I've been growing my baobab for almost 2 years now, I thought it was going to die a couple times but it kept going and it's so nice now. BTW, first tree I ever grew from seed, I only heard later on how difficult they are to grow. Haven't attempted to grow anymore, I have two more seeds, maybe I'll try them too.
Do you mean you thought it was dead when its leaves turned yellow and dropped? If that's the case, that's the normal cycle and you're supposed to only water it a very little bit or even stop it at that time.
I have 7 baobabs now growing from 25 seeds. I killed 10 from neglect which had germinated. Mine are now 8 months old. I’m on socal. They range in size from 3’ to 4” tall. Some seeds are just stronger I guess. They were raised the first 3 months under led lights indoors. They were moved outdoors in may and in June when the heat came they really took off. The hotter the better I think, to a point. We hit 110 F numerous times. They grew best at that time. Now it’s fall. Time to pull them back in to a grow tent inside I think. I’ll try 50,000 Lux minimum. That’s a slightly overcast day here. Full sun is 120,000 Lux
About time someone tells the truth about this Baobab very hard to to grow and African Marula is very hard to grow too thank you for serving our country sir
wow 😊 love those baobab💚 trees u have, I wonder how big there now ? by the way my baobab tree is in super condition and nearly 2 London winter has past still doing great 👍Alhum-dullaha
That's crazy, at the start of May I just cracked open the big nut and picked the seeds out and planted into pots of either coco-coir or regular gardening compost. I took what I thought was only one seed remaining in the giant "nut" that you have left over afterwards and buried that with the rest of the bits to let it compost in the pot with it. Then I put the pots in my greenhouse for the summer and absolutely drowned them about 3 or 4 times. Trying to mimic the deluge and drought kind of environment they would have in Africa. Over the course of two months all of them sprouted and the nut gave me four more sprouts as well. I now have 6 on the go coming into winter.
Thanks J!!! The thought of growing African Baobab in Connecticut never gets old for me. Lol. They are responding well to the pruning. Updates to come. 😁😁😎
I have ordered some of these seeds today and now searching some guidance in TH-cam. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience. This is a great help for us.
You soak seeds for 7 days , scrap their skins in a small spot where you get to the white part ! Then plant each seed in their own pot (2 inches down) ! Water daily , will germinate in 1 to 3 months ! Be patient :-)
Jarhead Bonsai thanks for wishing good luck. I got 5 seeds. Scratched them, soaked them for couple of days and finally planted them on 1April. No result - yet.
Adele Hill thank for your advice. I got 5 seeds. After viewing some other videos, I float tested the seeds. Found 4 good seeds. I scathed them, soaked them for 3 or4 days and finally planted them in small seedling pots on 1 April 2020. It is more than one month now. No result. I believe our recent prolonged cold weather has its effect. Anyway, I bought a small greenhouse 2 weeks ago and transferred these seed there. Perhaps it would be saved from below 10C temperature each night. We even had snow fall last week. So, I am waiting and waiting for the HOPE of a good weather. Lest’s see....
Jarhead Bonsai and Adele Hill. Thanks to both of you for your kind advice. That is encouraging. As of today, I got all 4 of my seeds germinated. So, I got a 100% germination rate. Now, the challenge is to take care of them. Any idea? I had planted all seeds in 100% coconut husk. Should I now transfer these into individual small pots with soil? I have taken them back into my house. These are now sitting beside the window where they get bright light but no sun. I already gave them liquid fertilizer 10-15-10. Do I need to do anything more. My biggest concern - how much sun do they need?
What kind of soil do baobab prefer? I'm assuming slightly acidic. I haven't tried growing them but personally the most difficult trees I've attempted to grow are mangosteen and other garcinias, along with cacao. Also do you know how cold sensitive they are?
Hello friend!!! I have my Baobab in 1/2 organic perlite strained of fine dust, and 1/2 moisture control potting soil...I add Osmocote plus every 6 months, and use a 10-10-10 every 3 weeks. I keep all of mine indoors year round so I am not sure what cold hardiness level is. They do seem as though they favor lots of sun and warmth. I would make my best guess to keep above 50 degree F. Thanks for stoppinf by Jarhead Bonsai.
I am currently trying to grow 6 Grandidieri Baobab seeds hope I get at least 1, I live in Canada but I do have an indoor grow setup that has worked very well in the past with my other tropical and citrus plants.
I had success with sanding down the shell until you see white, soaking for 2 days, peeling the black shell...and then wrapped seeds in warm damp paper towel and put in container on seed mat. Once they started to germinate I planted in a well draining soil with lots of perlite. Let me know how you do!!! Cheers from the USA. 🌱🌴😀
Thank you very much! Did you know that you can germinate the seeds in just 3 days? I saw it on another channel and gave it a try. You need to start filing the top of the seed and keep filing until u reach a lighter brown layer. Then you would soak them for 2 days, and now with a knife, you can remove parts of the shell which has become soft now. If the shell was still hard, file further or soak longer in distilled water. You need to remove at least the back of the seeds shell. An alternative will be to file with a sanding disk (keep the seed wet, so it won't overheat; it can take a while) until u start to see a whitish layer appear. Then you stop; that whitish layer should not be filed; next, soak for 48 hours, and using a knife remove parts of the shell that will be super easy to remove. I usually remove the back half only, and then you can germinate them in a sterilized pot and medium in about 3-4 days, but I don't bury them very deep.
@@rhunter6427 any amount , just grab yourself a cup put 3-4 seeds in it fill with water! If u have hyrogen proxide (3%) add like 1 table spon of that to the cup too! Hydrogen proxide gives your seed extra boost!
My friend had a baobab tree that has no leaves and he gave it to me to see if I could get it to grow back do you know how I can get it to grow new leaves?
James mine had a looooong dormancy period last Autumn/Winter. I simply watered it (sparingly like a succulent) and kept a close eye and eventually it started to kick out new growth in Spring. I imagine that is what is going on here.
"Some farmers are discouraged by the fact that they can take 15-20 years to fruit - but recent research has shown by grafting the branches of fruiting trees to seedlings they can fruit in five years." :( Maybe look into grafting if you want to try some baobab fruit sooner haha.
Its a bit of a mess here right now. I am in the middle of a seasonal reorganization 😅😅😅so i dont have time for a video...but they have grown strong this year, withstood a mealy bug attack or two...very little branch division. Ill rry and get a video out before they go dormant. 😎🍺🍺
Do you have some "hey this worked"-things for a beginner-baobab-bonsai-planter? It's my first tree I am ever planting and I am just trying something with some youtube video's, but I don't want to be a bad mom you know... everything helps! I already soaked them into water and peeled them and put them into a container and then put them into some soil, but just soil I grabbed out of the woods near my village haha, I don't know if that's good.
I live in Belgium, so it is really cold outside at the moment and during the day there is some light but not that much... so I've put my baobab into the most light spot in my house and leave the heater on during the night so he doesn't get too cold? Okay thanks for the tip!!
Welcome to my channel broski!!! I ordered from treeseeds.com. if you get some let me know. The germination process is complicated with these tree seeds. 😎😎😎
@@deandaniels203 sand each seed down in one spot until you see white. Then soak seeds in warm water for 2 days...peel the black shell off and put in a tupperware with a wet paper towel. They will begin to aprout after a day or so...then plant in a light soil mix and monitor closely
Nice!!! I found with these trees that they stick too their "normal" cycle...so even here in NorthEast USA they beat to their own drum. Mine are only now coming out of dormency for the season...2 months later than normal trees
@@jarheadbonsai Hey buddy.Hope youre doing ok! Ive been busy with my sick cat. She passed away a few days back. Been by my side for 15 yrs❤ This was tough.😢 How much did you water your baobab when they popped out of the soil?
@@MatteJz every 3-4 days. I am so sorry to hear about your cat. We love our pets as a part of the family. Its so tragic to lose one. Stay positive. Keep growing!!!
All 4 are alive...truly havent grown an inch in 2 years though...healthy, green foliage...maybe a little thicker. Year 3 was the only agressive groeth year, and i did nothing differently 🤔🫣😅
@@jarheadbonsai they are 2 months old with no pruning.they are outdoors but in a big pot. I've learnt that if you go easy on the trees and put them inside the house and baby them they get weak and die easily,but now the ones that I have now are very strong and healthy.they are very Hard trees and they are meant to be like that in the wild so that's why they are outdoors and I don't go easy on them.they in storms and all that.
"I don't speak Swahili or African" 💀💀💀 Kinda funny, we have 11 official languages in South Africa alone, nevermind the countless others spoken across the continent.
Thats crazy!!! I meant Afrikan which i heard was an official language but still...thats a crazy amount of languages. We basically have English, and Spanish here. Cheers.
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Very nice, growing these trees in a cool climate is very difficult, but it makes me want to try even more!
They are so cool!!! Worth the time for sure. Thanks Nigel.
Hei, guys! Any updates on your baobab trees?
@@jarheadbonsai any updates, please?
I've been growing my baobab for almost 2 years now, I thought it was going to die a couple times but it kept going and it's so nice now. BTW, first tree I ever grew from seed, I only heard later on how difficult they are to grow. Haven't attempted to grow anymore, I have two more seeds, maybe I'll try them too.
You may have the magic Touch Alicia....or atleast very responsive viable seeds!!! 😎😎😜
Do you mean you thought it was dead when its leaves turned yellow and dropped? If that's the case, that's the normal cycle and you're supposed to only water it a very little bit or even stop it at that time.
This is very inspirational! You should give periodic updates on their progress for the next 10 years lol. I’d definitely tune in!
They are just starting to come out of dormency!!! Video soon to come my friend!!! 😎🍺🍺
I have 7 baobabs now growing from 25 seeds. I killed 10 from neglect which had germinated.
Mine are now 8 months old. I’m on socal. They range in size from 3’ to 4” tall. Some seeds are just stronger I guess. They were raised the first 3 months under led lights indoors. They were moved outdoors in may and in June when the heat came they really took off. The hotter the better I think, to a point. We hit 110 F numerous times. They grew best at that time.
Now it’s fall. Time to pull them back in to a grow tent inside I think. I’ll try 50,000 Lux minimum. That’s a slightly overcast day here. Full sun is 120,000 Lux
Wow!!! I need to get these some heat 😅😅😎
About time someone tells the truth about this Baobab very hard to to grow and African Marula is very hard to grow too thank you for serving our country sir
Thank you Kayak Man. It was the best job in the World. 😎🍺🍺
I planted 5 seeds , and now have 5 Baobab . . . first try :-)
Wow!!! You had some healthy seeds and great job!!!
Only been growing them for a little while but my experience you seem to be quite easy and quite durable
Yrs, wifey would agree i am easy and durable 😅🌳✂️
My baobabs are only like 2 or 3 inches tall and they’re growing somewhat slow, it’s gonna take a pretty long time for them to get big and tall
They are dreadfully slow growers...mine sleep about half the year.
wow 😊 love those baobab💚 trees u have, I wonder how big there now ? by the way my baobab tree is in super condition and nearly 2 London winter has past still doing great 👍Alhum-dullaha
Thanks for watching my friend. There is a recent update on these. They are doing well. Cheers 😎🍺🍺
That's crazy, at the start of May I just cracked open the big nut and picked the seeds out and planted into pots of either coco-coir or regular gardening compost. I took what I thought was only one seed remaining in the giant "nut" that you have left over afterwards and buried that with the rest of the bits to let it compost in the pot with it. Then I put the pots in my greenhouse for the summer and absolutely drowned them about 3 or 4 times. Trying to mimic the deluge and drought kind of environment they would have in Africa. Over the course of two months all of them sprouted and the nut gave me four more sprouts as well. I now have 6 on the go coming into winter.
Great technique!!! My 4 are going strong although they just survived a mealy bug attack. Cheers 😎🍺🍺
They are amazing trees ! This is quite something, I hope they grow good for you and I look forward to updates.
Thanks J!!! The thought of growing African Baobab in Connecticut never gets old for me. Lol. They are responding well to the pruning. Updates to come. 😁😁😎
You are so damn fine!!!
Nice unicorn lol. It will be good to see how these grow and develop. I don’t think I’ve seen one in real life
They are definately unique
I have ordered some of these seeds today and now searching some guidance in TH-cam. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience. This is a great help for us.
Good luck. Let me know how it goes!!!😎😎😎
You soak seeds for 7 days , scrap their skins in a small spot where you get to the white part ! Then plant each seed in their own pot (2 inches down) ! Water daily , will germinate in 1 to 3 months ! Be patient :-)
Jarhead Bonsai thanks for wishing good luck. I got 5 seeds. Scratched them, soaked them for couple of days and finally planted them on 1April. No result - yet.
Adele Hill thank for your advice. I got 5 seeds. After viewing some other videos, I float tested the seeds. Found 4 good seeds. I scathed them, soaked them for 3 or4 days and finally planted them in small seedling pots on 1 April 2020. It is more than one month now. No result. I believe our recent prolonged cold weather has its effect. Anyway, I bought a small greenhouse 2 weeks ago and transferred these seed there. Perhaps it would be saved from below 10C temperature each night. We even had snow fall last week. So, I am waiting and waiting for the HOPE of a good weather. Lest’s see....
Jarhead Bonsai and Adele Hill. Thanks to both of you for your kind advice. That is encouraging. As of today, I got all 4 of my seeds germinated. So, I got a 100% germination rate.
Now, the challenge is to take care of them. Any idea? I had planted all seeds in 100% coconut husk. Should I now transfer these into individual small pots with soil? I have taken them back into my house. These are now sitting beside the window where they get bright light but no sun. I already gave them liquid fertilizer 10-15-10. Do I need to do anything more. My biggest concern - how much sun do they need?
My first three seedlings died because it probably wasn’t too warm. I have more coming I am just waiting on it to warm up.
Good luck!!! 😎🍺🍺
What kind of soil do baobab prefer? I'm assuming slightly acidic. I haven't tried growing them but personally the most difficult trees I've attempted to grow are mangosteen and other garcinias, along with cacao. Also do you know how cold sensitive they are?
Hello friend!!! I have my Baobab in 1/2 organic perlite strained of fine dust, and 1/2 moisture control potting soil...I add Osmocote plus every 6 months, and use a 10-10-10 every 3 weeks. I keep all of mine indoors year round so I am not sure what cold hardiness level is. They do seem as though they favor lots of sun and warmth. I would make my best guess to keep above 50 degree F. Thanks for stoppinf by Jarhead Bonsai.
I am currently trying to grow 6 Grandidieri Baobab seeds hope I get at least 1, I live in Canada but I do have an indoor grow setup that has worked very well in the past with my other tropical and citrus plants.
I had success with sanding down the shell until you see white, soaking for 2 days, peeling the black shell...and then wrapped seeds in warm damp paper towel and put in container on seed mat. Once they started to germinate I planted in a well draining soil with lots of perlite. Let me know how you do!!! Cheers from the USA. 🌱🌴😀
Thank you very much! Did you know that you can germinate the seeds in just 3 days? I saw it on another channel and gave it a try. You need to start filing the top of the seed and keep filing until u reach a lighter brown layer. Then you would soak them for 2 days, and now with a knife, you can remove parts of the shell which has become soft now. If the shell was still hard, file further or soak longer in distilled water. You need to remove at least the back of the seeds shell. An alternative will be to file with a sanding disk (keep the seed wet, so it won't overheat; it can take a while) until u start to see a whitish layer appear. Then you stop; that whitish layer should not be filed; next, soak for 48 hours, and using a knife remove parts of the shell that will be super easy to remove. I usually remove the back half only, and then you can germinate them in a sterilized pot and medium in about 3-4 days, but I don't bury them very deep.
Such a difficult process!!! But worth it!!! Cheers for watching and thank you
@@jarheadbonsai yes it is a hassle but to have boab tree it all worth it! Thank you very much and pls consider making videos for more exptic seeds :)
@@KindofaScientist How much should I water the top?
@@rhunter6427 any amount , just grab yourself a cup put 3-4 seeds in it fill with water! If u have hyrogen proxide (3%) add like 1 table spon of that to the cup too! Hydrogen proxide gives your seed extra boost!
@@KindofaScientist I planted five baobab seeds two days ago and I see nothing happening at the moment. I fear it may not grow.
I’ll plant Boabab from seed… how frequently should I water them?
I would water thoroughly once per week, and mist the top layer of soil daily. Good luck!!!
My friend had a baobab tree that has no leaves and he gave it to me to see if I could get it to grow back do you know how I can get it to grow new leaves?
James mine had a looooong dormancy period last Autumn/Winter. I simply watered it (sparingly like a succulent) and kept a close eye and eventually it started to kick out new growth in Spring. I imagine that is what is going on here.
Beautiful little BAY-oh-bob
Thanks for watching and help with my pronunciation 😎🍺🍺cheers my friend
"Some farmers are discouraged by the fact that they can take 15-20 years to fruit - but recent research has shown by grafting the branches of fruiting trees to seedlings they can fruit in five years." :(
Maybe look into grafting if you want to try some baobab fruit sooner haha.
Great idea. 😎🍺🍺
Can we get an update on the baobabs, please?😁🤝
Its a bit of a mess here right now. I am in the middle of a seasonal reorganization 😅😅😅so i dont have time for a video...but they have grown strong this year, withstood a mealy bug attack or two...very little branch division. Ill rry and get a video out before they go dormant. 😎🍺🍺
@@jarheadbonsai thanks, man!
These are cool trees. I am interested to see how it goes.
Thanks for checking out my Baobabs!!!
Awsome baobab trees!
Thanks for watching James!!! Cheers 😎🍺🍺
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Do you have some "hey this worked"-things for a beginner-baobab-bonsai-planter? It's my first tree I am ever planting and I am just trying something with some youtube video's, but I don't want to be a bad mom you know... everything helps! I already soaked them into water and peeled them and put them into a container and then put them into some soil, but just soil I grabbed out of the woods near my village haha, I don't know if that's good.
Where do you live? What temperatures are you having now? Baobabs do well in light well draining soil. I use a lot of perlite in my Baobab plantings.
Please subscribe to follow my Baobabs grow. I will be doing an update video in February. Thanks!!!
I live in Belgium, so it is really cold outside at the moment and during the day there is some light but not that much... so I've put my baobab into the most light spot in my house and leave the heater on during the night so he doesn't get too cold? Okay thanks for the tip!!
@@lies9310 good luck!!!
Very cool, how did you manage to get a Baobab tree seed or sapling?
Welcome to my channel broski!!! I ordered from treeseeds.com. if you get some let me know. The germination process is complicated with these tree seeds. 😎😎😎
At 2:35 does anybody know what kind of plant that fern like tree is?
Delonix Regia!!! The Flame tree.
Bow (like the bow of a ship) ah, and bab (an in babs). Nice tree.
😎🍺🍺
how are they doing now?
Outstanding. Lots of new growth and branching. 😎🍺🍺
How long did you scarifie the seeds for.
I used a palm sander. I sanded down until the black shell showed white. Then soaked for 2 days..then peeled shell. Then planted. 🍻🍻🍻
Cheers for the info bro, but I forgot to ask do the seeds need to be stratified. Keep safe my friend with this terrible virus.
@@deandaniels203 sand each seed down in one spot until you see white. Then soak seeds in warm water for 2 days...peel the black shell off and put in a tupperware with a wet paper towel. They will begin to aprout after a day or so...then plant in a light soil mix and monitor closely
I live in Florida and it's very easy to grow here
I bet!!! CT notthe bestfor these trees. I swear they are dorment 8 months out of the year even indoors 🙄🍺🍺cheers
I got 5 adansonia perrieri seeds and two seeds are rooted
Nice!!! I found with these trees that they stick too their "normal" cycle...so even here in NorthEast USA they beat to their own drum. Mine are only now coming out of dormency for the season...2 months later than normal trees
Bequtiful place is it in Iowa?
Connecticut my friend 😎🍺🍺
i hope they grow well 👍👍👍
Grazie Broski!!!
Cool.Thnx man👌 im from sweden. Trying a baobab now.
Hell yeh!!! Good luck. Let me know how it goes. 😎😎😎
@@jarheadbonsai sure thing!😇 i'll be back👊
@@jarheadbonsai Hey buddy.Hope youre doing ok! Ive been busy with my sick cat. She passed away a few days back.
Been by my side for 15 yrs❤
This was tough.😢
How much did you water your baobab when they popped out of the soil?
@@MatteJz every 3-4 days. I am so sorry to hear about your cat. We love our pets as a part of the family. Its so tragic to lose one. Stay positive. Keep growing!!!
@@jarheadbonsai Thanks a lot!❤
i need pushing right now.
its hard to think positive but im trying!
Big hug from Sweden.
My father was a Jarhead he was a Korean war vet
Semper Fi
Is there an update?
All 4 are alive...truly havent grown an inch in 2 years though...healthy, green foliage...maybe a little thicker. Year 3 was the only agressive groeth year, and i did nothing differently 🤔🫣😅
@@jarheadbonsai damm sorry my man.ive got 4 Aswell that are from Botswana and they have grown so fast,they grow an inch every week
@@jarheadbonsai I'm from Zimbabwe and I have all these african trees that I love .I have a deep love for african trees
@@BestOfClips496 do you have them outdoors? Have you pruned them? Since their pruning a couple years ago...no growth...but atleast alive. Lol
@@jarheadbonsai they are 2 months old with no pruning.they are outdoors but in a big pot.
I've learnt that if you go easy on the trees and put them inside the house and baby them they get weak and die easily,but now the ones that I have now are very strong and healthy.they are very Hard trees and they are meant to be like that in the wild so that's why they are outdoors and I don't go easy on them.they in storms and all that.
love you!!!
Love you more!!! 😘😘😘
Talk to them , they respond :-)
I try, but they dont speak English. 😂😂😂
I live in Missouri !
Are you keeping them indoors year round?
I have a taro baobab.
Cool!!! How old is it my friend?
Adansonia Digitata 15 days old
I tryed 3 and they all survived
Nice work!!! How old are they?
@@jarheadbonsai about 7 weeks now
@@fssl9 good luck. The challenge is keeping them alive from season to season.
@@jarheadbonsai I will just house them next to me bearded dragon enclosures warm dry that's probably perfect
@@fssl9 very cool
"I don't speak Swahili or African" 💀💀💀 Kinda funny, we have 11 official languages in South Africa alone, nevermind the countless others spoken across the continent.
Thats crazy!!! I meant Afrikan which i heard was an official language but still...thats a crazy amount of languages. We basically have English, and Spanish here. Cheers.