I just absolutely love these short videos, where you focus on one specific thing at a time, a big 100% yes for short videos, I’m going to check out this fruit store online. Well done ! 🦋. 🙏 🌏
I was so lucky to be at Echo Farms when they had just picked one and was sharing it with some of us...OMG, just what Gavin said, I was blown away, didn't expect that at all, a combination of pineapple, orange and passionfruit...I bought 2 more plants...more is more right...!!!
Chris Dutton Dear Chris, would you share any tips on how to grow the fruits? My parents have 4-5 year old plant. Mine is fairly new. I wanted to know if only some specific kind of monstera deliciosa gives fruit or if indoor or outdoor care matters. I would really appreciate it if you can share some of your experiences. I have an emotional bond with the kind since we had a plant when I was very young.
Monstera are awesome! And they're good eating. I've known about them for 20+ years. Yeah it's like a combo of soursop, pineapple, little hint of banana maybe... It is hard to describe. Quit talking bout it Grow It!
We have those fruits plenty in the jungle ....but never knew it could be eaten(edible). New lesson for me and thank you for the information...will try soon
Great intro to a fruit we love in South Florida. We have a 10 year old plant growing against an oak tree that will give us enough fruit to make awesome "banana" bread. I will have 4-5 ripening on the counter at once. Note: can't be used in a smoothie due to the prickly fibers.
Not sure if this has been mentioned in the comments yet, but unless your variegated monstera has variegation in its stem, it isn’t very likely to continue the variegation but there is always hope!! Best of luck!! And as always, love your videos and farm tours! Thanks for sharing!!
Never knew that monstera could be eaten. Here it grows wild. Like a weed. I’m 42, hunted, fished, camped all over and never knew it was edible. Wow. Learn something new everyday.
Variegated Monstera deliciosa! Wow! That sounds great. I once had a Sea Grape tree (Coccoloba uvifera) that would send out occasional branches that had all variegated leaves. I wondered if I could have cut and propagated those branches and had a complete variegated Sea Grape tree. I have never seen another one since.
Awesome I’ve been waiting for this video This is one of my favorite fruits that I tried in Guatemala at a nature preserve that I asked to pick and I got to pick it off of the vine but I’m in north Texas so I can’t grow it
I've had these plants in my gardens in all my houses that I moved to over the years, and had been eating them all these years around Sydney Australia, most members of my family are not interested but I love the taste of the fruit, it's monstrously delicious . Thanks Pete Kanaris, I've been following your interesting reporting over the years, and find it very interesting, My name is Tom Constantinidis
Done in Mexico they called.piña ,Anona.becouse it's taste like 2 different fruit's. It taste like pineapple and Anona a tree fruit. And Aztecs used this for medicen too.
We are growing these as a 'novelty' crop here in Paraguay. Slowly but surely multiplying the amounts of plants by cuttings and seeds. The 'champ' is a monster with about 30 fruits on it.
And they do taste like fruit roll up to me also. 10 years cant get mine to fruit outside but makes your yard feel like your on vacation....Make sure there ripe just like the 1 they where eating. Great Video✌🌞🌼🌻🌴🌸
You gotta be careful about the tiny hairy bit that's on the fruit..i remember those being kinda itchy... gotta wash it well..and their jam is the best i have ever had. and the smell..omg... once it's ripe, it's smell just spreads all around the garden. Nostalgia...
I have the split leaf philodendron. The stalk is only about 2' tall but the leaves are so huge they reach out to 10' tall. I believe they fruit from the ground. The "chicklet" things you were removing are the seeds. The one plant is in a huge terracotta pot. Busted the pot and the roots, well if I ever have to remove it I'm gonna need an ax.
Too funny, as I was looking to re-plant one under the house porch; more so just for the scenic beauty...may not have enough sun...or grow as large here. Probably won't fruit in that environ in AZ here (?) but perhaps ! Interesting...
In the summer It will do. Especially in late spring summer,as long you keep It protected from freeze and icywinds. You may need a very very very good soil and protect It in the winter indoors. Always giving the most half-shade light as you can. It may take a while to actually give you something but a covered ground in woodchips and a biodiversed soil with alot of minerals and nutrients can do miracles for your plants. Good luck ! Give moist good soil enviroment,use gloves when dealing with their roots, ok? Have fun and one day she may give you a present. Permaculture is always the best !
I have a couple "rarer" or uncommon cycads that are sending up cones now for the first time ! I even wondered if they were hybridizing...and simply "wondered" at all if those cones may be edible. Obviously, that will be my own research project--not sure if I still have those properly labeled anywhere...but You have ramped up my desire to investigate that now ! ;)
L. J. Bush You're right, if they aren't ripe you could become very ill or even die. Not exactly sure what the toxic compound is but people should wait until they're sure the fruit is ripe.
Will this grow outside in central North Florida, zone 9a? We are closing on our Florida homestead this week!! I am a west coast girl, so I have been researching things that will grow in Florida. Your channel has been amazing and filled with great ideas ❤️😁!
what do you mean when you say something tastes "tropical", how would you describe that taste? i'm wondering since there's a wide range of fruits available in the tropics. do they have a common underlying taste?
The best of the variegated Monstera is called "Thai Constellation". It is coming out of Thailand as tissue cultured plantlets and very expensive but within a few years the price will go down and availability be greater. Not sure how the variegated types might fruit. It takes a while to mature, stem diameter needs to be about 1 inch/2-3 cm.
We call those Bananas - Banana/Ananas(pineapple for minority of the world). They also look and taste like a true mix of banana and pineapple. I even heard fake stories that they bread it by combing both of them as they are both grass type plants, may be wrong about pineapple, but hey, it looks more like grass than banana does.
Yes sir the skin looks like breadfruit ((in Spanish pana or panapen))and the color green's the same I wonder if it's the same family group edit: the MONSTERA FRUIT belongs to the ARACEAE (arum family) edit: the breadfruit as well as the jackfruit belongs to the MULBERRY family((artocarpus family))
I just got one of these fruits and tried eating it and felt like eating fiberglass! I was suprised because I thought it was ripe because the scales were peeling off on their own and I only ate the spot where the scales had fallen off of.
In my farm a very small plant (propagated from stem) with only 8-10 leaves, within a year of planting six fruits appeared and waiting for full mature. It needs some sort of stress for yielding.
😍😍😍 hallo mr pete... in my village semarang indonesia there is a fruit like this the name sirkaya it tastes sweet flesh the fruit is white and the seeds are black but the shape of the fruit is round
thanks so much for covering this- there was a plant rumoured to sell online auction for $8k recently ( NZ ) - I was wondering what the fuss was all about.
This plant are quite common in Singapore . They cling around tree trunk. Their leaves are like dragon tail . That's why we call this plant dragon tail plant. But l haven't seen it produces such fruit at all . Perhaps l should be more observant from now on . Thanks for this video otherwise I thought it a non fruiting plant. Or maybe you are planting fake new to us .
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL Well if a hotel can fruit them. I have a good chance at it!! thanks for more good info. I will add it to my Petes list of edibles im trying out here.
Hey Pete! I have a more juvenile monstera deliciosa than yours. It has full splits, but doesn't have holes yet. I got it to keep as a houseplant, but when I tried it, I knew I had to do whatever I can to make it produce fruit one day. Can I do this indoors? or will it need to be in the ground to give it the best chance? I'm in 9a.
I've watched several videos of this fruit, and none show the appropriate scientific curiosity and analysis of structure and anatomy, most are just too excited to show and eat it.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL yes. It's right across from her front door. It's so huge, like a part of the family lol No fruit though. I totally need to research why now. Thank you!
Would have helped to have a bit more explanation. Like, WHY does it make your mouth feel like you ate fiberglass, if it's not ripe enough? And does it ripen sequentially along the fruit? In other words, if you start eating it can the rest sit and ripen, or do you throw it away? I lived in Hawaii for years and only ever encountered one monstera fruit. I think it was probably only half ripe, it tasted like pineapple and cherimoya but left my mouth irritated like eating a very acid pineapple. Plant this for the foliage and don't expect much fruit IMO.
I just absolutely love these short videos, where you focus on one specific thing at a time, a big 100% yes for short videos, I’m going to check out this fruit store online. Well done ! 🦋. 🙏 🌏
We cut the leaves for for arrangements. After about a week or two they will start to put out roots...very easy to propagate. Love this plant❤😊
Awesome! They do make a great display piece.
I was so lucky to be at Echo Farms when they had just picked one and was sharing it with some of us...OMG, just what Gavin said, I was blown away, didn't expect that at all, a combination of pineapple, orange and passionfruit...I bought 2 more plants...more is more right...!!!
Awesome! Yeah tasting the fruit would sell anyone.
That is one cool plant... It reminds me of the flowers that only let humming birds have so much pollen at a time lol
I have about five pods on my plant. Can’t wait!
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Nice!
Chris Dutton Dear Chris, would you share any tips on how to grow the fruits? My parents have 4-5 year old plant. Mine is fairly new. I wanted to know if only some specific kind of monstera deliciosa gives fruit or if indoor or outdoor care matters. I would really appreciate it if you can share some of your experiences. I have an emotional bond with the kind since we had a plant when I was very young.
Dijital Canavar sorry DC. All my fruits tasted awe full!! 😩
Thanks for continuing to share all these plants.
Monstera are awesome! And they're good eating. I've known about them for 20+ years. Yeah it's like a combo of soursop, pineapple, little hint of banana maybe... It is hard to describe. Quit talking bout it Grow It!
I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to try this fruit! Seriously epic 👊
I find that it's got a closer taste to another tropical fruit called "Guanábana" I have a few monstera growing under a huge Ceiba tree.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL with this grow in northeast FL. I'm between Jax and Gainesville
I ate wild ones of these in Queensland, best fruit ever.
Awesome 😎
beautiful
Miami fruit 💞
We have those fruits plenty in the jungle ....but never knew it could be eaten(edible).
New lesson for me and thank you for the information...will try soon
it's funny how subtropcial places have such crazy frosts
Great intro to a fruit we love in South Florida. We have a 10 year old plant growing against an oak tree that will give us enough fruit to make awesome "banana" bread. I will have 4-5 ripening on the counter at once. Note: can't be used in a smoothie due to the prickly fibers.
Thanks Teresa! That sounds awesome 👏🏻
Nice plant and fruit! I'll have to see about ordering some fruit from Miami fruit to try some new things.
We call that fruit locus and wild honey. It grows wild all over in Bermuda
Not sure if this has been mentioned in the comments yet, but unless your variegated monstera has variegation in its stem, it isn’t very likely to continue the variegation but there is always hope!! Best of luck!! And as always, love your videos and farm tours! Thanks for sharing!!
Never knew that monstera could be eaten. Here it grows wild. Like a weed. I’m 42, hunted, fished, camped all over and never knew it was edible. Wow. Learn something new everyday.
Oh wow these grow almost wild here in malaysia. Didnt know they had fruit!
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Growing enjoying eating this in my garden in Melbourne
Soooo beautiful plant and delicious fruit 😋. Here in my country ppl doesn't know about this tropical fruit
Super!
Those are common tropical rain forest plants grows wild here
Are you in Brazil? Where is here
Variegated Monstera deliciosa! Wow! That sounds great.
I once had a Sea Grape tree (Coccoloba uvifera) that would send out occasional branches that had all variegated leaves. I wondered if I could have cut and propagated those branches and had a complete variegated Sea Grape tree. I have never seen another one since.
To me the flavor is so much like pineapple and the fiber glass part is true beware it's unexpected but it doesn't hurt to much it's an amazing flavor
Awesome I’ve been waiting for this video
This is one of my favorite fruits that I tried in Guatemala at a nature preserve that I asked to pick and I got to pick it off of the vine but I’m in north Texas so I can’t grow it
I've had these plants in my gardens in all my houses that I moved to over the years, and had been eating them all these years around Sydney Australia, most members of my family are not interested but I love the taste of the fruit, it's monstrously delicious .
Thanks Pete Kanaris, I've been following your interesting reporting over the years, and find it very interesting,
My name is Tom Constantinidis
I'm the 421st like, I digg the chill lofi-esque music edited in. Love your work
Thanks 🙏
Great information man I just got one last week 🌱 The fruit looks yum 😋
Done in Mexico they called.piña ,Anona.becouse it's taste like 2 different fruit's. It taste like pineapple and Anona a tree fruit. And Aztecs used this for medicen too.
I love Annonas!
Seen it around, great vid Pete appreciate the education on this...👊✌️
Had no idea those gave fruit. Will have to plant one outside.
Yum
I live in Hawaii & have these in my yard. One is in bloom, so can't wait to try. My question is.... WHERE ARE THE SEEDS on this plant?
Your videos are amazing Pete and so are the souls and nature featured here. Thanks dawggy
Much love Tyler!
We are growing these as a 'novelty' crop here in Paraguay. Slowly but surely multiplying the amounts of plants by cuttings and seeds. The 'champ' is a monster with about 30 fruits on it.
Awesome! Are the seeds the chiclets on the outside of the fruit?
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL No, some fruits are completely seedless while others have seeds between the edible fruity part, the size of small beans.
Doug Vegan Paradise Builder thank you! I’m yet to see these seeds. Thanks for sharing
Another fruit to try
Thank for sharing 😊
Thank you....Enjoyed .
And they do taste like fruit roll up to me also. 10 years cant get mine to fruit outside but makes your yard feel like your on vacation....Make sure there ripe just like the 1 they where eating. Great Video✌🌞🌼🌻🌴🌸
Seriously amazing tropical flavors! Thanks
Love your son's haircut. You guys are awesome.
looks like an alien corn cob
You gotta be careful about the tiny hairy bit that's on the fruit..i remember those being kinda itchy... gotta wash it well..and their jam is the best i have ever had. and the smell..omg... once it's ripe, it's smell just spreads all around the garden. Nostalgia...
Wow Gavin is sure growing up!
He is growing quick!
I have the split leaf philodendron. The stalk is only about 2' tall but the leaves are so huge they reach out to 10' tall. I believe they fruit from the ground. The "chicklet" things you were removing are the seeds.
The one plant is in a huge terracotta pot. Busted the pot and the roots, well if I ever have to remove it I'm gonna need an ax.
Wow! That would be amazing if the chiclets were seeds... I need to look into this.
The intro was Fire !!!
Thanks! 🙌
It is also called "Fruit Salad" since you can taste many fruits in it.
I love it, one of the most delicious fruits I have eaten.
That’s a good one!
a kid reaction never lies
There is alot of these here in Brazil hahaha Humid forests,and "deliciosa" means "delicious" you might have guessed It already lol
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Really great video!! Thank you for sharing 🙏🙌
Thank you! 🙌
Alot here in the rainforest Australia
Can you get it to fruit indoors and what size do they need to be to fruit?
Will do!
It looks like a green corn !
Thank you for making this! An amazing fruit I hope to try one day! Subscribed.
Awesome! Thanks Eva 🙌
Verry tasty fruit i eat them at Madeira only eat when fruit is ripe the if the peal not come of automatic its toxic!
Too funny, as I was looking to re-plant one under the house porch; more so just for the scenic beauty...may not have enough sun...or grow as large here. Probably won't fruit in that environ in AZ here (?) but perhaps ! Interesting...
In the summer It will do. Especially in late spring summer,as long you keep It protected from freeze and icywinds. You may need a very very very good soil and protect It in the winter indoors. Always giving the most half-shade light as you can. It may take a while to actually give you something but a covered ground in woodchips and a biodiversed soil with alot of minerals and nutrients can do miracles for your plants. Good luck ! Give moist good soil enviroment,use gloves when dealing with their roots, ok? Have fun and one day she may give you a present. Permaculture is always the best !
novahina I’ll keep it in mind, too! Thanks for sharing!
Got mine today, along with Tithonia diversifolia and firebush. Just re-watched all the videos.
Awesome! Love it 🙌
Lovely leaves and delicious fruit❤️
I love monstera deliciosa so much but they seem never ripe in Hong Kong...
MeiMei Hiew if you're ever in Mexico I will gladly give you some, my monstera are giving pretty much all year.
I wonder why? They produce the fruits?
I live in BayPines need plants that will grow near and with oak.I will give it a taste first.
I have a couple "rarer" or uncommon cycads that are sending up cones now for the first time ! I even wondered if they were hybridizing...and simply "wondered" at all if those cones may be edible. Obviously, that will be my own research project--not sure if I still have those properly labeled anywhere...but You have ramped up my desire to investigate that now ! ;)
I've seen that before , I thought it was poison or something if it was not ripe.
L. J. Bush You're right, if they aren't ripe you could become very ill or even die. Not exactly sure what the toxic compound is but people should wait until they're sure the fruit is ripe.
Hello , Where can i Buy Monstera Fruit??
It's like eating boogers with a fork from a giant green wang that tastes like skittles.
Best comment yet! 🤣
Lol
I mean.... yeah.... I still love it though.
Can you get seeds from it ?
Will this grow outside in central North Florida, zone 9a? We are closing on our Florida homestead this week!! I am a west coast girl, so I have been researching things that will grow in Florida. Your channel has been amazing and filled with great ideas ❤️😁!
It’s pushing the edge but worth trying. Ours recovered after a brutal winter two years ago. I’d wait until spring.
Do you sell the variegated monstera?
No, that’s a very hard one to find. I have one in my personal nursery :-)
what do you mean when you say something tastes "tropical", how would you describe that taste?
i'm wondering since there's a wide range of fruits available in the tropics. do they have a common underlying taste?
Dude he just gave you Corona from the future. 🤯
The best of the variegated Monstera is called "Thai Constellation". It is coming out of Thailand as tissue cultured plantlets and very expensive but within a few years the price will go down and availability be greater. Not sure how the variegated types might fruit. It takes a while to mature, stem diameter needs to be about 1 inch/2-3 cm.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing
We call those Bananas - Banana/Ananas(pineapple for minority of the world). They also look and taste like a true mix of banana and pineapple. I even heard fake stories that they bread it by combing both of them as they are both grass type plants, may be wrong about pineapple, but hey, it looks more like grass than banana does.
Yup, in Florida it's a lovely tropical plant, where I live, i'ts a rampant weed...lol
That’s a crazy problem to have! You must be in Central America?
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL Si señor! :)
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My dude! 👊
Yes sir the skin looks like breadfruit ((in Spanish pana or panapen))and the color green's the same I wonder if it's the same family group
edit: the MONSTERA FRUIT belongs to the ARACEAE (arum family)
edit: the breadfruit as well as the jackfruit belongs to the MULBERRY family((artocarpus family))
Can you believe mulberry and jackfruit are related?!? Just mind boggling.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL incredible I was like whaaaaaaat when I looked it up
i wish you would landscape my small yard (Ocala, Fl) Your amazing
Maybe I could! We do travel the state
We call it "Fruit Salad Plant" here in Australia
Love that!
I just got one of these fruits and tried eating it and felt like eating fiberglass! I was suprised because I thought it was ripe because the scales were peeling off on their own and I only ate the spot where the scales had fallen off of.
Interesting. At the right stage they should be fine.. z
In my farm a very small plant (propagated from stem) with only 8-10 leaves, within a year of planting six fruits appeared and waiting for full mature. It needs some sort of stress for yielding.
Thanks for the tip!
😍😍😍 hallo mr pete...
in my village semarang indonesia there is a fruit like this the name sirkaya it tastes sweet flesh the fruit is white and the seeds are black but the shape of the fruit is round
Hello! Breadfruit looks very similar in texture but is round.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL 👍
Do all swiss cheese plants fruit ?
Eventually with the right conditions.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL thank you for your information bud
thanks so much for covering this- there was a plant rumoured to sell online auction for $8k recently ( NZ ) - I was wondering what the fuss was all about.
Wow! That’s insane expensive 😳
Oh man, I had to check that figure which is incorrect - it was 2k on a trade me auction - still $$ but a big difference 😅 my bad !!
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Gimmie Dat Fruity Tooty Treat's! Dirt Sun & Water what a lovely thing !
An unboxing of fruit?
In this case mine hasn’t fruited yet. Yes, I opened a box of the fruit that was sent to me. Is there a problem?
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL no, just trying to be funny
To me that looks like en elongated custard apple, do you think anything is similar between these two?
Hello! No, those are different species. These are like eating fiberglass at the wrong stage.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL haha ok
This plant are quite common in Singapore . They cling around tree trunk. Their leaves are like dragon tail . That's why we call this plant dragon tail plant. But l haven't seen it produces such fruit at all . Perhaps l should be more observant from now on . Thanks for this video otherwise I thought it a non fruiting plant. Or maybe you are planting fake new to us .
This is not a dragon tail plant. Dragon tail plant has the scientific name of rhaphidophora devursiva
Holy cow its turtle fruit!
will it fruit indoors?or do i add it to my protected species and move out during summer and in only during the worst of the winter?
I’ve seen them fruiting indoors at a hotel. It would really depend on the setting, I’m not sure about that one.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL Well if a hotel can fruit them. I have a good chance at it!! thanks for more good info. I will add it to my Petes list of edibles im trying out here.
Hey Pete! I have a more juvenile monstera deliciosa than yours. It has full splits, but doesn't have holes yet. I got it to keep as a houseplant, but when I tried it, I knew I had to do whatever I can to make it produce fruit one day. Can I do this indoors? or will it need to be in the ground to give it the best chance? I'm in 9a.
Hello! I’d say I’m a large pot with some type of trellis you could probably do it indoors. I’ve seen them fruiting indoors at hotels.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL Thanks so much for the response. Love your channel.
I've watched several videos of this fruit, and none show the appropriate scientific curiosity and analysis of structure and anatomy, most are just too excited to show and eat it.
The fruit looks like Peace Lily so why can’t we eat peace lilies like that and why do Monstera flower like PEACE LILIES????
Every species is different
Could you write the name of the plant please?
mom had big monstera plants but they never fruit :/
Hey, my mom's 25+ yr old plant never fruited. Are they gender specific? Her's was a giant.
Not to my knowledge. That’s weird. You’ve looked for them regularly?
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL yes. It's right across from her front door. It's so huge, like a part of the family lol No fruit though. I totally need to research why now. Thank you!
Would have helped to have a bit more explanation. Like, WHY does it make your mouth feel like you ate fiberglass, if it's not ripe enough? And does it ripen sequentially along the fruit? In other words, if you start eating it can the rest sit and ripen, or do you throw it away? I lived in Hawaii for years and only ever encountered one monstera fruit. I think it was probably only half ripe, it tasted like pineapple and cherimoya but left my mouth irritated like eating a very acid pineapple. Plant this for the foliage and don't expect much fruit IMO.
Why is the variegated variety expensive?
It’s just not very common.
@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL ok Thanks!
See my pic. It's good eat only the ripe part of the fruit
Lol
dry fruit should not be more expensive than wet fruit
Processing value added
It’s the freeze dried stuff that’s expensive, it’s quite the process and locks up most of the nutrients.
They really are tasty but, its annoying that you can only eat a small amount at a time.
the fruit looks like a giant pine cone
Seriously!
Wow the fruit is so over priced who pays 100 dollars for mangosteen when I can get it at the Asian market for like 20 dollars