Growing Mamey Sapote From Seed | 0 - 77 Days
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- Today I'll be showing you how to grow Mamey Sapotes from seed with updates right through to 2.5 months old. These large, unique, tropical fruits grow well in a tropical and subtropical climate. I live in a temperature climate, but I’m having a go anyway! I’ll be showing you the fresh seeds, how to plant them and what type of soil I’m using. We’ll then see how long they take to sprout and watch them grow. The seeds I have come from a cultivar called Pantin - this variety is grown a lot in South Florida. The fruits are orange with big seeds and are said to have a very unusual taste and are often compared to sweet potato, pumpkin, almond, vanilla and honey - very strange and unusual fruit! Colder temperatures are not their favourite, but they are said to survive to about -1 degrees C or 30 F.
These fruit trees are native to Cuba, Central America, southern Costa Rica, Mexico.
Mamey sapote are also known as Mamey, Mamey Colorado, zapote colorado and zapote rojo and Pouteria sapota.
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Have you tried these fruits before or would you be keen to taste them? Let me know below! If you enjoyed this you should watch my video about How to Grow Miracle Berries From Seed 😎 th-cam.com/video/Xb9J5NGn8Bo/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching 😊
Yes, I tried it as a kid. They are delicious!! I remember I would eat the fruit and also have it in a smoothie, or as ice cream!
I'm from Honduras they are native central America its very delicious the trees get huge do
I was born in Mexico and grew up in Southern Texas. My mom and my sister always spoke about a mixture of fruits that we could not buy here. When I was a teen the supermarket here started purchasing more international fruits. A few months ago the supermarket has finally acquired mamay. I remember eating it once a long time ago and to be able to finally eat them again as an adult in the U.S. is incredible. My seed actually started sprouting inside the fruit so I planted and the plant is already about 5 inches tall. Thank you for this video!!!
I’m growing my own now using your video! I used my fruit in a smoothie.
This makes about two servings:
1 mamey sapote
500mL oat milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp sugar
A few dashes of cinnamon
About 6 ice cubes
Add ingredients to blender and blend until you get a yogurt consistency. so delicious!
milkshake or icecream are the ways to go with it, its so good. Persimmon would be the closest i think. (i just had persimmons for the first time a week ago, first thing i thought was huh, tastes kinda like mamey.) I can see pumpkin though.
They are very common here in México ☺️ and people also make ice cream out of it, it’s really yummy 👌🏼
Ahh very cool! Good to know :)
También un aguas fresca!!!
Mi favorito licuado de mamey
Yeah, I would usually make like a milkshake from it. Miss this fruit
Saben donde venden la fruta o la semilla??
I love this fruit it is actually very common in Mexico and they do taste like sweet potato/vanilla they taste amazing I encourage everyone to try them, I’m here because I’m planting my first mamey plant 😛
Thanks for the info, Can't wait to try them one day. Good luck with your plants! :)
It’s like sweet potato,avocado & chocolate mousse had a baby-people seem to love or hate them. Personally I adore them:) enjoy the flavor adventure!
Here in Puerto Rico they have a slightly different flavor but then, the seeds I have are nearly four times larger than what this gentleman here is showing. The fruit itself is about the size of my head. The flavor is like a cantelope, mango and orange all mixed together.
In smoothies is delicious either with water or milk
I couldn’t work out what a baby-people referred to. Lol. A comma instead of hyphen applied makes sense.
Mamey is delicious!!! You can eat it fresh. One of my favorite ways to consume it though is blended with milk and vanilla (and some sugar if you want your drink to be a bit sweeter). Make sure it’s nice and cold ;) hope you enjoy it!
Sounds really nice! Thanks for the tip :)
it's the most indescribable, rich, heavenly taste on earth
Can’t wait to try it one day! Thanks :)
My 3rd favorite fruit, after Cherimoya and White Sapote
My favorite is Mamey milkshakes. Had a neighbor that brought a seed from Cuba and put it in the yard. Needless to say, it all took off from there.😂
ahh, crack cocaine
It's strange to hear of its taste being described as such, but it makes sense haha. It is my favorite fruit. As a kid, we used to have a large backyard with all kinds of fruits in Cuba and Mamey was unlike any other. The tree grows massive, so it will take a long time, but so definitely worth it. I hope they produce fruit for you all the way in New Zealand! Once you have the fruit, use them for a shake or visit any Cuban in Miami and ask them to make you a "batido de mamey" (Mamey shake). That way, you know if it's up your alley!
I've grown one for 7 years from seed and I now just seen the first branch. I named it Carl. ^_^
Lol don’t tell me that! May I ask where in the world are you? Do you keep it outside in winter?
@@organicgrow4440 I'm in the states, zone 7. I have to bring in Carl. He does defoliate in the cooler months.
Your mamey tree fruit already?
@@RomeliaGomez-Calmell7934 unfortunately, no. I reckon it'll be 10-15 years old before it does. 😔
Trac McNguyen nice I’m in Syd Aus dunno what zone level maybe 10b I’ve got it outside in ground. It grew to 1 metre from seed in first spring/summer then winter hit and put the brakes on it. I’ve got it in ground for 2nd year now. It just puts out some leaves then drops in winter. Spring here now let’s see how it does.
How could any of that be disgusting...they are amazing! My favorite fruit.
Maybe the collage-like description of various flavors made him a bit nervous about if the mix of flavors wouldn't complement one another.
We get mameys when we're in Mexico. They are one of our favorites and your taste description is accurate. We have some seeds we are going to plant. Mamey ice cream is fantastic. Thanks for the tips!
Good luck with your seeds! Hope they grow well for you :)
Tried them and they are easily the most pleasantly memorable fruit I've ever had!
Awesome, thanks! Can't wait to try them
I got a mamey sapote tree a while ago and it’s doing well, I recently got two mamey sapotes from the store and one of them had one seed and other other had three seeds! So I went ahead and planted four seeds
I get this fruit in my tropical country of Trinidad and Tobago. I have known it since childhood and I love it. Tried growing the seeds but was never successful. Thanks for the tips. I have seeds from one that I cut this morning so I am going to plant! Wish me luck!
Im about to try one of these in the next hour. Definitely going to plant the seeds.
It definitely has a sweet potato and almond flavor to me. I'm eating one right now and found your video because I wanted to grow the seed from inside the fruit I'm eating
Thanks for your video! I want to plant my seed now.
Literally just ate one. Smells like almond paste. Amazing
Hey!! Welcome back!! It’s been a long time, I hope all is well. I saw all your new videos, congrats on your new lands btw! 🥳
Hey welcome back to you too! Glad to see you around again!! Thanks for the comment, hope you’re doing well 😁😁
i tried one the other day for the first time and id say it was alright and that's a pretty decent description
Just had it for the first time today and it’s really tasty!
I grew up eating these in the Bahamas. They are just as you have described. Delicious
It is a delicious fruit! It takes about 7 years before you have fruit.
I bought one at the grocery store a few days ago. It was fairly large in size. Got 2 cups of fruit and added it to a blender with a liter of water and 4 tablespoons of honey. Chill and it’s a delicious fruit juice!!!
Thanks for saying the name correctly! Lol
Yum that sounds delicious! Hope I get to try it one day, even it is is 7 years away! Haha :)
absolutely delicious fruit! smooth taste. like sweet potato mousse
I’ve tried Mamey Sapote and I agree with what you said taste wise.
My seedling is doing great!
Good to know. Great to hear yours is growing well 😊🌱
Hi..can u plz tell me how u germinated your seed?? And if u cracked it a bit before germinating it??
I love sapote, mamey sapote is my mum’s favourite variety. We also love Mamey which is different, it’s botanical name is Mammea Americana. It’s so yummy, tastes like peach or apricot with tropical flavours! I’m trying to grow it in Victoria Australia however it is externally rare. Much more rare than mamey sapote.
Great video, nice to get 100% germination, and almost identical to the day in growth rate
The one I had in Dominican Republic tested something in between a peach and a melon , amazing!
I recently tried this fruit and love it! I planted the seed from my fruit this morning and hope to see it sprout in 5 weeks. I wish it would fruit a lot faster though :)
Living in Miami, Florida we enjoy mamey as a shake. We add mamey(fresh or frozen)to a blender along with ice, sugar and milk. You can experiment on quantities but its not very difficult to do. It is a delicious way to enjoy this fruit and also interestingly enough I find the shakes to be very refreshing and a way to cool down in our steamy weather and they also go very well with our fritas(cuban burgers)! Enjoy!!
I eat the smaller variety, they're the size of a lemon, but the large variety is as big a papaya.
The seed you have is one of the bigger variety. There is one variety of mamey seed that's twice as big and long as the one you used.
The tree you used is quit big. I think if you use the lemon size fruit size tree, you can grow a smaller fruit bearing mamey tree in a big pot in the yard or indoor.
They are delicious!!!
The papaya size mamey sapote fruit sells for about $39 USD per fruit weighting in at 4 to 5 pounds in California. I prefer the small ones, which is cheaper per pound.
Mamey, It has a flavor all to itself I have found that it tastes like nothing else I have ever had, Wonderful in milkshakes.
Can't wait to try it one day! Cheers :)
One of the best fruits for smoothies
Im from Trinidad and currently eating one as I type. You just gotta taste it yourself and figure out how it hits your taste pallet. I love it.
So cool. Can't wait to try one some day :)
one of the best fruits on planet!
wow.. that is actually correct. They taste like almond scented vanilla bean chocolate cream avocado. They are amazing
I like the taste and the seed came with the root out
We just tried one and I was not disappointed with the flavor or texture. I made a smoothie out of it and had to freeze the rest because they’re very large.
Im from Belize n we hav them here very delicious ur not gonna regret it
I've also started growing a Mame Sapote tree. It's around a year old now. The fruit tasted like sweet potato pie, minus the cinnamon. Same texture as sweet potato pie even. The tree is approaching a meter tall, perhaps a bit more. Really cool
Wow hope mines a metre tall after a year! Awesome job :)
@@TheKiwiGrower I'm not too sure if there are different type of mame sapote, but the fruit I started with was the same shape and just a bit smaller than an American football. I'm so glad you're growing them too. I love your videos 😁😎
When do fruits start growing?
Joe is your tree bearing fruits after a year?
Hi Joe!! Can u plz tell me how u germinated your mamey seed? Did u put it in soil or in damp paper towel?? And how is your plant doing now??
How awesome. I’ve only seen the chocolate pudding fruit or black sapote so keen to try find this to 🤙
Hope you can find them, they’re so cool to grow :)
They taste awesome.
Very popular in Cuba! Love it! Can make ice cream and milk shakes with it too! My favorite!
Sounds so good!
Very unique and pleasant taste, texture like papaya
I got my seeds from a plantation here on Kauai and mahalo for the little tutorial!
Almost rare tropical fruits you have been collections, amazing.
I finally tried one! The flavor is kind of a sweet potato and pumpkin but very unique taste but not bad at all 👍🏼
Nice one good to know :)
Sweet potato and papaya. Love this unusual fruit
One of my favorites. I make a raw pumpkin pie with the fruit, yum yum
I saw that fruit in store, might try to sprout them.
I have them all the time in Florida. Cubans enjoy them as shakes. I use mine for shakes with:
1 cup mamey
1 cup almond milk
1/2 cup ice
1 tbsp sugar is optional
If you can grow them and have the space, you would have a gem in your yard. They are very healthy and beneficial. I will say the fruit takes time to give but I have been given mameys the size of footballs. In short, its delicious if you haven't tried it--you are missing out.
Yum they sound so good! Thanks for the comment. Hope one day I can get mine to a fruiting stage :)
Love the kitty!
Actually found them available here in Brooklyn NY on my grocery delivery service. I'd never heard of them. But we have EVERYTHING here in NYC and I'll bet they have been available in neighborhoods with populations of people who had eaten them in the countries from which they came. They are, I think, quite delicious. The flesh looks like papaya (the orange fleshed kind), but it has the "mouth feel" of sweet potato. It does, indeed, taste like sweet potato, but I think it has hints of papaya. Those other "notes" some people detect are subjective. As long as the flesh is soft, it will be akin to very, very sweet sweet potato.
Mamey its sooo good
They are delicious!
I love sapote it's like nothing you ever tasted. It's really delicious,we have them in Trinidad and Tobago ❤❤❤❤
I have two beautiful Mamey trees here in Saint Petersburg, Florida
The Fruit is absolutely Fantastic Flavor and honey sweet with a pink redish flesh.
It was worth the wait. It is a Tropical fruit.
Best fruit ever!
I look forward to our annual trip to Mexico so I can enjoy mamay fruit again! Depending on the ripeness, I've always described it as pumpkin pie or butterscotch pudding :)
Mamey ice cream is the best! Yum!
I'm come from El Salvador, where this fruit is so popular. Personally Im not a fan and neither are my kids. but definitely recommend trying it. You may be one that loves it. It taste to me like a sweet potatoe avo, vey creamy an silky texture, the sweetness is like a maple syrup taste with a hint of vanilla choc. Hope that helps! If you get a chance try it....
My mum made a milk and sapote smoothy blend and made paddlepops and my kids loved those.... So it may be the texture they don't like.
Awesome trees!
Great fruit.. I lie to beat lightly and put in homemade ice cream... melds well with vanilla ice cream.
Eating some right now Love it. Texture is like cold pumpkin pie. Taste is honey and pumpkin. Super yummy. How long till it fruits when starting with seed? I think forever
My uncle has a mamey orchard. The fruit is delicious.
What a amazing fruits
I live where they grow and they taste more like a cross of Papaya and sweet potatoes. Delicious highly nutritious and one Sapote can be a meal!😋
I tried this for the first time yesterday and it was so delicious. It had an amazing, custardy, lightly sweet taste which was very pleasant. It was basically a dessert. At the store these are $5 or $6 USD per pound so the one i got ended up costing over $3. I really want to try black sapote next, but I have not seen that in stores. Would probably have to get it shipped or maybe that is not even possible...
Those are common in the Caribbean. Very delicious fruit. My favorite way to enjoy those are in milk shakes
That’s cool! Look forward to trying that one day :)
Great video . thank you
Just blended sapote with guanabana, banana, and mamon... yummy, brings a custard texture to the blend..
Yum, sounds awesome! Thanks Kelly
I’m from El Salvador, unexplainable flavor, we have some that look like watermelons, I’ve only found small ones in the US, the waiting game is long but it’ll be worth it
Sweetest fruit I ever tasted
I love them in a smoothie w milk, vanilla, ice...
Not just the taste, but the texture -a meaty, juicy, sweet, full bodied bite of paradise. This fruit is common in Guyana.
Just tasted my first one. It had the texture of a cooked sweet potato, was very sweet with an almost chocolate-like flavor.
Chocolate?
Very interesting, can’t wait to try one one day
I love it, Miami.
This is very useful. I have no idea on how to plant anything... although, it's very common here in El Salvador. :) I'm gonna try this!
Awesome hope it grows well for you! 🌱
I found these fruits at a Mexican supermarket here in Southern California and bought one. I think it was about $3, which is a bit expensive for what it is. Unfortunately, I cut it open before it was ripe (it was not soft enough, flesh was dry and hard like a sweet potato) but the smell was amazing--just like almond extract! I plan to attempt to grow this tree for its beauty and shade, and if we still live here in 7 years, we'll eat it, too.
Nice one :) Good luck growing it!
$3 is cheap! Here in NYC it is $4.99/lb or more. The one I bought was about $9.00
Hi! Here in Mexico they are expensive but they are very fleshy, it tastes sweet and has a vibrant color, i like it in smoothies. Brought one mamey that happened to have 2 seeds in one...ill try to plant it...perhaps its a sign lol.
Its one of my fav fruits
They grow well in Mexico, here they are rare in South Temperate side of Aus for $20+ per kilo (that’s about $14 usd).
Hi, in Mexico and love this fruit, enjoying it everyday. Seeds are very large and yes quite often you will get two seeds in one fruit. Enjoy this delightful, healthy breakfast treat any chance you get.
Grew up with these in the Dominican Republic. It's a beloved food there. In Latin America we pronounce it maa-May. In DR it's most commonly known as zapote. We love having it as a shake. When Dominicans prepare desserts we typically replace regular milk with evaporated milk giving the shake a thicker and richer taste.
Awesome, thanks for the pronunciation tip :)
@@TheKiwiGrower say it how u want brother just thought I'd let u know just in case you speak to a Hispanic they won't understand mamee. I told my brother the other day how ppl here in Australia pronounce it and he was cracking up. To me it's cute.
I used to make a milk shake with it, it good.
Mamey fruit is specially for shakes with milk and is delicious.
Do a walk through we wanna see the other fruits you have planted
Very interesting please keep us updated with the Mamey Sapote plants, I think they taste like a very sweet, sweet potato/pumpkin more fruity less savoury with other minor complex flavours of its own with sort of crystallised sugar texture as you chomp on it. I grew one from seed it grew 1 metre in the first summer purely outdoor in ground now. It’s 3 years old now after the first winter handbrakes went on no growth since first winter in late summer almost autumn it puts on new beautiful leaves then yellows in winter sometimes drops same thing again next summer/autumn. I’m patient hoping eventually with enough summers the trunk thickens & semi-acclimatised for some growth in future as I’m an extremely patient gardener as you are too it seems I’ll give it about 10years at least to see if it’s got any chance here (Syd, Aus)
Hope it goes well! Good luck :)
I hope you got the red variety. Deep red. Super delicious. Tastes like a combination of sweet potato and papaya. I am also growing them. I received 4 beautiful mamey fruits and loved them so much I nurtured the seeds. It took over a month because they did not have root and I kept them on wet kitchen towel until I saw a little plant beginnig to show. One fruit had 3 seeds, another one one, and two others 2. I had some flooded in a storm, and yes they don't like excess water. After a week they are beginning to come back to life. I did an experiment with a seed that broke in half. I covered it in wet kitchen paper and to my surprise a plant grew from each half. I'm enjoying them a lot. These red ones are from the Dominican Republic. Good luck with your plants.
Thanks for the comment, that’s super interesting that the half seed sprouted and made 2 plants! The variety I got is called pantin, not sure if it’s the one you’re talking about or not...
Excelente vídeo 👍✌️🔝
Greetings 🇧🇷
Just tried this fruit for the first time. It tasted to me like sweet potato pie
They are unbelievably good here in florida. They have to be very ripe like an avocado. Tastes like pumpkin pie to me
I love sapote I have huge tree in my yard hello from Honduras but they take a long time start giving fruits like 25 years or so
Whoa! Thanks for letting us know.
Good job
I like the taste
They are delicious and fairly common at Latin markets in FL
the moment i got explained to plant em asap, i immediately planted the two that came outa the fruit, cause we got one and tried it today, and had i not watched this we probs wouldn't have been able to grow em.
I plant a sapote seed it's about 5 feet now, I don't know how long I'll have to wait. It grows pretty big ❤❤❤
Have you tried a mamey sapote popsicle. It is very delicious
I saw this video because I wanted to grow mamey sapote from seeds.
Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩
South Florida here :) a slightly different, smaller variety just grows here in parks and along the streets, the seeds are about half in size as these on the video; they are supposed to be cracked a tiny bit before planting (otherwise the shell is too hard to let the seed sprout well): I wonder were pre-cracked or this variety does not require pre-craking of the seed prior to its planting?
Definitely closer to sweet potatoes but no cooking required. Cold is better to me 😊
This is one of my favorite fruit in my country. Where did you bought it? I am based in Auckland.
Hi , great video, you said you bought the seeds on line, which website?