eating as much as you could reminds me of me 'cos that is what I did in the fifties. Laugh! My family had a fruit shop in Parnell, Auckland and behind our shop, our neighbour had a huge tree, which I would raid quite often even though our fruit shop had every fruit and veg under the sun, my favourite fruit was the loquat. I have managed to grow two trees from seed and so happy to see my childhood tree back with me again. Laugh. Have subscribed Kalem. Keep up the good work. Lots of best wishes and blessings to you. xo

@johnkm77 3 месяца назад

I love loquat, but unfortunately it's too cold in my area. I'm hoping that one day I can have a large enough greenhouse to grow them in.

@andylo6877 3 месяца назад

I never thought anyone would grow loquat in Australia. It has a variety of white pulp that tastes like honey. In addition, when you cough, with loquat leaves and honey boiled into tea together, will have a very good effect.

@A.Spivey 25 дней назад

One of the best things about loquats is the feel of the slick seed as you roll it on your tongue. I grew up with a tree and would eat my fill and then suck on a seed from the last one for many minutes.

@Braddy_Daddy 3 месяца назад

Love your videos man, great seeing your plants grow.

@SowViableGardens 7 дней назад

I grow a Dwarf Premier Loquat tree. It’s a great tree for people who have a small garden and want to grow it in containers. The fruit is smaller but delicious

@Nihlink 3 месяца назад

Almost every house is Spain has one of these. They have them in public parks too

@dvdpastor 3 месяца назад

This is the first seed I grew as I child, I was six. My mother threw it away, as so many things, but this tree is so beautiful... and very hardy! This was my favourite fruit for years. And now, during winter, I enjoy the aroma of its flowers from some other trees around... Great choice!

@pgprentice 3 месяца назад

Awesome! Oh and Loquat makes an amazing wine! I made mine as a sweet desert wine. Cheers.

@roscoepettigrew3737 3 месяца назад

Massive love from the Naki my bro. Always wait for an upload from another kiwi brother 💙💙🙏🏽🙏🏽 mauri ora

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Cheers bro!

@Yuffimara 3 месяца назад

It’s been fun watching your subscribers grow over the years.

@JenniferA886 3 месяца назад

Nice job, cheers for the upload

@MyFruitPlants 3 месяца назад

I really enjoyed this video 👌

@kennstransky 3 месяца назад

Great video I loved seeing the annual growth

@grantadamson3478 3 месяца назад

Another great video. Thanks.

@judygude 3 месяца назад

Fantastic video Kalem! Thank you for your dedication to teaching us! ❤

@evemarkus 2 месяца назад

Just the video that I was looking for . Thanks for sharing your process

@tomjones2348 2 месяца назад

Well done! Great writing and editing. I learned exactly what I need to know to get my own plants started.

@OsirusHandle Месяц назад

nobody else does videos over this length of time. absolutely wonderful and such useful info

@JustBahareh 3 месяца назад

Another great video. Thanks a lot!

@Gonzalo_M 3 месяца назад

What a nice video! Thanks for sharing! 😊 you do amazing captures and it’s incredible to see all the progress! Keep it going please! 😋

@nataliaghidirim1655 3 месяца назад

Oooo dear.... so inspiring snd wholesome🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

@planterbanter 3 месяца назад

KiwiGrower what an epic video spanning so many years! I love your videos and the time/thought you put into them. Thank you bro!

@connieeasley4291 3 месяца назад

I need to try one!

@technoraptor7778 3 месяца назад

What a lovely video...I love loquats! It's also a childhood fruit for me...and I've always wanted a tree

@Haleyy75 Месяц назад

I’ve been dying to grow these trees! Thank you so much for this video. I learned a lot! Just potted mine today.

@gaius_enceladus 3 месяца назад

Great to see someone growing a fruit that isn't very common in NZ! Keep up the great work!

@samiam159007 3 месяца назад

Thanks for an update on these loquats! I started watching your channel about 7 or so years ago when you first started these. I tried my own, but watching this I realize now why I didn't get any fruit...I ordered dried seeds online somewhere. Not sure they would even grow in my climate though.

@user-jm2ll4rh2p 3 месяца назад

I have one I'm trying to bonsai. Love these

@MariaDuarte-gu7dj 3 месяца назад

In Portugal i have one of those trees in my backyard for 50 years. De most delicious fruit in the whole world! We call 5hem nesperas.

@ismailajallow9506 2 месяца назад

I really need the seed ....I am living in west Africa the gambia 🇬🇲...I want to see if its going to grow here too

@blackkennedy3966 20 дней назад

@@ismailajallow9506they will grow fine in west Africa loquat can grow in most places except cold climates

@alexandralite835 3 месяца назад

I looooove these thing's, their one of my favorites

@theresecrouch2924 2 месяца назад

Excellent video, I'm attempting to grow my own from fresh seeds for first time..I love loquats and love the health benefits they provide...really, you answered all my questions..ty..just found your channel..great job

@TonysSunnyGarden 3 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing this journey! I'm not sure but I think I never ate a loquat... Have to give them a try for sure. Love that last sentence! 🙏 Wish you a beautiful day ☀

@Mr.srinath 3 месяца назад

I am really intresting when your video come in. I've been growing with your advise for 2 years ago, I think❤❤

@Witchydigit 3 месяца назад

I love that you're showing how to be patient in the garden. So many online garden influencers are concerned with big yeilds now, and it's refreshing to see someone after my own heart, who doesn't mind taking a bit of time to watch stuff grow.

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

I'm glad you appreciate that side of things too :)

@jordoncailifours4488 3 месяца назад

great vid

@tonyvalente3151 3 месяца назад

Olá bom dia!!!A nespra é um fruto muito bom,e muito apreciado em Portugal!!!? É conhecido de duas maneiras, nespra ou maguenorios.!!!👍❤

@ThePmfatima 3 месяца назад

So interesting. Where are they known as maguenórios, do you know? I'm not familiar with that term.

@EdnaSabile95 Месяц назад

Your good bro, I learned a little from your channel, keep it up.

@lauramarieriver 2 месяца назад

wow, amazing! i love loquats. thank you for all this info. did you ever have the leaves as tea?

@yvonnebolin2622 3 месяца назад

Ill try to grow one here in Perth WA we have sand soils the ground water is shocking due to industry on the coast, lots of sun temps this year got in the 40s Celsius. 🙏 for results. Thank you for the inspiration 🥰

@Godisincontrol325 2 месяца назад

Excellent video 😊 and great content you have 🎉 I subscribed to your channel 🥇 Thank you for sharing your experience and wisdom 🙏 Many blessings..

@jeanetteburt3335 Месяц назад

Hi Kalem, new subbie here. I'm from Utakura, near Okaihau, Northland. We have a couple of 4-5mtr loquat trees which look great but have a bad habit of seeding themselves everywhere😡They are ok to dig out when small but a real pain if they have grown up a bit. Enjoyed your video, thanks for sharing. Jeanette.

@greenplanet9237 3 месяца назад

Good

@graceworley5017 2 месяца назад

Loquat leaves make a lovely peachy-orange natural dye! Because it's rich in iron, you don't need a mordant.

@davidwelty9763 3 месяца назад

I have the same childhood memories eating loquats in Southern California. I found it was easy to rub the fuzz off in my shirt before eating. Try it.

@ClaudiaGanzazarolli 3 месяца назад

Uma das frutas da minha infancia

@WaynJul Месяц назад

My neighbor had a Loquat tree that grew lots of fruits. But after a hurricane and drought it barely produces a handful of fruits. I saved a seed from one fruit that did grow this year. I want to plant it and grow my own Loquat tree. Living in south Texas.

@ClwnJuNkY 3 месяца назад

Loquats are the best . I have one down here in central otago

@63M1N1 3 месяца назад

love it, one of my favorite fruit. i don't know why, maybe because of pollination, but my tree did not give any fruit in years. also, in my language 'loquat' means to drink alcohol excessively xD we call it neshpula (croatian)

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Oh wow thats so interesting about the other meaning for the word!

@baddriversofcolga 3 месяца назад

Thanks for making this! I started some Christmas Loquat seeds in 2019. No fruit yet, but they haven't had the most ideal growing conditions. Maybe I'll get fruit next year if I'm lucky, though...

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Awesome, fingers crossed!

@BiwaLoquat-gu1gx 28 дней назад

Great

@priyankvmaiya Месяц назад

Nice video! Have you tried growing from cuttings? How long do they take to fruit, and what are their success rates?

@Ezra-bd9rb 3 месяца назад

Hello Kalem, good info ! I love this fruit ! By the way you look good with you beard 🧔 !!! 👏👏👏👏👏😅

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Haha thank you!

@briankimathi5033 2 месяца назад

Hello, kindly do a video on Macadamia nuts

@gr8handsftl Месяц назад

Love loquats, where I live in south Florida we really need to cover the trees and protect the fruit if we want to get any as the parrots and macaws like to fly in and eat them before they get completely ripe

@JuliusCzure 2 месяца назад

Could you do a update video on your feijoa trees?

@wessamsaifeldin6715 2 месяца назад

thanks for the informative video Sir. But I want to make sure that I understood the grafting right , after a 1 year growth you made a cutting from a fruiting tree and you fixed it on the top of the roots of the tree that was planted from seed ?? ia it right ? or you made roots for the cutting and fixed the tree from seed on the top ??

@CarlosGarcia-ii4zc 3 месяца назад

update on the black sapote next!

@belindahameister5977 3 месяца назад

My 2 are 20 yrs old and still no fruit :o(

@purposeful142 Месяц назад

That is beautiful . Itried as well but the plants didn't grow more than 1 ft 😊 I started growing peach tree from the fruit bought from the store , its 4 years old now . Last year its leaves turned curly , even though it had blossoms but it had no fruits. I used neem oil a couple of times , and after spring, the leaves became normal. It's the same happening this year. Any suggestions?

@AlexanderPoznanski 3 месяца назад

Do you recommend for loquat only a cleft grafting? Did you try also bud grafting?

@barron204 3 месяца назад

I grew three trees from seed based on your earlier video.

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

Cool!

@dominicanwar363 3 месяца назад

Could you taste any difference between the grafted / non-grafted fruit? I'm growing them here in Cyprus so would like to experiment.

@gartengeflugel924 3 месяца назад

That was really lovely to watch! I've been thinking a bit about loquats lately, though growing them outside here would probably be disappointing. I've got a potted one, but outside I'm pretty sure the flowers and fruit would always be frozen off. Do you know how much cold they could take at your place? Here we regularly dip down to -10°C once or twice a winter. The tree apparently should shrug it off pretty fine, but I have little hope any fruit would survive. If they can take something like -4 degrees, then maybe once or twice a decade we could harvest some fruit here in western central Europe. Well thanks for sharing your beautiful trees, cheers

@TheKiwiGrower 3 месяца назад

The trees are okay abround -10 to -12C and flowers / fruit will be damaged or killed at or around -3c i believe. Perhaps could work on some of your warmer years

@tsugima6317 3 месяца назад

Would they survive a snowfall? We have snow, but not every year. I love loquats and would love to grow my own tree and fruit.

@ellenithangeles3340 6 дней назад

Those this fruit tree do well in el paso texas?

@mn6420 3 месяца назад

Hi from the Naki. The seeds are very high in vitamin b17 or liatrile which helps the body to fight cancer. Would need to research more on this before trying though. Also the leaves can be brewed for a healthy tea.

@blackkennedy3966 20 дней назад

The seeds are literally poisonous. Especially to pets please don’t eat them

@MarlindMarlindi 10 дней назад

I have a loquat tree the size of a grown man and it makes so much fruit and you are not supposed to eat the skin

@gopxrock4950 2 месяца назад

Loquat from seeds take an average of 3 - 4 years to fruit if you take care of them. 5 - 7 years if you somehow forgot to take care of them on one point or another. I have 3 of them from seeds to fruit. All of them taste good. The 4th one is in the ground and it's the 2nd generation.

@-stayinzambia8950 3 месяца назад

You say loquat can be grafted onto a quince root stock? thanks or this information.

@LondonPower 18 дней назад

Do they need much water ? I have a tree in my home in Greece but the fruits are small

@NelsonZAPTM 18 дней назад

Are they frost hardy?

@xovouaed 3 месяца назад

Took me 7 years to get my seeds to start fruiting however i also live in the pacific northwest so winters aren't the nicest on them

@tzoumasmixalis1630 8 дней назад

Did you spray them with medicine so they don't get diseases? Nice info thanks

@tjasasmith1727 3 месяца назад

The one seed that had many saplings was probably polyembryonic, which means one sapling was different from mother tree, the others were the copy of the mother tree. And the other ones that had only one sapling were monoembryonic.