The Speedy Fruit Tree You Need to Grow! Tamarillo / Tree Tomato

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The Speedy Fruit Tree You Need to Grow! Tamarillo / Tree Tomato

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Tamarillo or Tree tomato is one of the fastest fruit trees to grow, providing delicious fruits in under 2 years from seed!
Not only do these South American fruit trees grow extremely fast, they're also easy to propagate, produce abundant harvests through Autumn and Winter, and the tamarillos can be used in many ways - eaten fresh or used in sweet or savoury dishes.
I'll be showing you how to grow tamarillos (also called tree tomatoes, or tomate de árbol), from seed to harvest and share some care requirements to consider.
We'll also do a tasting of the multiple tamarillo varieties that I'm growing, so you can see how different the varieties are.
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0:00 Tamarillos are one of the fastest trees to give you fruit
0:35 What are tamarillos / tree tomatoes
1:43 Different varieties
2:12 Protecting tamarillo tree from frost and wind
4:50 Pruning tamarillos
5:44 Soil requirements
6:43 Propagating tamarillos - Growing from seed
7:51 How long do tamarillo tree live for
8:39 How to know when tamarillos are ripe
9:46 Tasting tamarillos
14:24 Tamarillos for testicles
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@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Do you live in a cold climate? Here's a very cool fruit that you could consider growing! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gsyJdKd8upeoXY0.htmlsi=QKNKoTc7th0l_Bml

@peterpanda5069 Ай бұрын

That smell is so distinctive, you can tell when someone’s brushed past one. Worth adding that even though they’ll only last 7-10 years you can keep propagating them from cuttings for ever, I’ve got one that’s a 5th generation cutting from a tree that was new in the 90s!

@deathpyre42 Ай бұрын

do the new ones grow faster from a cutting than from seed?

@xiraoit9342 26 күн бұрын

@@deathpyre42 seed

@lipng3474 Ай бұрын

Wow awesome fruit, Tamarillo.

@kali-66 2 ай бұрын

As a kid when my Mum bought them they sat in the fruit bowl until the skin started to shrivel, that's when they are fully ripe, then we would sprinkle the halves with sugar before scooping. I like to put the flesh with some honey to sit in the fridge overnight to sweeten and draw out the juices, then eat with yoghurt. They make delicious chutney. I grow them in Greymouth West Coast with a bit of shelter, they dont ripen until late winter here, waiting for my gold ones to fruit for the first time.

@craigswart1751 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for all the info. Living in Johannesburg, South Africa. We Collected a whole harvest of the pulp, macerated with a high abv alcohol, then filtered and diluted with a sugar syrup to make one of the most interesting and delicious liqueurs we have ever tasted. It had a beautiful under note of passion fruit, with a slight acidity of fresh tomatoes. Thank you again for sharing propagation tips!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Sounds really interesting! Thanks for sharing

@GeorgeLucas1138 2 ай бұрын

This sounds so good dude

@asupremum1246 Ай бұрын

Im glad to see I'm not the only one that finds the scent of its foliage very pleasant

@yingle6027 2 ай бұрын

As a kid they were my least favourite fruit, as an adult I savour each one like a gift from the Gods.

@Pink7omy Ай бұрын

I honestly love the second time when you said tamarillos in the native language. I learned something new today. 😂❤

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Here's the link to bid on the juicy conjoined Tamarillo for testicular cancer awareness! www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/home-living/food-beverage/fresh-produce/listing/4744902894 (Fruit can only be sent within NZ)

@MitchK_ 2 ай бұрын

I hope you get a high bid for the awareness! Those twins turned out to be really cool 😅

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Update: The fruit sold for $110 and it has been donated to Testicular Cancer NZ (charity). Thanks to those who checked the listing out :)

@meloniestewart2940 14 күн бұрын

Tamarillo aka Tree Tomato supportive of heart health 🙏🏼💕🙏🏼

@siarlbychan 24 күн бұрын

Tamarillo reminds me of a tropical 'fruit' tree that I encountered while living for almost two years in Honduras. Tamarindo or Tamarind in English. A wonderful juice made from the interesting seed pods is such a wonderful treat in the hot Summers. Jugo de Tamarindo.

@chambielion70 Ай бұрын

Ooh my favorite Winter treat . Lucious red tamarillo cut into small chunks , fresh celery sliced , fetta cubes and Italian dressing .Mouth watering as I write .❤

@gilbertomartinez6981 2 ай бұрын

I remember admiring that fruit back in the late 80's while in Peru. thanks

@KiwiGran1 2 ай бұрын

The red ones are my favourite, firm but not too ripe. Put slices on top of cheese on toast - yum!! Watch out for the pair of hard stones on either side of the centre line of the fruit (just below the skin) - they can break your teeth - we always cut them out after peeling. Peeling them with a potato peeler is best - not too much of the bitter pith and not too much waste. Can't wait to see them in the shops again. I had no idea that they grew so quickly - must try propagating some. Great video. Thanks.

@SageRosemaryTime Ай бұрын

My family grew up in New Zealand always looking forward to Tamarillo season .They were a boost to our vitamin C intake and we always had them as a Savoury . The Red Teds . We'd have them on wholemeal toast with plenty of salt 'n pepper and Raw Garlic - as a total cold/flu buster. A big Red Ted can have up to 1000 mgs of vit C. Thanks for the data on how to grow them . A food forest featuring Fejoas and Tamarillos for a healthy Winter.

@kenwest6576 2 ай бұрын

Great timely vid. I'm a kiwi living in Florida. We can't buy them in the stores, so a couple of months ago I picked up some seeds online. So far so good, I've 4 good looking plants in pots. Let's hope they do as well as the ones you are showing us.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Nice one, all the best with them!

@70122riley 2 ай бұрын

Where in FL? I have a small seedling in a pot in Zone 9B about halfway up the state and just saw I might have some trouble growing them.

@brentknauff 7 күн бұрын

It's so beautiful. I can't believe more people don't know or have these. .

@therisingphoenix00 2 ай бұрын

Hobby gardener from Austria in the middle of the Alps here: I grow tamarillos on my balcony but they never quite make it to fruiting before i have to cut back for overwintering in my basement. Unfortunately we only have the red variety here, hope someday i can get seeds of others too. They are quite hardy for an exotic plant, i prune back drastically to hibernate in a cool dark basement for up to 5 months til spring here. When back from the basement they usually already started sprouting new leaves in the dark and will bounce back rapidly, i love them for the big leaves which shade my balcony nicely. Only downside is that aphids seem love the tamarillo even more then i do ;-) Thanx for the nice video, really envy you for your harvest!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Oh wow, yeah they can definitely be tricking in colder places but glad they bounce back for you!

@VladAuTravel 2 ай бұрын

Because of this guy I bought Pepino Melon and I love it, such a hardy sweet plant! Now I am thinking about all fruits he shows...In Melbourne we have warmer climate that in NZ so I definitely can grow shown plants. I also, as other commented here, already wait for your next video!😁

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

That's awesome, glad your enjoying them!

@maritajohnson9541 2 ай бұрын

Always love seeing the notification that you postet something❤ enjoyable everytime

@Shenanirats 2 ай бұрын

When I was a poor student the nana flat/sleep out I rented on my landlord's property [in Napier] had one of the red ted's trees growing in my little spot. The landlord hated them, and said I could help myself. I'd seen them in the supermarket but had never been able to justify paying for them. I lived on those things for a year. It was a good year. They stew up and freeze really well, too.

@palestine2795 2 ай бұрын

It would be awesome to see a video of you trying to grow an olive tree. I’m from Palestine and they are really prominent over here! Love all your videos!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Great suggestion! Thanks :)

@kajsjoqvist5274 2 ай бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrowerwhat about figs? Or have you done figs?

@itsgonnabeanaurfromme 2 ай бұрын

Don't they take forever to grow? By the time he has a tree, KZfaq won't be a thing anymore.

@palestine2795 2 ай бұрын

@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme From my experience it takes about 4ish years for the tree to start growing olives. But once its there it produces a lot and for a long long time

@oftin_wong 2 ай бұрын

@@palestine2795 An olive tree reaches maximum production at 70 years old

@sandrinakeffufal6008 2 ай бұрын

I love the work you put into these videos, filming the steps from start to finish over time, I appreciate it! I thought I wouldn't be able to grow these at my place as I get light frosts but I will give them a go in a sheltered spot :)

@dawnezone8491 2 ай бұрын

YES!! Grew them from seed in Wairoa. The trees only lasted a couple of years, but so worth it!!

@mcwolf1969 2 ай бұрын

This is an excellent and fun way to raise awareness! I’m sad I can’t bid, being from Alaska, but I do wish the best for the winner! Thanks Kalem for all you do on this channel!

@dvdpastor 2 ай бұрын

How beautiful! It's such a pleasure watching so much colour hanging in those trees, wow! About the name, in every South American country I've been, they're called 'tomate de árbol', and that's how I call it, even if in my local grocery they want to call it 'tamarillo' (-illo in Spanish is a diminutive suffixe, I'm not sure if they wanted to combine the name Tama with the Mexican 'tomatillo' -Physalis ixocarpa-), but I think tamarillo is mostly used as a commercial name around here. Great video, as ever, thanks!

@MomsSelfReliance 2 ай бұрын

That's an interesting fruit, i never saw one before. I didn't even know about this fruit before 😮thanks for sharing this video.

@mannaphilip8631 2 ай бұрын

plants giving life lessons 😃

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Haha what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!

@tobyrusiya Ай бұрын

I like listening to you in every video you upload. Very informative

@marcrenato3484 2 ай бұрын

Living in Ireland and watching your videos makes me always jealous 😅 . I ❤ your channel

@patriciaterry5539 Ай бұрын

Wow! New subscriber from United States!

@TheKiwiGrower Ай бұрын

Welcome to the channel!

@drrahilakurdi5943 2 ай бұрын

Pakistan mey sawat key share mey bot zeyda hi or zaika be zabardast hi ❤❤❤

@jonathan_r_lee92 2 ай бұрын

Never seen a Tamarillo in person before but if you had only shown a photo of one without any fruit, and I didn't know that they existed, I would have immediately thought that it was a giant pepper plant. It's stems and leaves look more like a pepper plant than a tomato or potato. Wish I could grow them here because they'd be cool to have.

@almostthere3733 15 күн бұрын

Sometimes a frost will help to increase or concentrate the sugar content in the fruit or tuber. There are garden crops that we leave in the ground until the first frost (if they are a late variety) like carrots, potatoes, sometimes tomatoes, beets, etc.

@billytingen3567 2 ай бұрын

I live in Kentucky USA and have followed you for a long time. I really appreciate you sharing your enthusiasm for growing such a unique and wonderful selection of plants and fruits. You do such a great job describing all aspects of the plants from seed to fruit as well as conditions for growth. While I may not be able to grow the selections you present, here in Kentucky, I very much enjoy all of your videos for the awesome content.. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Hopefully I’ll be able to share some more fruits that grow in colder regions in future as well :)

@felinetherapy4782 2 ай бұрын

Such pretty looking fruit. Had no idea there was a grapefruit spoon!

@PeterEntwistle 2 ай бұрын

Wow, I love the wide range of colours and sizes of tamarillos you are growing, Kalem! Hoping my tamarillo eventually fruits for me here 🤞

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed!

@ravaanighaemmaghamy64 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! I've been struggling with my tamarillo tree but you've given me the advice I need. ❤

@thedesertgardner101 2 ай бұрын

Amazing fruit. Your way of explaining things is very unique. Lots of love from India♥

@tresatlantes Ай бұрын

Here in the Canary Islands they’re called tamarillo or tomate de árbol. We grow them in our garden and they’re really fast growing and lovely. I love sniffing their leaves, too 😂😂😂

@mcbrite Ай бұрын

9:56 I love that view! I live close to the alps, so mine are quite different... I bet with high clouds that looks awe-inspiring! Like a dream!

@markusbramley 2 ай бұрын

Love your videos man. Keep up the awesome work.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Thanks man

@SaidAlSeveres 5 күн бұрын

Tengo que decirlo este hombre es hermoso

@Ckawauchi35 Ай бұрын

I have never heard of this fruit before. They look like utterly overgrown pepper plants, even the fruits! I wish I could grow them here in the desert. Thank you for the information.

@peter5.056 Ай бұрын

I reckon that language evolves, and linguistic rules never stay the same.

@bruzagroves3651 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info on fruiting time! I grew up with parents always calling them tree tomatoes!

@MB-co6qj 2 ай бұрын

Fav channel posts again😍

@kathrynkidd7828 2 ай бұрын

Stewed with some sweetener and used as flavour for homemade ice cream, or just eaten with yoghurt or ice cream…delicious.

@liyakhan9968 2 ай бұрын

Great video, Kalem! I always thought that tamarillo stands for tomate amarillo, meaning yellow tomato from Spanish... And I also read from Dr. Greger that tomatoes are great for prostata (tomato cut in half even looks similar to it), so might the tamarillos be as well as they are from the same family ❤

@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep 2 ай бұрын

Forget even growing it for food it has huge ornamental value to all those hanging fruit too.

@AntonColores 2 ай бұрын

lovely video again. I love how you introduce these (sub)tropical fruits and your journey to propagate and grow them. 🌴

@livingjustright90 2 ай бұрын

Very interesting. We cant grow tree tomatoes here as too many hard frosts. Ive tried all methods known to man. As a child we lived in Wgtn and our neighbour across the road had a very old and very large tree tomato tree in his front garden, hanging over the front fence. It towered above their house and the trunk was so large all the kids used to climb it too pick the fruit at the top of the tree and to generally hang out. It was apparently over 20 years old when we left the area. The owner said it was there when he bought the house and to keep it healthy he bucketed on raw horse poo and grass clippings around the base. It bore large bright red fruits and the entire foot path on his frontage would be crimson for months until the winter rains washed it down.

@stephenremo9200 2 ай бұрын

Have you tried cutting it back and bringing it in for the winter. I've been doing with peppers and tomatoes working good... I'm zone 7 so can have frost from November to end of April

@llamafromspace Ай бұрын

Fuscia berries are not toxic 😮. Wow. I’ll give tamarillos a go.

@fernandobecerra2489 2 ай бұрын

Have you tried growing a tamarindo tree? A tree originally from Africa but quite popular in Spanish speaking countries in the Americas. It’s a sweet fruit that is used a lot in making candies and the tree can also grow quite tall

@patriciasoares6808 2 ай бұрын

👏👏👏 I love tamarilho and it was nice to listen - and see - about your experience.

@anamosquera8417 Ай бұрын

Tomate de árbol ! It’s delicious !

@ramirodiazguerrero2723 2 ай бұрын

Una de mis frutas favoritas tomate de arbol para tomar en jugo 😋

@rosedehaangoldmoonnz5498 2 ай бұрын

Haha oh that’s a great idea! Love it hope you raise lots of money for your cause!

@latrash72 2 ай бұрын

Hey Kalem, my folks had a "Tree Tomato" outside of their bedroom window when I was growing up and I loved everything about the tree and the fruit. We have recently moved to NZ to be closer to my wife's family, and I suspect we are only an hour or so away from you. Any chance I could get hold of some of your "Tama" "Rillo" seeds? For a reasonable price of course :). I would be more interested in checking out your food forest in person, but understand that might not be possible, but seeds maybe? Love your work regardless. I think I have been following on-and-off since you first started posting!

@samuelforsyth6374 Ай бұрын

remember these at grandma's place!! orange is ok but the red perfectly ripe is best..

@sarafaria4155 2 ай бұрын

I love it.... delicious fruit and also makes a delicious poncha. Here we also call it english tomato.

@lettucesalad3560 2 күн бұрын

I lived in Ecuador for awhile, and they make juice with these, very good. Like a sweeter version of tomato juice. Too bad they're not grown/imported to the US.

@jeanetteburt3335 2 ай бұрын

I have two big old tamarillo trees. They were loaded earlier this year but sadly the possums got most of them 😤😡😠🤬 We live not far from Okaihau, Northland and bought this property last year. The old orchard is amazing so still learning about all the fruit trees. Thank you for the info on the Tamarillos, Looking at your ones, I think ours are the Ted's Red as they are quite big. I will have a go at pruning them and next year will try growing from seed. Thank you for such an informative video.

@sylviaalger4917 2 ай бұрын

They grow from cutting also. It will make a lower spreading tree.

@ddc2343d 2 ай бұрын

Such a pretty background! I hope to make it there again.

@scubajunkie6591 4 күн бұрын

Mouth is watering! My favourite fruit ! Haven’t ever tried the gold ones …… never seen them in Australia. Now to find who stocks them ?! Great videos mate 🙏👌☝️. Thankyou

@digdeepgardeningforlife 2 ай бұрын

Always love your content 👏😊 this was great from start to finish 🙂

@virginiacorralez2313 2 ай бұрын

I love and i want your climate😂. Everything seems to grow so fast and beautifully. I live in Uruguay, here things are very different😢 Hugs!

@sutlucorek2434 2 ай бұрын

I'm waiting for a more detailed and specific video about Tagasaste, I hope you will shoot it. It's an enormous plant. 😊

@ptitseb01 2 ай бұрын

I actually tried growing some seeds and succeeded to grow three of them that are about 20 cm high now. Thank you for the video ! I hope I will be able to get some fruits once (not sure, cause in a quite cold environnement... they are still inside my flat, in Switzerland).

@gatorbait9385 Ай бұрын

I'm around a lot of plant people here in Florida, USA, and I've never heard anyone pronounce it with the L sound. We have a lot of Mexicans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans in the state, though, so I guess everyone pronounces everything that "looks" Spanish the Spanish way.

@nbarbettini 2 ай бұрын

Been looking forward to this one! Love the detail you put into these. I'm growing tamarillo for the first time and am hoping I'll get fruit next year! My 10a winter should be mild enough but I'm going to keep a close eye on them.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

All the best with it!

@angusnz7910 2 ай бұрын

Got a tamirilo tree from Pukekohe street market and how fast it grows def caught me off guard. Fruited in year one…didn’t realise that was odd

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Nice!

@Urbanfishing05 2 ай бұрын

Always love these vids, keep it up ❤

@openmind5973 2 ай бұрын

We've got a Ted's Large and a Tango in our greenhouse. We harvested the first fruit off them in the weekend and are giving them a few days to soften up before eating them. We can't wait!! Thanks for the vid, great info. EDIT: We're in the Bay of Plenty region, NZ.

@openmind5973 2 ай бұрын

BTW, I have been pronouncing them, 'Tama reee o' as I thought it was a Spanish word.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Awesome! Enjoy your fruits :)

@tyrannosaur34 Ай бұрын

Большое спасибо! Обязательно попробую вырастить.

@paso7943 Ай бұрын

They are not trees but big solid bush. nice video mate.

@patrickdemarcevol 2 ай бұрын

I live near the French/Spanish border on the Mediterranean and I would say Ta-ma-ri-yo (the double L in Spanish sounds like a Y, like in Pa-e-ya, paella ). By the way, when's you're next 'as you were born' video? I loved it 😃

@blackkennedy3966 Ай бұрын

Do you want independent Catalan

@Zaryn10 2 ай бұрын

What stunning flowers 😍

@celiakoni4687 2 ай бұрын

Love tamarillo, aka tree tomato 🍅

@brigidaodonnell7053 2 ай бұрын

I have been growing tamarillo plants here in Rangiora, South Island, and I have not yet been able to have any ripe fruit. I will try to do these again though, as each summer is different, and it’s worth trying even when the summers are sometimes too cold or cloudy or windy

@kazoz3520 2 ай бұрын

I had possums snap off large branches (after the fruit), so instead of throwing the branches away I just pushed many cuttings into nearby raised beds. I was surprised to see that the soft cuttings struck the best.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Nice!

@Ric419 Ай бұрын

South American crops in your garden :)

@kennstransky 2 ай бұрын

Incredibly interesting.. I've never seen these in my markets here in Vermont USA yet I will sure look for them when I travel to bigger cities... I'm so curious now.

@tygerburning753 2 ай бұрын

I've never seen them in cities near me. Maybe in an international market?

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

They're quite seasonal so keep any eye out :)

@119beaker 16 күн бұрын

They are quite hard to geow commercially as when together in large numbers they tend get viruses. Mostly all the potato viruses as well as Tamarillo mosaic virus. One interesting thing about tamarillos is that they don't flower at a particular time of year but at about 85-100 nodes of growth.

@dinkohrvat344 2 ай бұрын

So excited I am going to try these .Thank you

@jaypeabee Ай бұрын

Try making a beef bourguignon with tamarillo. Go with a very ripe, full bodied variety 😊

@sosgardening 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for showing this great tree, i'd love to grow this but have nowhere to store it for the cold Toronto winters :(

@Mustakoralli 2 ай бұрын

i fking love your videos. hope my tamarillos fruit this summer

@lukasfeldbauer 2 ай бұрын

hello, thanks for your interesting video... i live in austria and have a few tree tomatoes in my greenhouse. one big problem with them is that they are a real aphid magnet. no other plant i know attracts aphids that hard.. i have them at least for 3 years and they are not fruiting yet.. they survive short frosts down to about -7°C.. kind regards

@tktyga77 19 күн бұрын

After checking out the fruit & the way you smelled the leaves, look up & find out ways to use the stems & leaves among other plant parts too, in edible & other ways. Also, how well would the tamarillos work as a ceviche marinade, in juice or otherwise?

@giacets7731 2 ай бұрын

Love your content as Always!

@ginonunes843 2 ай бұрын

I would love to grow these but living in northen ireland can get quite cold i was able to grow feijoa hasnt fruited yet but this year its already putting some good growth

@alexandrulaita2673 2 ай бұрын

Now I have to find tamarillo seeds and make a miracle and make room in my overcrowded garden

@stephenking4170 Ай бұрын

If you grow Tamarillo from cutting they will branch out lower and be more wind firm. The same if it is grafted onto Tobacco weed. The Tama in Tama rillo is in fact pronounced the same as in maori, i.e. like bummer, not like Hammer. The best Tamarillo dessert is lightly cooked or heated tamarillo (dump them in boiling water but don't cook them) , skinned and smashed up into a pulp add a bit of sugar to taste and plenty of gelatine then leave to set. Cut in slices and put cream on top. This is the best way of getting kids or newcomers to become accustomed to them In the 1980s I released Red Delight Tamarillo, the first sweet red large fruited exported variety, from which Ted's Red etc have been further selected ,basically identical. The name Tamarillo arose from a Turner's & Grower's auction naming competition.

@TheKiwiGrower Ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for the info! And that’s so cool you released that variety

@BethStClaire-jw8we 2 ай бұрын

So you said ideally plant in Spring - I assume that means 'plant them out in the open soil in Spring', and you grew them for about three and a half months in preparation... so starting with seed-raising about now would be about right?

@Clarence_13x 14 күн бұрын

That would be interesting in a salsa

@afergie76 Ай бұрын

Those look absolutely delicious. However I live in North Carolina where it can snow. Definitely dips below freezing, so they wouldn’t last a season.

@juandavidhernandez1333 2 ай бұрын

They are very tart😆 could you please share your recipe for the upside down cake?😋

@mishmishm7847 2 ай бұрын

Dear Kalem, Kia Ora 🙋‍♂️ You left me super Ky👀rious As to what those beauties taste like. Botanically, and technically Tamarillo are not trees, nor even shrubs . They are perennial weeds, yes ! just like bananas are not really trees. Loot at the green stems, much like tomato 🍅 They are green. The do not form bark , as trees do. Always great to watch your channel dear kiwi 🥝 mate Peace and friendship and happy gardening M.m Oh by the way it's apricot season here and i made a wonderful preserve Come taste!! Yours M.m