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Great video on Rosella and I’ve watched couple of videos on this but no one mentioned that the leaves are edible as well. As this plant is originally from west Africa, we do make use of every single parts of it. Look up some recipes for the leaves 🍃 they’re called bisab in Senegal and The Gambia. In Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia it’s called sour-sour ( sawa sawa)
Hi there Kay. 🙂 We leave the pulp in all our jam. Adds extra fibre to make up for all the sugar that's added. 😉The seed pods get removed though. Haven't tried it with rum as we only have spiced & was told it goes best with white rum. Cheers & have a great one.
Ah, that makes sense...and you are correct, sorrel seems to take so much sugar to sweeten and you are also right about the white rum. Congrats on such lovely looking plants. Mine are usually pretty scrawny looking. Cheers
I remember my Grandmother growing Rosella's in "one" of her chook runs (no chooks in it of course) in Toogoolawah in the 70's and she always had a bumper crop and supplied her large family with fresh jam. So every time I see some growing it brings back fond memories of being at my Gran's.
Just when I was gonna thank ya Rob Bob for introducing me to a new plant, Rosella aka Jamaican Sorrel, and then seeing the flowers, but that sack of dried flower, it dawned on me this is what we know here as 'Flor de Jamaica', the way we use the flowers here are dried, washed and then soaked in water to make a fruit drink, adding sugar to taste and there are some people who use the wet flowers to make stirfry and for eating as tacos but the way your Missus prepared the jam looks very good as well as the way you prepare the syrup, kinda similar to the fruit shrub that was used in olden days to preserve the fruit for later use, 1 part apple cider vinegar, 1 part sugar and 1 part fruit, thumbs up Rob Bob and lol, your wife's returning the camera onto you, and here "back to the regularly scheduled hairy man"! Hope ya all have a great rest of the sunday and an AWESOME week ahead of ya! :)
Thx Rob. Glad I check thru n found your vid...I mention how to make Jam and syrup by watching...And wow I heard you say you goin to show how to do them...what a guy and gal...be bless mates
Growing rosella here in sunny Saipan, northern marianas islands on the 15th parallel. Our plants started fruiting 1 month after breaking ground, about a foot tall(daylight and dark hours are the same year round here). Just harvested our first crop of pods today, love this video and recipes, cant wait to try them. Thanks!
@@RobsAquaponics Been rocking the roselle for two years now, successful heavy production from a few plants. Gearing up to put in a couple hundred under a new papaya field we just planted, hopefully they grow well together. The soda we have been making from roselle syrup and carbonated water is just fantastic. Gearing up for a jam batch soon.
I love citrus and zingy flavours......all the flavours and recipes sounded just so delicious. Great to see your wife...she is a good educator like you. My friend grew up in Bundaberg....they both have a similar regional accent.
@@RobsAquaponics i am blessed coz they grow long but its 3meters long? But more fruits the problembtoo much tall have big fruits so they lay down its heavy
Excellent video. Thanks so much for the information. I just planted two new roselle and am searching for growing and eating information. Your video is TOPS !!
oh wow. I never knew that is what the Haviscus plant looks like. In Mexico we love to drink what we call ' agua de jamaica' it is delicious. We just make a tea from sun dried Haviscus flowers, add raw cane sugar and ice. it is really good. Thanks for sharing this video, I will definitely try to grow this one, cheers ;)
Thanks for sharing so much information about the Rosella, I bought seeds to (hopefully) make my own tea in the end of 2023, I think this plant is really unknown in my country (not the end-product in tea but the plant itself). Greetings from Germany!
Wow! This is one of the best videos on growing and using rosella, that I have ever watched. This was so comprehensive, with regard to growing rosella and the climate conditions necessary. As we live in a sub tropical climate, I feel sure we would be able to grow rosella successfully here, in Natal. The only thing I did not understand about growing rosella, was if I have to keep replacing plants throughout the year, or do they continue on, into the next year? In other words, are they perennials or annuals? Incredible video. Thank you so much. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤗🌹💕
Hey Jack/. Am glad the video has helped some. I have never had the plants grow for a second season but I've been told that some will in warmer climates. I can't 100% vouch for that though as I got that information 2nd hand. I hope you get an awesome harvest from them mate.
Best ever video about the plant! I just got the seeds from internet and never grow the plant before, but tried the flowers/ fruits before. Thank you so much!💖
Thank you Rob, I am so happy to see this video just in time.. my rosella are still small and started flowering. they are so beautiful!!! wow I just loved the recipies, can't wait till they are ready to harvest.
@@RobsAquaponics thanks brother,they are doing well I transplanted majority of the seeds I sowed will be transplanting the rest tomorrow after sundown,much respect brother peace & love
I did my first ever jam from the first harvest , following your instruction everybody love it, then my second I dry them for tea and I am going on the third making jam. Thank you for your video very clear
Hi Rob (and Bianca!) I remember having home made Rosella Jam in northern NSW many years ago - delicious! I don't know if our growing season in Tassie would be long enough but I might try starting a couple of seeds indoors this coming spring. Great video and excellent to see Bianca. ("Regularly scheduled hairy man" made me laugh out loud!)
I make it with a little ginger, lemon, cinnamon, brown (raw) sugar and if you're brave one or two cloves..... hot or cold its great. I make it for myself and my friends always ask me to make it for a summer drink.
It is good, but its perhaps 1 or 2 cloves sometimes to a gallon, if you put more than that its probably going nuclear. Personally I do without them, the drink is sooooo good. Keep up the great videos.
This is the BEST VIDEO about edible hibiscus! Thank you for all the closeups and for RECIPES. DO U have instructions for dehydrating for the green tea??
No I don't sorry Debi. I would treat drying the leaves as I would green herbs I think, on the low setting in the dehydrator. I would probably dry the calyx the same way. I hope that helps some.
Thanks, Rob. I'll have to look into this. Though I am one of those that will have to start inside. I like that it also has a nice ornamental quality as well. That will reduce resistance from certain "areas" for me concerning me wanting to put out more plants.
Great video. Clear concise and straight to points. Thank you from Canada. I scored a couple of these plants today and very excited to see how far I can take them in our short summer.
hi ya Rob, wow that a big plant to put into my small garden i got, but as soon as i get an allotment plot !! a very useful plant to grow then !! as you use practical everything !! great information !! thanks for sharing and happy gardening !!
I planted two of these on one of my hugelkultur beds and they have grown to over six feet wide and over six feet high. They are just now starting to flower. Thank you for this video.
They need warm soil so I'd wait until spring Loby Li. Maybe September/October for you folks down there. Could get a head start if you sowed them inside while it was still cool out. Cheers & happy growing.
do not want to have to use the grey cells to figure it out...>? 32 degrees F = 0 degrees Celsius with ... now they are saying to add 32 after multiplying 1.8 to = F ....
Thanks for this video, as always, great job! We grew our Florida Cranberry for the first time this year in 9B. I know this is an old video, but it is still very much appreciated and relevant! The wind has blown ours over a couple times, this last one just the other day with Hurricane Milton makes the 3rd, but it just keeps going, growing and producing! We have pulled pounds off the plant so my wife could take a swing at making the Jam. I am interested in what ever tool it was that you were using to pop out the seeds so easy. This was the one request from the misses as it seemed to be a time consuming process. I saw others using something for strawberries but this looked more efficient. Thanks again for the content!
Hi there. The tool I used was a fat bodies ink pen. I removed the tip, mechanism & ink so all we were left with was the barrel you hold to write with. Hope this helps & hope you get a great harvest.
That was a really, really helpful presentation. Thank you for being so thorough about the benefits of this plant. Helped me to make an informed decision on putting this in my landscape in central Florida.
Never saw such strong plants, strong roots, have a little plants already. I have no idea how it will do till the end of summer, hope to the best :) thank you once more, it was very helpful video.
you even use the leaves ?! .. i like that .. am going to try to grow it from seeds again hope it ll work this time .. great recipes .. great video .. thanks to u and to the lady
Excellent review!! Concise and to the point. Appreciate your info here in the high Mojave Desert. I'm anxious to test the plants limits in our extremes of both hot and cold and bright sunlight!
@@RobsAquaponics I live in India and here we use Rosella plant's younger leaves and tender shoots in making a spicy tangy pickle and it's one of my favorites, but the Rosella/Gongura is well know and mainly used in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Assam.... the young leaves and plants are not just used in making "Gongura" pickle, but also it is used in making some curries, and also used in making some non vegetarian dishes as well......sadly my parents don't grow Rosella or even Roses because they don't have any place in their garden and also their garden is full of plants already, which they like to use for making Bonsai and we have so many Bonsai that my mum started to sell the younger ones away because they already have way too many plants.......
Thanks Tim. Had a few folks pull me up on Instagram telling me it was sorrel a while back. To us sorrel is a low growing leafy green. Cheers & happy growing.
Only just recently learned hibiscus tea isn’t from dried flowers itself but the calyx. I must add this to my next seed purchase cause I drink hibiscus tea a lot!
Very interesting and thank you Bea for the jam recipe, the pectin tips and the amusing asides about fogging up hubbies camera lens. What a magnificent colour. I wish that TH-cam had an olfactory, taste test element....the drinks sounded delicious too.....and the yummy pasta...
Great timely video for me! I'm planning on harvesting my rosellas today and between this video and self sufficient me I should be able to make my first jam! Thanks Rob!
A well-draining soil will suit most plants including rosellas mate. 👍 If your soil has poor drainage you can create mounded rows & plant on their tops.
@@RobsAquaponics yes. That wasn’t my primary aim in asking about companion plants though..I just wanted them to thrive :). up here in nth QLD there seem to be heaps of aphids? Was also wondering about the size as some may never reach the 2.5-3 cm mark yeah or should they all grow this big thanks!
Hi Branda. I leave the pods to dry out on the plant if I want to collect seeds from them. 👍 I tend to discard any of the buds that look like they are starting to dry out when picking to make syrup or jam. Hope that helps some.
Hey nice sorrels, u don't have to leave them on the plant to get seed, in Jamaican we reap every thing then we pop the seed bag out like u did when u store it and put in out in the sun to dry.
How long do you dehydrate the rosella petals and at what temperature on your dehydrator please? I find that some flowers that I dehydrate such as calendula don't dehydrate evenly. While some are dry some are only partially dry and if I put them all together in a jar and leave in the pantry, after a few weeks they go mouldy
A great video as always. Wanted to let you know my favorite recipe: half baked harvest has a recipe for lemongrass, basil and roselle tea that is fantastic.
+Bonny Wagner Hi Bonny. Had a quick search on her sites and couldn't find it so will search for it when I fire up the computer in the morning. Hope all's well with you and yours. Rob
Thanks Bonny. Will check it out now. Have a top one. :) ED to add for anyone else that might be interested :) www.halfbakedharvest.com/hibiscus-lemongrass-basil-and-honey-sweet-iced-tea/
hello there, for a couple years now my sorrel plants has suffered from root rot and they just wilt away and die, do you perhaps have any solution to this problem?
@@RobsAquaponics I live in the southern Caribbean, thanks for your reply, I've also read somewhere that it could be a fungus affecting the plants. Out of about 35 plants I planted, around 20 has already succumbed to whatever is affecting them. Whether it's the soil moisture or fungus. I'm just saddened by it though...
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As G Vas mentiones before, in Mexico "agua de jamaica" is one of the most known and loved beverages; you should try it!!!!
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I would like to have the rosella seads.
How do I get them?
Best to search online to see if there's a supplier that will ship to you.
Hope you have some luck in finding some.
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Great video on Rosella and I’ve watched couple of videos on this but no one mentioned that the leaves are edible as well. As this plant is originally from west Africa, we do make use of every single parts of it. Look up some recipes for the leaves 🍃 they’re called bisab in Senegal and The Gambia. In Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia it’s called sour-sour ( sawa sawa)
We started to add them into salads for a while there. gave a nice tasty little "ZING" when we came across them.
Happy growing Amzoline. 😁🌱🌱🌱
grows wild in Kenya too,my grandmother used to make us chew the skin to heal sore throats
Even the leaves are different
Love seeing Bea and her excellent sense of humor....
In Jamaica we add ginger and a little rum of course. 😀
Btw when making the jam, you will need to strain out the flowers.
Hi there Kay. 🙂
We leave the pulp in all our jam. Adds extra fibre to make up for all the sugar that's added. 😉The seed pods get removed though.
Haven't tried it with rum as we only have spiced & was told it goes best with white rum.
Cheers & have a great one.
Ah, that makes sense...and you are correct, sorrel seems to take so much sugar to sweeten and you are also right about the white rum. Congrats on such lovely looking plants. Mine are usually pretty scrawny looking.
Cheers
Kay Joy ooh I have never removed the flowers, love the extra texture.
Don't forget the pimento seeds
Straight to the point, informative but also covering a number of topics effectively - thanks!
bro your wife is amazing she really added a punch to this video
Cheers Terrance. Will pass that along to her.
Cheers mate. 👍
I remember my Grandmother growing Rosella's in "one" of her chook runs (no chooks in it of course) in Toogoolawah in the 70's and she always had a bumper crop and supplied her large family with fresh jam. So every time I see some growing it brings back fond memories of being at my Gran's.
I live in the southern U.S. Giving growing Rosella a go of it. Wish me luck mates!!
Hope it's growing well for you Sharon. 😁👍🌱🌱
@@RobsAquaponics So far so good. They seem to like it here!!!
Just when I was gonna thank ya Rob Bob for introducing me to a new plant, Rosella aka Jamaican Sorrel, and then seeing the flowers, but that sack of dried flower, it dawned on me this is what we know here as 'Flor de Jamaica', the way we use the flowers here are dried, washed and then soaked in water to make a fruit drink, adding sugar to taste and there are some people who use the wet flowers to make stirfry and for eating as tacos but the way your Missus prepared the jam looks very good as well as the way you prepare the syrup, kinda similar to the fruit shrub that was used in olden days to preserve the fruit for later use, 1 part apple cider vinegar, 1 part sugar and 1 part fruit, thumbs up Rob Bob and lol, your wife's returning the camera onto you, and here "back to the regularly scheduled hairy man"! Hope ya all have a great rest of the sunday and an AWESOME week ahead of ya! :)
Thx Rob. Glad I check thru n found your vid...I mention how to make Jam and syrup by watching...And wow I heard you say you goin to show how to do them...what a guy and gal...be bless mates
Cheers Donbaileyable. Glad it came in handy.
Thanks. I’ll plant these for next spring. Wish me luck
Hope they grow well for you Scruffy.
Cheers mate.
Growing rosella here in sunny Saipan, northern marianas islands on the 15th parallel. Our plants started fruiting 1 month after breaking ground, about a foot tall(daylight and dark hours are the same year round here). Just harvested our first crop of pods today, love this video and recipes, cant wait to try them. Thanks!
Nice one greyone 👍 Hope the syrup & jam works out OK for you.
Cheers mate.
@@RobsAquaponics Been rocking the roselle for two years now, successful heavy production from a few plants. Gearing up to put in a couple hundred under a new papaya field we just planted, hopefully they grow well together. The soda we have been making from roselle syrup and carbonated water is just fantastic. Gearing up for a jam batch soon.
Aloha and mahalo for the information especially harvesting time. I planted these for the first time this year and have hundreds of blooms now.
I love citrus and zingy flavours......all the flavours and recipes sounded just so delicious. Great to see your wife...she is a good educator like you. My friend grew up in Bundaberg....they both have a similar regional accent.
Thanks Sez & I'll pass that on to B tonight. 😊👍
Cheers & have a top one.
That jam still looked stellar.
Was very tasty JT.
Cheers.
Wow! I hope my rosella can give more flowets like yours...nice job thanks for sharing
Hope hey grow well for you too Nanay.
Cheers.
@@RobsAquaponics i am blessed coz they grow long but its 3meters long? But more fruits the problembtoo much tall have big fruits so they lay down its heavy
I sun dry mine at home, and i grown it almost all year round....This video is awesome
Nice one. 👍 Ours find it a wee tad cold to grow right through winter here.
Happy growing. 🌱🌱
I grow in Indiana zone 7 and have made the jam also collect seeds for following year thanks for the videos please keep them coming
This grows wild here in northwest Florida. I'm excited because I didn't know it was what sorrel is made from till this video.
It grows wild in northern Australia as well. Great climate for it up there.
Cheers Jael Jade.
Where at in Northwest FL ?
Where at in Northwest FL ?
I followed a recipe that cooked the halved fruit in water, area shines and used the pectin rich water for the calyces
Good information. Jam making so simple and doable.
Glad you liked it & hope you get a great harvest if you have a crack at some Rosellas yourself.
Thanks for the tutorial on growing rosella seeds.
Excellent video. Thanks so much for the information. I just planted two new roselle and am searching for growing and eating information. Your video is TOPS !!
Glad it was helpful Margaret.
Happy growing.
oh wow. I never knew that is what the Haviscus plant looks like. In Mexico we love to drink what we call ' agua de jamaica' it is delicious. We just make a tea from sun dried Haviscus flowers, add raw cane sugar and ice. it is really good. Thanks for sharing this video, I will definitely try to grow this one, cheers ;)
It is really good with camellia tea, too! Makes wonderful fruit iced tea.
I LOVE that stuff found out about it in Miami living there, moved to south Dakota cant find the stuff.
Wealth of knowldege! Thank you both.
Our pleasure Melanie.
Happy growing.
Thanks for sharing so much information about the Rosella, I bought seeds to (hopefully) make my own tea in the end of 2023, I think this plant is really unknown in my country (not the end-product in tea but the plant itself). Greetings from Germany!
Great information!! Thanks! I’m going to give these a try here in Oklahoma, USA.
Best natural medicine for high blood pressure! My most favourite food on earth!
Cheers for that Susan. 👍
Haven't grown any for a few years now but will be next Summer.
Cheers.
thanks for the great info, a newbie to growing rosella. My intention is to grow jam.
nice tips Have a. bless day
Thanks & same to you mate. 😁👍
Awesome video, great tips for growing and cooking. I am inspired 🙏❤️
love that you used natural pectin. so cool!
It has been the best source we've found for it in our yard I think Debbie.
Cheers.
Wow! This is one of the best videos on growing and using rosella, that I have ever watched. This was so comprehensive, with regard to growing rosella and the climate conditions necessary. As we live in a sub tropical climate, I feel sure we would be able to grow rosella successfully here, in Natal. The only thing I did not understand about growing rosella, was if I have to keep replacing plants throughout the year, or do they continue on, into the next year? In other words, are they perennials or annuals? Incredible video. Thank you so much. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🤗🌹💕
Hey Jack/. Am glad the video has helped some. I have never had the plants grow for a second season but I've been told that some will in warmer climates. I can't 100% vouch for that though as I got that information 2nd hand.
I hope you get an awesome harvest from them mate.
@@RobsAquaponics Excellent, and thank you for the quick response. 🤗
Best Garden Show EVER!! You guys ROCK!
They grow crazy in my garden in Cairns, as you know hot, wet and humid. I also a cranberry hibiscus. The calyx and leaves make a great tea
Best ever video about the plant! I just got the seeds from internet and never grow the plant before, but tried the flowers/ fruits before. Thank you so much!💖
Thanks Aleksandra & hope they produce well for you.
Happy Growing. 🌱🌱
I brewed some in a mead it was fantastic
Thank you Rob, I am so happy to see this video just in time.. my rosella are still small and started flowering. they are so beautiful!!! wow I just loved the recipies, can't wait till they are ready to harvest.
Excellently dense and concise information
Glad it was helpful. 👍
Cheers & happy growing.
Just planted some seeds second time planting,nice video big,respect to you from Jamaica
Cheers & hope they grow really well fr you. 👍🌱🌱
@@RobsAquaponics thanks brother,they are doing well I transplanted majority of the seeds I sowed will be transplanting the rest tomorrow after sundown,much respect brother peace & love
Am having 🥃 now from the fruit we call it sorrel,so good !
I did my first ever jam from the first harvest , following your instruction everybody love it, then my second I dry them for tea and I am going on the third making jam. Thank you for your video very clear
Am glad it turned out so well Marleny & will pass it on to Bianca when she gets home tonight. 🙂👍
Have a great one,
Rob.
This is not only informative, but a sweet video. I'd like a recipe for cordial.
Here'sa some syrup we made up from last seasons harvest Noel,
► th-cam.com/video/NhBUtsgrqRY/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps some mate.
Cheers.
Hi Rob (and Bianca!) I remember having home made Rosella Jam in northern NSW many years ago - delicious! I don't know if our growing season in Tassie would be long enough but I might try starting a couple of seeds indoors this coming spring. Great video and excellent to see Bianca. ("Regularly scheduled hairy man" made me laugh out loud!)
I make it with a little ginger, lemon, cinnamon, brown (raw) sugar and if you're brave one or two cloves..... hot or cold its great. I make it for myself and my friends always ask me to make it for a summer drink.
That sounds very tasty RST. 👍 Think I might leave the cloves out to begin with though.
Cheers & all the best.
It is good, but its perhaps 1 or 2 cloves sometimes to a gallon, if you put more than that its probably going nuclear. Personally I do without them, the drink is sooooo good. Keep up the great videos.
I got some Roselle seeds from a friend and I’m excited to plant in next month. I love your video, very informative. Thank you.
Hope they grow well for you M. 👍👍
Cheers.
thankyou as a rosella newbie this video was helpful
This is the BEST VIDEO about edible hibiscus! Thank you for all the closeups and for RECIPES. DO U have instructions for dehydrating for the green tea??
No I don't sorry Debi. I would treat drying the leaves as I would green herbs I think, on the low setting in the dehydrator. I would probably dry the calyx the same way.
I hope that helps some.
Thanks, Rob. I'll have to look into this. Though I am one of those that will have to start inside. I like that it also has a nice ornamental quality as well. That will reduce resistance from certain "areas" for me concerning me wanting to put out more plants.
Just happen to have 10 plants up and about 6-8 inches high! Great timing!
Nice one Jacki. Great day for planting them out ;)
Aww you lovebirds you guys are so sweet thank you for the Roselle recipe ❤
Thanks. 😁
THE BEST INFO ON SORREL PLANT, THANKS MATE CHEERS
Glad I could help some Francis 👍
Cheers & happy growing. 🌱 🌱
awesome!
I am on the lookout for this plant or seeds! Love your video!
Hope you find some Shahla. 👍
Happy growing.
Great video. Clear concise and straight to points. Thank you from Canada. I scored a couple of these plants today and very excited to see how far I can take them in our short summer.
Nice one Deb. Hope you get a decent harvest from them. 👍
hi ya Rob, wow that a big plant to put into my small garden i got, but as soon as i get an allotment plot !! a very useful plant to grow then !! as you use practical everything !! great information !! thanks for sharing and happy gardening !!
I planted two of these on one of my hugelkultur beds and they have grown to over six feet wide and over six feet high. They are just now starting to flower. Thank you for this video.
That is awesome Heidi.
Hope you get a fantastic yield from them.
sorry to ask whether I can plant it now as in early autumn here in Sydney? Tks
They need warm soil so I'd wait until spring Loby Li. Maybe September/October for you folks down there. Could get a head start if you sowed them inside while it was still cool out.
Cheers & happy growing.
very good video with full of information. big thank you!!
Very nice video simple and cool sir God bless you sir
Thanks Sunil.
Cheers mate & have a great one.
I think i shall add this to the list of plants to grow, Thanks!
Don''t think you'll be disappointed William.
Cheers mate.
You know in here Cambodia we take them for make sour soup yummy yummy
I'll have to look that up, thanks Tan Ty. 👍
I’m really glad you translate Celsius to Fahrenheit and meters to feet. Thank you.
do not want to have to use the grey cells to figure it out...>? 32 degrees F = 0 degrees Celsius with ... now they are saying to add 32 after multiplying 1.8 to = F ....
Thanks for this video, as always, great job! We grew our Florida Cranberry for the first time this year in 9B. I know this is an old video, but it is still very much appreciated and relevant!
The wind has blown ours over a couple times, this last one just the other day with Hurricane Milton makes the 3rd, but it just keeps going, growing and producing! We have pulled pounds off the plant so my wife could take a swing at making the Jam.
I am interested in what ever tool it was that you were using to pop out the seeds so easy. This was the one request from the misses as it seemed to be a time consuming process. I saw others using something for strawberries but this looked more efficient.
Thanks again for the content!
Hi there. The tool I used was a fat bodies ink pen. I removed the tip, mechanism & ink so all we were left with was the barrel you hold to write with.
Hope this helps & hope you get a great harvest.
Lol I love the simplicity of it. Thank you! Keeping it simple!
thanks a lot, I learned so much today !
I put one of these in a dutch bucket when it was about 6 inches tall. It went nuts. Produced hundreds of calyces.
Nice one. 👍
Am yet to try them in hydro or aquaponics here.
Cheers SR.
We call these sorrel in Jamaica
It's so nice
I am just making some downstairs at the moment
Nice one AAHG. 👍
We don't have any planted this season as we have removed a lot of the beds from our front yard.
@@RobsAquaponics that's a pity
Make sure you plant some next season again, as yours were looking so lovely and nice
I tried this year and it's fruiting
Happy days
I planted my first seeds yesterday cant wait
Hope they do well for you n k. 👍
Happy growing. 🌱🌱
Looks like the plants grew quite well. Looks like a good harvest. I did enjoy seeing the recipes and how you cooked them. :) Thanks for sharing :)
That was a really, really helpful presentation. Thank you for being so thorough about the benefits of this plant. Helped me to make an informed decision on putting this in my landscape in central Florida.
I hope they grow well for you Kim.
Thank you for very helpful tutorial. I got seeds and didn't have any idea what it is and how to grow it :)))
Hope they grow well for you Lejla. 🌱🌱👍
Never saw such strong plants, strong roots, have a little plants already. I have no idea how it will do till the end of summer, hope to the best :) thank you once more, it was very helpful video.
you even use the leaves ?! .. i like that .. am going to try to grow it from seeds again hope it ll work this time .. great recipes .. great video .. thanks to u and to the lady
Excellent review!! Concise and to the point. Appreciate your info here in the high Mojave Desert. I'm anxious to test the plants limits in our extremes of both hot and cold and bright sunlight!
Hope they grow well for you there Rhyannon. 👍
Cheers.
Awesome video....thank you for the video and the recipes sir!
Glad you enjoyed it Rebecca. 😁😁
@@RobsAquaponics I live in India and here we use Rosella plant's younger leaves and tender shoots in making a spicy tangy pickle and it's one of my favorites, but the Rosella/Gongura is well know and mainly used in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and Assam.... the young leaves and plants are not just used in making "Gongura" pickle, but also it is used in making some curries, and also used in making some non vegetarian dishes as well......sadly my parents don't grow Rosella or even Roses because they don't have any place in their garden and also their garden is full of plants already, which they like to use for making Bonsai and we have so many Bonsai that my mum started to sell the younger ones away because they already have way too many plants.......
@@rebeccafionacornel6558 I can see where they would impart a tasty ZIG into pickles. Thanks Rebecca.
I grow it here in Texas - I've called Jamaican sorrel and cranberry hibiscus. great video.
Thanks Tim. Had a few folks pull me up on Instagram telling me it was sorrel a while back. To us sorrel is a low growing leafy green.
Cheers & happy growing.
what climate zone r u in man?
@@RobsAquaponics totally. Now it is making sense what Morag Gamble was saying.....I thought cranberry hibiscus is a flower full of ants
@@keefestevernu6242 I'n in the subtropical SE Quieensland Australia 👍
Ohhh that tea looked goooooodddd
Was very taste. I like it as a cordial more myself. 👍
Have a great one Celestin.
Only just recently learned hibiscus tea isn’t from dried flowers itself but the calyx. I must add this to my next seed purchase cause I drink hibiscus tea a lot!
You will probably save yourself a pretty penny Saph. 👍
Happy growing.
How long does it take to harvest from the time of planting?
Round about 5 or so months for us Recardo. That would also depend on your climate as we're in the subtropics here.
Hope that helps some.
I didn’t know they had this tea/plant in so many other countries they have it in Mexico too it’s called Jamaica though 🌺🥰💗
Very interesting and thank you Bea for the jam recipe, the pectin tips and the amusing asides about fogging up hubbies camera lens. What a magnificent colour. I wish that TH-cam had an olfactory, taste test element....the drinks sounded delicious too.....and the yummy pasta...
Great timely video for me! I'm planning on harvesting my rosellas today and between this video and self sufficient me I should be able to make my first jam! Thanks Rob!
Nice one Brend. Mark did a great job on his clip. 👍
Are you here in SE QLD like Mark & myself?
Yes Marks clip was great! I'm down at Coffs Harbour! The jam worked out well yesterday- still have a bucket of calyx left- maybe do some cordial!
Nice one Brend 👍👍 We tried the Galangal syrup with some gin the other night & I must say it was a sweet drop.
Cheers & all the best.
Excellent video and the Jam tutorial was a helpful bit!
Hi Shakzula & thanks.
Cheers & happy growing.
Awesome recipes! Looking forward to giving them a go this autumn when my Rosella is ready. I've six of them growing.
Cheers!
my goodness, this is fantastic
Glad you enjoyed it Autumn.
What is the best medium to grow this? I have some and want to prevent root rot at the base? Maybe river sand?
A well-draining soil will suit most plants including rosellas mate. 👍 If your soil has poor drainage you can create mounded rows & plant on their tops.
Yum!!! Made me wana grow rosella now!!! Awesome vid mate
😁Nice one. Hope they grow well for you SC. 👍
Cheers.
Oh yea I'm looking for the seeds now Thanks my friend!
Greeting from Jamaica mi bredda. Auzie's are so cool
As well as you Jamaicans, totally IRIE you folks are, Jari Naraski(greetings) from Mexico! :)
Thanks so much on how to process the whole Rosella.😋 The info was great and to the point.😊
Hi Rob, are you aware of any good companion plants for rosellas?
I haven't heard of any specific ones sorry Annette. Are you having pest issues?
@@RobsAquaponics yes. That wasn’t my primary aim in asking about companion plants though..I just wanted them to thrive :). up here in nth QLD there seem to be heaps of aphids? Was also wondering about the size as some may never reach the 2.5-3 cm mark yeah or should they all grow this big thanks!
I hope you haven't been too affected by the floods
Hello sir, question? Will there be a different time limit for flower for eating and flower for seed to regrow again? Thank you, great video.
Hi Branda. I leave the pods to dry out on the plant if I want to collect seeds from them. 👍
I tend to discard any of the buds that look like they are starting to dry out when picking to make syrup or jam.
Hope that helps some.
Did you cut some leaves from the plant?
We have used some leaves in teas but not many.
This is amazing. I cant wait to try this.
Hey nice sorrels, u don't have to leave them on the plant to get seed, in Jamaican we reap every thing then we pop the seed bag out like u did when u store it and put in out in the sun to dry.
Thank you! I was just given bag fulls..this was just the info I needed!
Good job Bianca, enjoyed this video gave me a good morning chuckle 🖒😄😄😄
What tool did you use to remove the pods?
Wow that was so fantastic I've got to add that to my playlist of great things
Glad you found it helpful TT.
Cheers & have a top one.
How long do you dehydrate the rosella petals and at what temperature on your dehydrator please? I find that some flowers that I dehydrate such as calendula don't dehydrate evenly. While some are dry some are only partially dry and if I put them all together in a jar and leave in the pantry, after a few weeks they go mouldy
I think ours was on about 40-50°C./ We too had uneven drying so left some in for longer.
A great video as always. Wanted to let you know my favorite recipe: half baked harvest has a recipe for lemongrass, basil and roselle tea that is fantastic.
+Bonny Wagner
Hi Bonny. Had a quick search on her sites and couldn't find it so will search for it when I fire up the computer in the morning.
Hope all's well with you and yours.
Rob
Rob Bob's Backyard Farm & Aquaponics Looked it up again under hibiscus basil lemongrass tea.
Thanks Bonny. Will check it out now.
Have a top one. :)
ED to add for anyone else that might be interested :)
www.halfbakedharvest.com/hibiscus-lemongrass-basil-and-honey-sweet-iced-tea/
hello there, for a couple years now my sorrel plants has suffered from root rot and they just wilt away and die, do you perhaps have any solution to this problem?
It could be that the soil is far too moist Donnwestt. Climate may also be a factor if you live in a cooler region.
@@RobsAquaponics I live in the southern Caribbean, thanks for your reply, I've also read somewhere that it could be a fungus affecting the plants. Out of about 35 plants I planted, around 20 has already succumbed to whatever is affecting them. Whether it's the soil moisture or fungus. I'm just saddened by it though...