Lol he went yeaaaah? Lol

Is there that much variation between strawberries on one plant and does that variation correspond to the dna in the seeds of that fruit, and only that fruit? I always thought the strawberry flavour would be determined by the plant and the dna in its seeds determined by the plant and the plant it pollenated with.

What a pathetic greedy miserly old man. Most countries such as the Middle East or Pakistan would offer something that was as such high value to them for free as a guest (check vloggers all over youtube who frequent these places showing and proclaiming how hospitable the people are) they maybe poor in material terms but they are rich in the heart and contentment which makes all the difference, this miserly old bitter man couldn't even offer one from the farm he grows for the camera! This is what happens when wealth and money become your god till you almost worship them and you have no contentment and all you see is poverty.

@@basilbrush9075if you were to grow from seed, but he isn’t doing that. Avocados are also not grown from seed because it’s so rare to find a good one from seed (1/10000). Which is why all avocados you purchase are originally grafted from a rare growth.

Yup, this is the old way we created genetically modified organisms or GMOs. Now we have CRISPR tech and things like that. But it's still remarkable to take the time and make a product the "old school way."

Patience at best

Yeah, when I was a kid we used to drive far to a farm where you could pick your own strawberries. I still think of them to this day. They were much tastier than the ones sold at the store. Sad that many people will never experience how delicious a lot of fruit can be.

Oh yeah, I remember those. They were huge and mutant and tasted amazing. I have wondered what happened to them...

I don't think you understand how strawberry are grown.....

@@nntflow7058 They can be grown by seed depending on the hybridization characteristics of the cultivar in addition to bare-root/tissue culture

@@toyotadriver8101 he means you shit them out

He still can💩😅

If you plant the seeds, the strawberry that will grow will not be the same as the "mother".

its really good tho

It would appear he's earned it, as well.

Exactly. The 350 pound’s strawberry is the man’s life work. May be even going back generations. Careful selective breeding. So its fair enough to say that I won’t spend 350 pounds on a strawberry but it’s unfairly denigrating to say that the strawberry isn’t even a strawberry bla bla bla 🙄 People pay a huge amount for caviar or truffles. And in the case of truffles, they aren’t even cultivated. So what i hope is that this horticulturalist allows people to use his “seed/cuttings” etc and gets a license fee for life from it. Hopefully it brings the price of the strawberries down while he makes the money he deserves for cultivating the strawberry

Yes. Japanese often treat these fruits as flex gifts to new people they meet.

@@meowarfmoodamn I need to find some Japanese friends then 😂

They weren’t my plums!

....my plums are worth about £2.50.....old and wrinkled....

​@@mkace2198Sugoi rich Japanese only buy.

@Jogger Crimewave my wife would kill me if I did either of those too tbh 🤣

She won't kill you if you let her take the first bite. ^_^

I wouldn't even justify spending a fiver on one strawberry lol

@@Lungoosenot even £1 on a single strawberry

@@Lungooseif it’s good enough, £20 for a strawberry is fine. It’s for the experience of tasting the most sublime strawberry you’ve ever eaten.

There is no way anyone can make an excuse for a $350 strawberry "craftsmanship" lol give me a break Next time, it'll be an $1000 strawberry and folks will still come out and say it's worth it because it's craftsmanship. It's stupidity.

@@tshirtnjeans4829 anything can be expensive if there's value in it, there's nothing stupid about it, rich people can afford this, if you can't then its whatever

@@tshirtnjeans4829 I mean that's just normal inflation these days...

​@@Hawkhunter07 You make a point. If idiots spend thousands on monkey jpegs and Bitcoin, they'll spend $350 on a strawberry and call it craftsmanship while the farmer is in the back laughing his ass off

@@tshirtnjeans4829 These are not strawberries that were grown normally, they require an extraordinary amount of exceptional care to get to the quality that they're at. Plus is it that strange though? Rich people are always willing to spend extra money for food that's of exceptional quality.....I wouldn't do it, but this certainly makes more sense than buying monkey jpegs

So your going all the way to Japan.. to buy a strawberry.. more money than sense some of these gold diggers

​@@flemonmymouth6666not really something for you to worry about though, is it?

Incredible country, the food has to be amongst the very best on the planet

I wouldn't pay more than 3£ for a kilo

Or a TV show production budget.

@@FahadanKhalidwell I’m thinking their a bit better than your average box, probably like eating good quality sweets. So you pay a bit more but fuckin 20+ £ for 1 is a bit excessive.

There’s only so much sense one can have, but no real limit to money. If your wealth is such that £350 is proportionately the same as £1 to most people’s bank accounts, why not buy the delicious strawberry for “£1”?

@@RiverBlakefulbecause it's dumb and supports a nonsensical business. the "perfect" strawberries? massive amounts of pesticides.

Funnily enough anyone who happens to have the name Paul Hollywood and have 100% of his genetic makeup is also a mug.

Sell your kidney

@@ELLI0TR0DGER no

I'd rather steal one

@@dogsarentdangerous1195 words of someone who clearly doesnt understand what they're talking about. yes there will be lots of diminishing returns on say a 20 dollar strawberry vs a 400 dollar strawberry but its an experience, not just a strawberry. you're paying to experience the peak of what can possibly exist.

@@Novafan’peak’ according to the guy who’s selling it to you. You can get just as nice strawberries for far less but won’t believe it because it hasn’t got the ludicrous price to signify it

Come to Finland. Best strawberries in the world... After this Japanese dude obviously

no one in their right mind would buy them to eat in Japan either - they are mostly bought as gifts

UK has some of the best in the world

Grow your own

@@karkkimarkkinat2109sorry I’d have to say irish strawberries. And I’m not Irish so that isn’t biased 😂

Paul went to the strawberry farm. its much cheaper than department store strawberries! make him go to Mitsukoshi or Takashimaya Shinjuku department store. or Isetan Shinjuku and go to fruit session. Mr. Paul go to MELON farm. its 600 pounds each.

Good ebening

ba* dum* psh*

Mary berry

Thanks for making it bold otherwise we'd have missed the terrible joke

$360+ for that single strawberry. This guy spent years of his life crafting it, and he's charging 1year's worth at a dollar a day.

@@00MrPanda00 Looks like Paul is paying ￥50,000?

@@00MrPanda00 wrong. its nothing to do with it, what you are paying for is his astronomical electric bill for the hps and hid lights. these are hydroponic strawberries.

@cmeldrum3857 why are you out here just to insult people? Your own insecurities are showing...

Right? I'd do it for a once in a lifetime thing. Why not!

Hi

Broke

@@hazzurs Yeah, I'd be, if I would waste my money like that.

@@Bluestrecords so get your money up 💀

@@hazzurs you don’t add value

@@patty109109 ur mother

I think the farmer prefers to sell it for 350 pounds lol.

Rich ppl have money to use. And more money to use again. Thats why

Source : trust me bro my friend told me

If people are willing to pay, let them.

I can tell you. I’m from a small town in Belgium and there’s a strawberry farm couple mins from my place. You can buy half a kilo for 5 euros and the strawberries look like the 350 pound one. And they taste very sweet.

@@peter-xw1mu Hi from the U.K.! I’m not even joking UK strawberries are so bitter I’ve stopped using them in desserts, I found this small fruit shop at a farm and they were selling strawberries, they were huge deep red strawberries, they tasted like heaven, the thing that shocked me was their sweetness, I sat and ate the lot with no sugar and no cream, they were from Belgium, I went back for more but they had been sold and I haven’t found them since.

@@ventibreeze6648 I'm from the UK also and have always believed i hated Strawberries. Reading these comments make me believe i've just been eating shite strawberries.

The whole reason theses market's exist is expensive gifts for executives, most of the fruit is thrown away as it is not really that good tasting to begin with. It is all about the extravagance. You can find many youtubers trying these products and being disappointed.

@@TheBaldr Indeed this is all driven by a tradition that got intertwined into a toxic capitalistic and materialistic version of it.

They're basically Africans

@@jamesjameson4566 What do you mean? I don’t understand.

@@Tennisisreallyfun African people have this attention to detail and dedication to the highest level

@@jamesjameson4566 Ah, now I understand. That’s true, their tribal crafts represent an incredible level of skill, detail, dedication, and discipline to achieve perfection. And even some of their food stuffs such as spices, coffee, etc… However, I must say, for fruit cultivation, I have never seen a near-scientific level of perfection such as this! This is amazing!

@@Tennisisreallyfun they are amizing technicians in all fields, the world owes then a debt.

Oh and then he would be selling them for 5000k a jar.😁