I love that your shirt matched!

I live in Hawaii, and these grow like weeds everywhereeeee and Ive never heard of anyone locally eating these!! Thank you for this!! Im born and raised big island, and I love that I have just learned of this!! 25 yrs old and me and my mom family, never heard of this. It grows wildly everywhere here. Im so stoked!

The face of joy after 5 years of hard work! That was awesome

"I only have one" reminds me of finding wild raspberries on a hike to Russian Beach in northern California. There were only six. They were the best things I have ever tasted, and I wanted to cry. 😁

That was truly fascinating! Never knew anything like that existed. Loved the look on your face it was truly priceless.

This is one of the best videos yet. The look of anticipation on your face when Emily tries the fruit is priceless. Thank you for my smile of the day.

Dying monstera was given to me from a flower shop in BH. I threw it in my backyard under a palm tree when I lived in LA. It never fruit but kept splitting. So I brought 2 small ones to LV when I moved. I’m going to take good care of them till they fruit. They are doing well in my bathroom!! So exciting.

I live in tropical Queensland Australia and have grown up with these fruits, we also call them fruit salad plants because they taste a bit like fruit salad … but we have two different varieties of this plant, one that produces fruit, and the other one does not produce any fruit at all and is just an ornamental plant, our plant produces fruit all year round and is not seasonal… you can just cut off some of the stem to grow another plant, you don’t need any roots you can grow it from cutting, we cut the top off the main plant stem and trim off some of the leaves and cut it into 12 - 14 inch lengths and stick the cuttings into the ground and each piece will grow. I am happy you are enjoying the fruit.

Wow, I had no idea the fruit from the monstera is edible, let alone so delicious. Monstera grows wild here and I have seen the fruit, but always just thought it is a seed pod. I am so excited to scour the neighborhood in search of some delicious fruit! Thanks Brian...you are always a source of great information!

Wow! I had to read the title two or three times because I never knew that this plant which I have only seen as a houseplant actually grew fruit. Thank you so much for sharing!

Congratulations! The joy on your face was priceless 😊

I'm from Hawaii. That plant is all over the island. How did I not know of this?😶 I seen the fruit but never thought of it as a fruit, just seeds. 😐Wow, I learn something new. Mahalo.😉

This is so cool! I had no idea these could produce a fruit-and evidently an amazing tasting one at that!

This is awesome! I bought one for my wife for her birthday and its been in the house since! You better believe that sucker is going outside next to my plumerias. Cant wait for 5 years!!

Only peel the scales off that do EASILY peel off. If you peel off the others to soon the fruit will feel like it is “cutting “ the inside of your mouth. My parents had a monsterio (as we called it) and it is definitely my favourite fruit too. Brisbane Australia.

I’d love to try it. So far, cherimoya, rambutan, mangosteen, lychee, longan and mango are my faves

wow this plant looks so pleasing to the eye and the fruit is a bonus

Never knew such fruit, looks so delicious, thank you for sharing this with us! You tropical plants look amazing, you should make videos on how to grow and care for them.

Very exciting, love how happy that made you!! I'm in Baltimore so I suspect I'll never have a chance to try one but watching you made me smile!

Thanks, I grow these in several locations in my garden BUT all 4 are either under large liquid ambers or large bamboo, so not sure your right re water. Mine fruit readily without any additional water, however they are tropical plants so I guess extra water won't hurt. The fruit ARE delicious. After you remove the outer skin from all the ripe sections use a sharp knife or even a fork and place all flesh in a small bowl and then mash it to a pulp. Don't worry about the little black bits just mash it, add some ice cream or better still fresh cream and you have a yummy nutrition packed health food. I grow mine on the Central Coast of NSW and they are healthy as can be, just got to beat the possums to them.

I happened upon one of these fruits at a local produce store over a decade ago. I’ve never been able to find one again, though not for lack of trying. It’s the best tasting fruit I’ve ever had. It’s like pineapple, kiwi, and banana all in one.

I grew up in Mexico during the 90s, and my grandma had a few monstera deliciosas. My grandpa told us we could eat the fruit and we didn't believe him at first, but we were kids and wanted to try a weird and new fruit, best memories ever. I haven't had them in years since my grandparents passed away, and nobody took care of their house and plants😢

So very cool! Happy you were able to harvest this!

I loved your video! I live in outback Queensland and have had one growing in a shady spot out of our extreme heat(30-45c in summer and down to-3c in winter) this year I have been blessed with 2 fruits at one time. So just waiting for them to ripen. I also have 3 varieties of sweet potatoes growing well. God is good!! He blesses my efforts.

You sounded like me when the Plant City (FL) strawberries first come out each year. Strawberries are my favorite fruits, and the ones grown in the Plant City are the best of the best (in my opinion!) and just savoring the first ones of the season makes me so happy!

Wow, I am drooling just to look at the fruit. Also, I learned something new today. Thanks!

Wow that looked delicious now I wanna try one, never heard of them before thanks for sharing 🥰💐

That's a really long wait. So glad it tastes good. I need to get this plant now, and see if it'll like the deep south. Thanks for the video!

That's a LONG wait!♥️🌱👍🏼

Holy cow!!! That was amazing!! I wish someone (besides Willy Wonka) would come up with smellivision or tasteivision for episodes like this. Good for Emilie for trying it. I love when we get to at least hear her. Your excitement was palpable, Brian. One fruit in five years makes it truly special! Enjoy, but be sure you save a bite for Noah. Love and hugs🥰🤗❤️

That is so cool! Excited for you!! Sounds so good!

Bahaha you are so funny like a little kid, I’m from PR and I know the feeling of fresh fruit in your backyard. I truly enjoyed this episode and congratulations

Thank you for sharing that experience with us!

I love cherimoyas so I think I’d enjoy this, too. Also, the look on your face in anticipation of Emily’s reaction.☺️ Now you know to plan to plant many of these close to water at the new place!

Very exciting. Thanks for sharing. I’m not a house plant person but whatever it needs I’m willing to try it. Thanks again💕

WOW so happy you found your favorite fruit. So interesting! I love yr videos.😊 your face says it all 😂

This is the best show I’ve ever watched! Seriously Lolol

By the expression on your face, I would say the wait was well worth it. 🤗😊😋

Oh my gosh... We've had these as ornamental plants back in Brazil (I grew up there and then moved to Canada and now Portugal). I put everything I thought was edible in my mouth, didn't die and continue to do that even as an adult... And I have never tried this... I remember my mom and I had these in our garden back in Brazil, I remember the flower and the fruit.... Damn it! In Brazil it is called Adam's Ribs (costela de adão).

I got one of those monstera fruits at a roadside stand in Ohio about 30 years ago and it was delicious! I’ve never seen another since then. Maybe I should try growing one myself!

I just got one of these fruits! I tried eating it but apparently it wasn't fully ripe because it made me feel like I took a bite out of fiberglass insulation or something. I thought it was ripe because the scales had peeled off from a portion of it on their own, and I only tried the part where the scales had fallen off already! Just gotta be extra careful wtih this fruit!

I AM SO EXCITED ABIUT THIS! I live in Florida, and just bought a Monstera a couple of weeks ago. I have work to do to see if I can get mine to fruit, but maybe, in my lifetime…..

That was such a fun video!! I hope you can get the other ones to fruit also.

Love the shirt ❤️ very interesting, thank you for sharing

It almost looks like a pine cone before it’s fully mature 💚🙃

I love your shirt! What an appropriate choice! 😆 Fun video, thanks!

Wow. Saw this fruit Central Kenya and suspected it could be edible. Took a photo, Google Lens and here I am. Thank you for sharing this

I have these as plant on my balcony and we got 4 on it, I thought it was just a pine cone and now I’ll have a great treat to enjoy yay

Ha! That explains the name: delicious! My next goal is to get a Monstera and collect the fruit. Thanks for the video!

I ate a beautiful one of these in the Keys a couple of years ago from the Grimal Grove gardens 😍

Wow, I would never thought that one of my preferred plants could also offer me a tasty fruit 😲. Happy for you lucky guys 😊👍

I love the reaction!! 🌺

How exciting. I know fruit trees take some time to bare their fruit.

My mom has one of these growing and we just threw away the white flowers because they ooze a sticky substance and it stinks really bad. Didn't know to let it keep developing into fruit.

Cool! I grow some funky stuff in the basement. I will add monstera to the funky stuff that I grow in the basement :) This fruit and flower looked very similar to the stuff that grows on my zamioculcas plant. Zamioculcas fruit smells good and spicy but I doubt it is edible :) Thanks so much for sharing! ♥

Wow I never even knew they flowered that’s amazing 🤩

HOW EXCITING! I have never heard of them!!!

How Very Cool! 🤩 I have this plant and thought I’d lost it when we had our Big 🥶 Freeze here in Texas during February. I doubt I would ever get fruit from it, but you can be sure I’ll water it more and take even better care of it from now on!

Pinecone plant! Cool! It doesn't look like much but Nature fools us sometimes. Lots of fun to see your enthusiam. I have decided you are at National Treasure status. Congrats! Keep up the great work! I shot my wad with my better half over my avocado trees. Growing them in the northeast is very difficult. Since they don't fruit for 7-8 years it takes a lot of patience.

Its news for me wow , really good information thanks you ,, garden lover

Loved that!!!

That's so neat! I had no idea!!!

“Right here is a plant that a lot of ppl that may have lived through thre 70s know as one of the most popular plants of the time...” I didn’t hear “house” and this plant was not what I expected 🤣🤣

Awwww I love this! Only plant/nature people will understand the excitement

That is really neat. I have never seen one. Glad it is good.

I grew up in sub-tropical Queenslnd Australia where these grow easily. I got to eat them all the time so i find it funny that people don’t know about them. My own plant has about 8 fruits developing right now but I did not know they needed so much water so that was useful information.

Whoa!! That looks amazing bro!! Time for a green house build 😎

I agree with Emily. Wow! I must get some now!

Frist time to see this fruit, maybe I've seen one in the past but never thought that it's edible. Thanks, now I know :)

Amazing!!! We have one - so, more water! And looking at yours, I know our's is getting too much sun. Part of Africa, thats' kind of obvious. Greetings from South Africa.

There is a rare fruit farm in San Diego. Nice to be so close by

I live in the southern Caribbean. I planted two of these outdoors a few years ago, and one finally bore a single fruit! Waiting for it to ripen now, didn't realise it would take so long...

Thanks for doing this. I had no idea my monstera might produce a fruit. I'm 8a NC and going to try to plant it in a moist area of my yard and see what happens.

That’s amazing! I want to try some now lol

Awesome! I knew they produced a fruit, but for some reason I thought it didn't taste good. Now I'm looking at my monstera like, you wanna go live outside?👀🤔😂

Wow I have it in my garden. I live in hawaii up to the valley and monstera very happy here. I saw the fruit but i'm not thinking I can eat it😂😂 No wonder the wild pig really like it. Will try next time 👍😀

So interesting loved the bit about the roots going into your stream nature is clever! Hope u left Noah some?! ☘️☘️☘️☘️

Ooo, congrats!

Brian, please do a session on gardening in a drought. We just got word we will only get 55 gal per person per day here in Nor Cal. Many will face similar situations. Got lots of suggestions from FB NLG community. Hope this will be a good video for your followers.

Bro I never new the plant existed let alone a fruit I live in Fresno Ca for those of you who don’t know there is more than one in the states it gets very hot here at times but I would love to grow one of these fruit plants just because you have done it lol but I will have to build a special cool spot for it thanx for sharing this with us bro your awesome

How exciting, Brian! So happy for you. May you have more fruit in the future! Did Noah get to try it? 🤣

Add to my bucket list.

It is delicious!

Fascinating discovery!

Oh poor Noah! 🤣 Please, save some scales! I would love to try dehydrating them and crushing for a seasoning. It is my guess that it would make for an interesting flavor profile. That is so cool! My mama had one or two of those plants when I was growing up too! Who knew? 🤷‍♀️

First time I ever tried it was in Homestead Florida. At a place called Robert is here. It taste exactly like a cross between a banana and a pineapple. If you put it in a brown paper bag with an actual banana in it it will help ripen quicker :)

Cool! I've got a fairly large Monstera in my yard (9B) - it's gotta be close to 10 years old. Shame we're on water restrictions this year, otherwise, I'd try watering the heck out of it to see if I can get fruit (I honestly had no idea).

Huh...I had one of those as a houseplant for many years...it never budded or fruited, but then, I had no idea that it could. They are beautiful houseplants that really liven up a space and add a lot of drama when lit from below (great shadows on the walls and ceiling).

Man ive lived in florida for so long and had no idea these guys produced fruit!! Ive seen them around flowering and fruiting but never knew it was edible . I always thought they were maybe a flower or seed pod. I gotta get my hands on some!!!

amazing

So glad you got one after 5 years. Better save Noah a bite or the next time you get one ripe you may not get any.

How exciting!

So cool!!!

we call them fruit salad fruit also. I have about 20 in my backyard here in australia and i haved loved this fruit ever since i was a child. The black little bits on the flesh also are abit hot so some like to clean them off. It must be eaten ripe as it can be bad for you otherwise. I made a hot sauce with it as a major ingredient and it was absolutely deliciosa lol

Hi there , I’ve just recently starting growing , it’s such a cool hobby, loving it , May I ask a question , I’ve planted all my plants in containers , I just bought me some chicken manure , do I just add on top of my plants .

wow im from hawaii monstera grows wild all over never knew about the fruit ive seen the flower didnt know fruit was edible how interesting

I grew up in a tropical country and never knew they produced an edible fruit.

I live in Bermuda and these grow everywhere. We call them locust and honey fruit. Not sure why. We put the unripe fruit in a paper bag to help it ripen faster.

5 years, now that's commitment to the "Next Level"! See what I did there! Love it!

My favorite fruit.