White Sapote Experiment - Tasting & Growing From Seed - Several Methods (Casimiroa edulis)

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3 жыл бұрын

Today I'll be tasting and growing White Sapote or Casimiroa and doing an experiment of growing them from seed in several methods to see what works the best. I'll be planting these seeds in soil as well as in paper towels but I'll also be cutting the outer layer off the seeds to see what affect that has on their growth.
Join me as I grow and taste this amazing, tropical yet fairly hardy fruit which grows on a massive prolific tree. I'll also show you a mature white sapote tree in the video which is absolutely covered in fruit!
White Sapote (Casimiroa edulis) also known as Mexican Apple is a distant relative of the citrus family, Rutaceae, but this subtropical fruit is very different. It's a rare and unusual fruit and is native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica.
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@wiseguy376 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of plants have inhibitory hormones in the seed husk that needs time buried in the soil to break down and break dormancy and let the seed germinate, its most likely natures way of ensuring that the seed is at least partially buried in the soil before germination, that's why the ones you took the husk off grew quicker. There is a slight risk that removing the husk can make the seed more vulnerable to bacterial and fungal attack as the husk also has anti-biotic properties as well, but as they grow quicker and become less vulnerable as they get larger the benefits outweigh the risk in a clean garden environment where everything has been weighted in the seeds direction.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

True, nature knows best. I don't bother removing the husk now, but was interesting to see the difference anyway :)

@seanleith5312 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't heard New Zealand, I thought it must be same as Australian, I was wrong. It sounds like Australian but without all flaws.

@suzclarke 2 жыл бұрын

@@seanleith5312 👌 perfect, that's exactly correct 😅

@DL-tp2nr 2 жыл бұрын

Tropical fruit trees don’t have that break dormancy as far as I can tell I remove mango seed coat Mamay sapote etc you get stronger seedlings

@atmosphericraven 2 жыл бұрын

I'd remove the husk, but leave it in the pot with the seed, or bury it on the side of the sprout so the sprout can get those hormones, antibiotic, antibacterial properties as you say.

@doramather4729 2 жыл бұрын

We have a white sapote tree that is 15 years old and we brought because a neighbor had very high blood pressure even though she was on medication. A friend from the interior of Mexico told us the fruit and the leaves of the tree can easily made into a tea , take it opposite time of your high pressure medication. My neighbor would take leaves off our sapote tree and wash dry and save for making tea.

@oofydoofy6300 Жыл бұрын

you’ve got to be my new favorite channel, its just so cool for you to plant all of these fruits and see them grow.

@alanweber6805 2 жыл бұрын

I really love your passion for growing plants

@prubroughton2327 3 жыл бұрын

underrated yumminess been growing for over 20 years

@jenniferk6697 Жыл бұрын

I love the experimentation you do with growing fruit trees from seeds, almost like a Bill Nye of fruit tree seeds type character😊

@SustainableHolly 3 жыл бұрын

My parents neighbours have a huge tree! I remember them being slightly yellow when they were ready though. We use to use them to thicken up our milkshakes!

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Sustainable Holly nice one. I think the colour when ripe can depend on the cultivar :)

@soovy2903 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so exited of another video... WAITING FOR THE BEST! LOVE U KALEM, IM UR BIGGEST FAN!!! KEEP GOING!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱👍👍👍

@soovy2903 3 жыл бұрын

Also! I am super curious to what happen to all the plants u have grown over the years! I’d love an update from the persimmons, earth apple, kiwi, almond tree, and pomegranate tree u have grown! Seems so cool to me! U may Share!

@americanrebel413 2 жыл бұрын

This was cool, thank you.

@itaytal9337 Жыл бұрын

thanks man for sharing this ...

@samyanu3039 Жыл бұрын

Dad bought me 3 seeds of an unknown fruit, let them on the table and in spring I pealed them and planted them 1 of them succeeded it has been 6 months now and now I knew it's a w.sapote tree thank you.

@JuliaMaiboroda 4 ай бұрын

Great informative video! Well done!

@KatiKatiECMT 2 жыл бұрын

Another great vid. I'm glad you did this on Casimiroa as I have 4 seed to plant tomorrow. My fav variety is Wiki Woo, but Sue Belle is supposed to be very good too.

@bobbyphaypaseuth5519 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@derrongoodengardenandlifes8655 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting fruit. I’ve never seen or heard of it.

@Floridafoodforest. 3 жыл бұрын

love these. there's a few trees growing on my property here in Florida.

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Nice one! Can't wait until my one bears its first fruits :)

@tylerjones1574 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so excited I just bought one from my grocery store in Oregon. I'm going to try to grow it from seed.

@marcolevel5831 10 күн бұрын

how ist growing?

@tylerjones1574 10 күн бұрын

@@marcolevel5831 it grew pretty well. I would bring the plant in during the winter when it got below 32. I unfortunately left it outside when I moved and someone walked away with the pot.

@marcolevel5831 10 күн бұрын

@@tylerjones1574 what a plottwist.

@booyah2u296 2 жыл бұрын

Our neighour has one growing by the fence and we wait for to go yellow when it ripens (if the birds havent attacked them first). It's deliciously smooth and buttery texture that ready to eat in late spring.

@stevanuskresnahadi3799 3 жыл бұрын

Hi i'm from Indonesia, this video make me interesting to other video and make me one of your sub. Hopefully some day or some how i can have this plant. Thank u for sharing your knowledge.👍👍👍👍

@VickyPolon 2 жыл бұрын

Here in Thailand, white sapote is one of rare fruit. I imported 4seeds from Japan, and last year I got 2 fruits for the first time. Now the trees bloom and began to grow very young fruit. I would like to seed again after I got fruits.

@tropicalbreeze6121 3 жыл бұрын

Kia ora bro, I have four varieties I planted earlier in the year. I can't wait to get fruit from them in a few years. I also have a couple of Cherimoyas. I've also found that deshelling does allow for quicker germination. But then you had yours on a heating pad. That'd surely speed up the process. Must get a few. Love your work. Kia kaha🤙

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Kia ora bro, cheers for that. That’s awesome that you have 4 varieties going. Will be interesting to see what one you like best when they do fruit

@etrinity619 3 жыл бұрын

cool video, we've had those fruit in the backyard and been eating them this whole time just never new what it was called

@skywz 2 жыл бұрын

What the first comment said, but in less rude terms. Don’t put stuff in your mouth if you don’t know what it is. And honestly, there are so many apps out there you should never be in a situation where you would need to do that.

@soovy2903 3 жыл бұрын

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@soovy2903 3 жыл бұрын

You really do inspire me, don’t mind the haters, keep going for the fans who do appreciate you! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🌱🌱🌱👍👍👍✨✨✨🤜🤛

@davids.5083 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video, it really makes me want to find some white sapote (too cold to grow them here). Can you tell us a little more about the true to seed phenomenon that you described?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :) Basically you end up getting genetic diversity with seedling plants, therefore there’s no guarantee that the fruit will be good quality. Over the years people have grown them from seed to fruiting stage and selected the most flavourful varieties and ones with good qualities and then named that variety and grafted the wood from those trees onto seedlings to get identical fruit to that parent plant. :) hope that makes sense

@djamelabil3151 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your expérience. Bravo. Must we Graft the plant. Thanks for responding.

@MrVnk811 Жыл бұрын

My 6 years old white sapote tree grew 12 fts or longer and it produces a lot of fruits for me. I started with seed and within 3 years fruited

@houarimoh Жыл бұрын

Sir, can I get white sapota seeds from you to try in my country (Algeria) and thank you

@granrey 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, in my childhood I enjoyed white zapote a lot. However, currently where I live they don't grow. :-(. Something that came up to my head is to try making wine with this fruit and see how it tastes. I'm confident it should taste good. Making home wine is very simple. Pretty much the fruit in water with sugar and yeast and leave it there for 2 weeks.

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a cool idea!... if you like wine that is. Me, unfortunately I don’t haha

@edibletropicaltrees 6 ай бұрын

Have you tried the Max Gold While Sapote. I think that one tastes the best of all of them.

@RhyBeezy 3 жыл бұрын

Cool! I only knew of the black

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Do you grow the black Sapote?

@RhyBeezy 3 жыл бұрын

TheKiwiGrower we did for a while then gave it to a friend when we moved. I’m gonna get some more now that we have some land 🤞

@ericaarran301 3 жыл бұрын

Would you be willing to share where you found the huge established tree at the start? I'm heading south of Auckland this week and love to try and get some fruits from it. Cheers

@lofenoialof5320 Жыл бұрын

Will these grow in containers and fruit? What size container and with what soil mixture do you recommend? Thanks!

@lewisjorgensen2241 Жыл бұрын

Im in New Zealand too and just finished trimming one of these guys do you know if they grow from cuttings?

@lesleywise5201 2 жыл бұрын

Any chance that you could do a demo of taking cuttings from a white sapote?

@Jubjub9000 2 жыл бұрын

wow you slept for 2 and a half weeks. well done man.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

😂 i wish!

@jaydaksrules5316 2 жыл бұрын

you need to check around the large tree they self seed pretty easily.

@CSSuccessGamer 3 жыл бұрын

how long does it take to fruit?

@Bernie5172 2 жыл бұрын

How do they go in frosty areas

@MotherBee 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you purchase your fruits that you planted? I am based in Auckland

@lifeofintention4711 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I will definitely keep a look out for these plants / fruit in my area (South Australia) but have never ever seen them. You mentioned that you will get more fruit true to type and earlier if you graft onto them. I am curious how grafting brings on fruit sooner? They say this for avocados, etc. but what makes them fruit earlier? Maybe you can do a video on that some time? But I would settle for a comment LOL. Thanks again!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Basically by grafting a mature branch on, the graft that grows will already have the traits of a mature tree to them produce fruits. Otherwise the tree has to reach a certain age before it fruits. I explain it in this video here if that helps :) Cheers kzfaq.info/get/bejne/orWbebh53bWcpZs.html

@lifeofintention4711 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower makes sense, thanks for the reply... I'll check out the link you sent.

@ascend9327 Жыл бұрын

Hey brother, how many years does it take a sapote grown from seed to bare fruit, im in northland nz, and have a few growing was curious how long it will be before they fruit, thanks brother

@beckyhuynh8007 Жыл бұрын

How long does it get fruit grow from the seed?

@ducnguyen3754 2 жыл бұрын

👍🙏

@gemmaplank1907 3 жыл бұрын

Hello! Great video. Your casimiroa is doing really well. I live in NZ too and I would like to grow casimiroa too. Whereabouts is your tree growing?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there. I love just south of the Auckland area. My tree does fine in the frosts we get. We got around 10 frosts this winter just gone. They need some protection when young though.

@gemmaplank1907 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower thanks for replying! I live in Porirua, so it might be pushing the range a bit. We only get maximum ten frosts, but the general temperature is a lot cooler than Auckland!

@AzulaChild 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Im in NZ and so want to give this a go! I've heard of sapote varieties like chocolate sapote I wonder if you can grow that here too. Thank you ❤

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

They're definitely cool fruits! I've got a video about growing chocolate pudding fruit (black sapote) from seeds as well so feel free to check that out. I've got some small plants and know of people who grow them successfully in Northland too :). Note that white sapote is a distant relation of citrus and black sapote is in the persimmon family, so although they share the name ''sapote'' they're actually not related

@AzulaChild 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower wow thanks so much! I am in Dunedin so things will be more challenging for me down here but I am determined to find a way to grow some amazing fruit!

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

@@AzulaChild Nice one. If you haven't already, you should join the facebook group called NZ rare fruit growers. There's people from all over NZ, including Dunedin growing some cool stuff :). You could also look into growing Asimina triloba (american pawpaw) down there possibly as they can handle the cold really well. I have a video on them too :)

@cedarmulligan3862 Ай бұрын

How are these seedlings doing now, several years later?

@user-bw2rn8hm9m 2 жыл бұрын

これって柑橘類なの？それとも洋梨的なものなの？sapoteがどういうものなのか詳しく知らないけど、このおじさん本当凄い。発芽の、いや、種付けの天才だね。

@funblox6992 Жыл бұрын

Do you think this would graft to citrus

@johnp2802 2 ай бұрын

will the fruit from a a tree grown from seeds taste different from the mother tree?

@RhyBeezy 3 жыл бұрын

They’re actually the best when they’re squishy

@awengu4023 3 жыл бұрын

Great job. Where about in NZ r u ? Do you think it will survive in Christchurch ?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

I’m just south of the Auckland Area. I’m not too familiar with the climate there. But if you haven’t already, join the NZ rare fruit grower fb page. I’m sure people there will be growing it in chch that will know more. :)

@PizzaHutDogTraining 3 жыл бұрын

What ever happened to the coconut palm you grew 8 years ago?

@ashion7219 7 ай бұрын

where is that tree i need to go there

@nzaucklander 3 жыл бұрын

Kia ora, we're from Auckland, Waitakere just wondering what area of NZ you are in?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Kia ora! I’m just south of the Auckland area :)

@angelicaapelado6755 2 жыл бұрын

,sir where to buy seeds blk sapote or wht sapote thanks from philippines

@calthorp Жыл бұрын

These grow like weeds every spring I mow loads of seedlings off under my Sapote tree.

@Envirolife305 3 жыл бұрын

Hai.....

@5pecular 2 жыл бұрын

Do you sell any trees?

@robsycko 2 жыл бұрын

Tell us what climate zone you live?

@granrey 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, this was one of my favorite fruit during my childhood in Dominican Rep. Have determined the sugar content and ph value of the fruit?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

That's cool! Is it common over there? No not sure of the sugar content on these ones

@houarimoh Жыл бұрын

Sir, can I get white sapota seeds from you to try in my country (Algeria) and thank you

@mariacarmentoledolopez8645 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm intereses..where are the lowest temperatures in your area. Near to Gisborne? because I live in Spain,my zone in winter downs to -4 or -5 C every winter...and with a cold snap..to -7 or -8...do your think covering and mature could stand these temperatures? You'll tell me. 🙂

@urbanpermie6307 2 жыл бұрын

If you can grow a lemon tree, you can grow this. They like the same climate, fertiliser and soil conditions to citrus.

@bizwoz1 2 жыл бұрын

NICE WEED PLANT IN BACK GROND

@aspenriverrun 3 жыл бұрын

I'm slightly obsessed with sapote. Would like to see when you graft them. I just planted some IN their husk 3 wks ago, but am thinking to take the husk off. Would that be ok to do?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will likely graft them sometime from the Spring as they are getting to size now. If you wanted you could carefully dig one up to remove husk, however they will usually develop the root system first for sometime before you see any life emerge from soil, so could be a risk of damaging the seed or roots if you do this. 3 weeks isn't too long and they generally sprout readily without the husk, so as long as you have it somewhere warm then they should come up soon :). I would leave it personally but its up to you :)

@aspenriverrun 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower Ok, I think I best leave the husk, and thank you for replying! The sapote is incredible fruit but so delicate and hard to mass market because of that!

@millierobinson707 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, what did you mean when you said you will graft onto them to get fruit better and sooner?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there, so once they are around pencil thick or so I will get a small branch from a mature tree that is a proven fruiter, with nice fruit and graft that small branch onto the seedling. This means that the plant will still have the strong roots of a seedling tree but because you’ve attached a branch from a good tree, that will grow into that exact variety. If you don’t do this and just grow your seedling into a large tree it can take 7-8 years to fruit and there’s no guarantee that the fruit will be really nice. Hope that makes sense :)

@jakewyatt3008 3 жыл бұрын

Kia ora bro , can I tip my seedlings grow one half orginal seedling and one half proven fruiter graft so there's a chance for new varieties?

@5pecular 2 жыл бұрын

@@jakewyatt3008 Yes you can

@paulymanufactured 28 күн бұрын

Sapote means soft fruit

@TobyJin 3 жыл бұрын

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Hello 👋

@millienorton5009 3 жыл бұрын

My niece who lives in Alta Dena California, has many of these trees in her backyard. They were all there when she bought the house. I never heard of this fruit before, I tasted it and they were delicious 😋. I live in Southern Oregon now.Will they grow here?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a cool backyard! How cold does it get where you live ?

@millienorton5009 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower It gets to about 30 below in the winter ,and in the summer about 90 .

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

@@millienorton5009 is that -30F? If so I would say that’s probably too cold. You could got for something like Asimina triloba instead (American pawpaw)

@yanostropicalparadise755 2 жыл бұрын

i really hate it when people say this type of tree doesn't grow true to type. the fact is all trees that supposedly do not grow true to type may actually grow true to type or may not. even if they don't grow true to type the difference may be so minor that you would not notice the difference at all. for the tree to grow so different from its birth parent it has to be pollinated by a totally different strain of the same tree, this doesn't occur if the tree is self fertile and pollinated itself. in self pollinated tree the genetic differences are usually minor.

@suzclarke 2 жыл бұрын

We are in the Waikato, our local Mitre10 had these in the specials zone of the plant/nursery area, usually where you find plants that almost dead or given up for dead, these must have just not sold, they were fine, I now have three, I'm not sure how much they were before price reduction, I think $49 maybe, I got them for $30 each. They are sitting waiting for me to plant them as I am unsure how they would do in our windy spot... but, considering how well they have stood up to my abuse and sitting in PB bags for so long I'm guessing they would survive anything 😬

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one, it's very windy here and my one is going really well. I found an old neglected one too, it didn't even have a label and was only $6 cause I think noone knew what it was. It's thriving now though. I put some windbreak around mine to give it a little protection which seems to have worked well. Good luck with yours :)

@suzclarke 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower Awesome , thanks!

@cliftonjindra2177 3 жыл бұрын

This was so awesome, thank you! I really want to try to grow this, from seed, then graph it to my american persiommon bonsai. Is there any way you or someone could send me a few seeds? It would mean so much. Just think about it and get back to me please! Thanks!!

@jakewyatt3008 3 жыл бұрын

Is that possible? To graft a white sapote to a persimmon?

@Virtualdream64 3 жыл бұрын

I don't onow a ton about grafting but you probably are better off trying a black sapote, since it is a persimmon. White and black sapote only have name in common.

@joshuahaines1332 3 жыл бұрын

really want to try this fruit.. where do you find them?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

They’re pretty hard to come by, in NZ your best bet is to know someone that has a tree or join a rare fruit growers page and sometimes people sell or give away the fruits on those Facebook pages. Hope that helps :)

@brigidmeagher3733 3 жыл бұрын

Sub Tropical Nursery.

@lithi4023 Жыл бұрын

Grey sapote when

@donavonlarney 2 жыл бұрын

can i buy some seeds please.

@gaiuscassiuslonginus4523 2 жыл бұрын

Это цитрус похожи на яблоко

@jamestropicals8262 3 жыл бұрын

Have you to grow a star apple?

@jamestropicals8262 3 жыл бұрын

Or jackfruit?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

No, neither of these ones. Have you tried star apples before?

@jamestropicals8262 3 жыл бұрын

TheKiwiGrower I haven’t

@jamestropicals8262 3 жыл бұрын

I have jackfruit trees

@jamestropicals8262 3 жыл бұрын

Have you ever tasted jackfruit

@kobeleonard148 3 жыл бұрын

How are they doing now?

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty good. They’re to grafting size now but I’ll probably wait until spring to do it :)

@kobeleonard148 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower I suggest that you keep at least one or two and keep us updated when they fruit just for fun and for the record.

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Cool, yea definitely will :)

@lucylu530 3 жыл бұрын

We eat it with the skin.

@TheKiwiGrower 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks interesting, might have to try that next time

@zackllarenas5628 3 жыл бұрын

Can you send me some seeds!

@lohithrai3004 2 жыл бұрын

Bro start grafting bro you can get yield faster

@vinishshetty8055 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I am your subscriber from India May I get some seeds for growing here in India please if its possible, thank you.

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there, I'm sorry I don't have any of these seeds anymore but i hope you can find some over there :)

@xochil1621 Жыл бұрын

It is spelled zapote!

@lighthousetravelers2246 2 жыл бұрын

Wait, what!? He felt sleepy and went to lay down and slept for 2.5 weeks? 😳 😬

@TheKiwiGrower 2 жыл бұрын

Haha if only

@raycastillo6446 Жыл бұрын

I've germinated 14 seeds🤣🤣🤣

@patriciawagstaffquon1521 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyable, except for the constant and excessive use of 'SUPER' Super everything!!!!!! Enough already!