Not to be a buzzkill here, but once the fruit splits open, flies get in there to feed, and we all know were that can lead to. I suggest a netting around each fruit if interested in consuming. We have 2 plants here in Massachusetts and they're great boarders on a trellis. When trimming back in the fall I'm careful to burn the cuttings and not just throw them in my compost pile in our wood lot. They are invasive, but nothing compared to knotweed.
Why didn't I subscribe sooner?! I love that you show wo much diversity and really break it down. No sugar coating just information. And your plants look so lovely!
I've just spent ages trying to look for advice on the internet about if they are more trouble than they're worth, and if they taste good enough to be worth growing as a crop, and I think you have answered both questions here, so thanks.
I have two different plants on an arbor over a walkway so no problem getting out of control because not next to anything. They do make fruit but never thought about eating. Love these vines. They smell wonderful in very early spring in Georgia, just doesn’t last long enough. Best part is evergreen which is hard to find.
If you are wondering, the fruit is like tapioca pudding. The fruit in Georgia USA looks like a kiwi on the outside and tastes like a creamy pudding on the inside with large black seeds. I think it an adian paw paw. Maybe the Ametican variety and the akebia crossbred. But from my estimation akibia is pawpaw and I am afraid I created a monster!
Every year, I hand-pollinate my vines for no other reason than because I can. One is white-flowered, the other purple. I have been successful in getting fruit only on the purple-flowered variety, can't seem to make the cross work the other direction. That said, I would really like to find some way to use the fruit. The seeds make it way too much bother to eat fresh, and when I tried juicing them (hoping to experiment with making Akebia jelly), I got less than 1/8 cup of liquid (total) from over a dozen fruits. I love growing the silly things, but wish they were actually useful in the kitchen.
I grew this in Atlanta Georgia USA, during a drought. I have purple and white varieties. Now I have fruits and it does try to pop up everywhere! Since the draught ended, it has flourished. For the first 8 years, I was like yeah right. Now conditions are more favorable, I"m like well, crap! It's still very pretty, but I do not recommend it. The fruit is however delicious. It just pops up everywhere!
@@P47WarHawk I bought it in 2001. It said it could spread 30 feet. We were in a 7 year draught. The moment the draught ended, it leapt and is now potentially everywhere,even in the front yard! If you want to grow it,it is gorgeous and very easy to pull up,but prepare to do battle! Rose of Sharons,bamboo and even purple basil are the same way in Georgia! I have to constantly kill oaks,pines,maples,hickory etc. Everything grows here and tries to take over. So in the ideal climate,it's all basically kudzu! You have to be prepared to make a real effort to contain it! My akebia gets edible fruit on it! It's sweet like a custard with large black seeda. Not tangy at all. Just a mellow pudding flavor.
I've had an Akebia growing in a large container for years, seems to as tough as old boots. I'm now going to go and hunt for another plant & see if I get lucky with some fruit to try in the future..
In my yard! Trust me! If you grow it, train it on a trellis in an isolated field. It will send runners out in every direction. Fortunately it is easy to pull up. It's like mint or bamboo or kudzoo. It can take over.
Hi Chris, I’ve just learnt I that I have one in the garden since we moved in last year but was in a pot but didn’t flower, I’ve reported it in a larger one with fresh compost and is perking up significantly, is it best in the ground or can it cope in a larger pot?
I have only one plant ( I had 3 but was too afraid to loose control of then so I cut two) and they have a lot of delicious fruits. After the flowers die, I cut the branches above the last flower and keep cutting all the new shoots during summer. The soil is very poor and I water every day if temperature goes above 25°C.
Hi, great video thank you. I love this plant but am nervous to plant it due to its vigour. When and how do you prune yours please to maintain it that size?
@GoTropicalUK hi Chris, no flowers yet as the 3 plants are only 2 years old plus the branches aren't really thick enough to support fruit. I suspect they might flower next year and I might well try to pollinate a couple of flowers to see what happens. Like you I have quite a few unusual exotic fruits. I overwinter them in my kitchen as I don't have a summerhouse yet. Some grown from seed and some bought. I have star fruit, guava, strawberry guava, longan, lychee, ice cream bean, jackfruit,cherimoya and cherimola, mango, papaya, roseapple, grapefruit, lime and Meyers lemon. Only the lemon and lime have fruits on so far but will see what happens if I can keep them alive lol 👍. Outside i have feijoa, persimmon, pawpaw, pomegranate, ugni, actinidia issai, blueberries and various figs, in a very small garden lol. Love your informative videos, regards, Brett
How close do they need to be together in order to cross pollinate? I have 2 structures about 15 feet apart. I'd like to plant one on each and still get the fruit. Would that work?
Hi Chris well your inspiring me. I'm just on the border of London and Essex so hopefully mild enough to have some success with some of the slightly more exotic fruit outside. I've got 3 varieties of persimmon to try. I'll give Akebia a go again now I know I need 2 different genetic strains
lyonheart84 UK exotic fruit gardening enthusiast the persimmons and the paw paw are great ones to start with, as well as the Chilean guava, and loquats. All are bomb proof plants. If your in a urban area (ie a slight micro climate) then you may also be able to plant citrus. I currently have lemon, lime, kumquat, a grapefruit in the front garden and 2 types of satsuma planted in the ground. They all came through the last winter, which was a cold one, with up to 70% leaf loss and although most didn’t bloom this year have recovered amazingly well. the kumquat did flower and is now covered in fruits. It’s all a learning curve. The lemon has now been the longest in ground, 3 years, and is still doing great. So you never know unless you try. All the best with your garden! Chris
Yes I watched your citrus videos. I have one small Meyers lemon planted out in the garden. I plan to put one of those plastic Victorian bell covers over it on cold nights and maybe throw some Hessian sacks over the bell if it's very frosty and then remove the sacks for the daylight. Will only work while the plant stays small. It has small lemons on it already 😎
Hi Chris. I’ve bought a few young potted Akebia Quinata. I’m going to see how they grow in the garden. I live in the West Midlands so hope they’ll be ok.
Hi, I live in SC and plant 2 plants 1 week ago. In the same week I've planted very young passion fruit and hope they would produce fruit in the next 2 years. I've been on the internet and wanted to know how old the plant was before planting. On the other hand most plants are big when advertised on youtube. Also I wanted to know how long did it take for it to get out of hand before they prune them.
Thanks you answered a question I'd been asking myself, I had one at my last house that flowered but never fruited, I never realised it needed a second plant to cross pollinate , probably from a different genetic strain👍. Btw how's your custard apple doing? I grew some from seed a couple of years ago, one of them is 7' tall now ! Bit tall for my kitchen 😮
lyonheart84 UK exotic fruit gardening enthusiast cherimoya is fine, no fruit from it as yet, but that’s coz I need to put more effort into hand pollination! Sounds like your tree is loving it in your kitchen! Have you had fruit off it? Chris
@@gotropicaluk8362 hi Chris, no flowers yet as the 3 plants are only 2 years old plus the branches aren't really thick enough to support fruit. I suspect they might flower next year and I might well try to pollinate a couple of flowers to see what happens. Like you I have quite a few unusual exotic fruits. I overwinter them in my kitchen as I don't have a summerhouse yet. Some grown from seed and some bought. I have star fruit, guava, strawberry guava, longan, lychee, ice cream bean, jackfruit,cherimoya and cherimola, mango, papaya, roseapple, grapefruit, lime and Meyers lemon. Only the lemon and lime have fruits on so far but will see what happens if I can keep them alive lol 👍. Outside i have feijoa, persimmon, pawpaw, pomegranate, ugni, actinidia issai, blueberries and various figs, in a very small garden lol. Love your informative videos, regards, Brett
I live in Atlanta Georgia USA. This vine flowers in purple and white and bears fruit which tastes like custard or pudding with large black seeds. It's highly invasive here and sends runners out across the yard. The tag says it soreads 30 feet. It spreads much further. It is gorgeous! But. In my climate it absolutely wants to take over! The fruit is much like a kiwi in outer texture. But oblong and resembles a small potato. It tastes like pudding. Or custard and had large black seeds. Not at all bad. At it's full potential and in the right climate it runs everywhere! It's furtunately easy to pull up. I planted it in 2001 during a 7 year draught. Once it began to rain again, it has spread everywhere. I now pull it up every year and let it grow where I want it to grow. But no joke! It is capable of growing 300 feet or more. Up trees. Up fences etc.
Hi Chris, thank you for all your great videos including this one, giving me inspiration for my garden in Denmark. Now, I am going to try Akebia Quinata, but it seems that they all come from the same supplier here, so it might be a bid difficult to get two different genetic strains - however, I guess I am still better off with two of these "identical" plants???
Hi sune, sorry for late reply! Yes you should be fine with that. I wouldn’t worry about the genetic strains... I think that they will actually produce some fruit with one plant, but you will get much better fruit set and more of them if they cross pollinate with another plant. All the best. Chris
Hi Chris, thank you for your reply. Actually, in the end I did find another supplier here last week and now I have two plants in my garden - so it seems that everything's going to be fine - All the best, Sune.
I have akebia for 2 years, I live in London, my plant beautifully climbed where I wanted to cover fences, but in 2 years i never had one single flower. I understand you need 2 plants to fruit but why it didn’t flower I don’t know. It grows by our compost bin and in spring I add my own compost to the soil, the summer was with enough moisture, what’s the reason it doesn’t bloom?
Daniel Woods I’ve only had the plant for 3 years and it has produced for the last 2 years... I’ve read that it does need good summer temperatures to ripen, but if your in the south east you should be fine... regards Chris
It gives fruits in the UK? If so it should be alright in France too I guess. Do you really need more than 1 plant ? I thought the flowers have both male an female flowers.
I have akebia Quinta and it does not fruit. Flower is white purple and pink. You say I need a different variety to cause it to fruit. Would that be just a different color flower?
This is a really good video but I have a question. The Russian vine is considered high maintenance but I had one to block out my old horrible neighbours and the reality was the opposite. The vines poked out from the fence and they were very tentacle like, so I just walked past and tucked the ends back in to the main mass of vines. Way easier than having to trim things, just poke back in. So my question is does this grow in a similar way that I can just tuck the ends back in?
Just to add to my comment, you convinced me to buy this. Two just arrived today from ebay at around £12 each and they look great. Really nice and bright leaves.
Hi Chris noticed people are only selling one plant but you said two were needed to pollinate or is it better to buy seeds thanks for a great video again.
Colin Woodward I just bought two plants, both from a different nursery. I wouldn’t bother from seed, as you’ll be waiting up to 7 years for fruit! Both of mine are akebia Quintana, and so the cross pollination between them enables it to set fruit. Regards Chris
They certainly do take over. No idea how it got our property, but it is eating our hibiscus bushes alive. Grrreat for basket weavung though. The vines smell like bananas to me.
W Houeland no I don’t. All the plants that I would call “true Tropicals” like pineapple, dragon fruit, and coffee, are all grown in containers and spend the winter in my unheated greenhouse. They seem to do fine over winter. Regards Chris
Can someone explain cross-pollination, please? Do I need to have two for one to survive? Or do I just need to for one to fruit? Sorry, I'm a bit of a dunce.
William Herbert Cross pollination is when pollen grains from a flower on one plant, are carried to another flower on a different plant. Usually of the same species tho. (Some plants are known as self pollinating where the flowers on the same plant can be pollinated to produce fruit) The chocolate vine needs two different varieties for it to be able to produce the fruit. However, one plant on its own will happily grow and flower without fruit. 👍🏻
rafail18 yes we do have minus temps. 2c is the average night time temperature. We have had winters get as low as -5. But normally it will range from -2 or -3 to 4c or 5c at night during January. Hope that explains it a bit better.
Anamika Kalai i don’t have any young plants to post out. You may want to find a nursery near to you that may have them, or may post to you. Where abouts are you?
Hello, apparently it just needs sexually propagated plants, so from seeds rather than vegetatively propagated, to get the fruit. Are they good as a wind barrier in winter?
Bom dia sou do sudeste do Brasil clima entre 22 e 35 graus gostaria de tentar produzir aqui como uma experiência mais acho que não consigo a semente aqui.
Ariel Cortez 😂 unfortunately no. I’m not sure why they really call it a chocolate vine, I suppose from the slightly sweet vanilla spiced scent of the flowers...
although the plants bear both male and female flowers, the flowers need to be cross-pollinated with another individual of the same species to set fruit.
the first actually meaningful video on Akebia Quinata on youtube... thank you
Your welcome! Glad to be of help!👍🏻
Not to be a buzzkill here, but once the fruit splits open, flies get in there to feed, and we all know were that can lead to. I suggest a netting around each fruit if interested in consuming. We have 2 plants here in Massachusetts and they're great boarders on a trellis. When trimming back in the fall I'm careful to burn the cuttings and not just throw them in my compost pile in our wood lot. They are invasive, but nothing compared to knotweed.
Why didn't I subscribe sooner?! I love that you show wo much diversity and really break it down. No sugar coating just information. And your plants look so lovely!
I've just spent ages trying to look for advice on the internet about if they are more trouble than they're worth, and if they taste good enough to be worth growing as a crop, and I think you have answered both questions here, so thanks.
I have two different plants on an arbor over a walkway so no problem getting out of control because not next to anything. They do make fruit but never thought about eating. Love these vines. They smell wonderful in very early spring in Georgia, just doesn’t last long enough. Best part is evergreen which is hard to find.
Thanks! Exactly the kind of information I was looking for. I planted two plants early this year.
Considering planting this to grow up a pergola, found your video really helpful, especially your description of the fruit. Really cool plant.
If you are wondering, the fruit is like tapioca pudding. The fruit in Georgia USA looks like a kiwi on the outside and tastes like a creamy pudding on the inside with large black seeds. I think it an adian paw paw. Maybe the Ametican variety and the akebia crossbred. But from my estimation akibia is pawpaw and I am afraid I created a monster!
Thank you so much for the information... I was searching akebia fruit.. hope I will get seeds and plant ... great job.. tak care 🙏👍👍👍
Every year, I hand-pollinate my vines for no other reason than because I can. One is white-flowered, the other purple. I have been successful in getting fruit only on the purple-flowered variety, can't seem to make the cross work the other direction. That said, I would really like to find some way to use the fruit. The seeds make it way too much bother to eat fresh, and when I tried juicing them (hoping to experiment with making Akebia jelly), I got less than 1/8 cup of liquid (total) from over a dozen fruits. I love growing the silly things, but wish they were actually useful in the kitchen.
I grew this in Atlanta Georgia USA, during a drought. I have purple and white varieties. Now I have fruits and it does try to pop up everywhere! Since the draught ended, it has flourished. For the first 8 years, I was like yeah right. Now conditions are more favorable, I"m like well, crap! It's still very pretty, but I do not recommend it. The fruit is however delicious. It just pops up everywhere!
where did you get the plant from? :D
@@P47WarHawk My local Pike's Nursery! It is really invasive in the right climate! Georgia is the right climate! It has grown everywhere!
@@P47WarHawk I bought it in 2001. It said it could spread 30 feet. We were in a 7 year draught. The moment the draught ended, it leapt and is now potentially everywhere,even in the front yard! If you want to grow it,it is gorgeous and very easy to pull up,but prepare to do battle! Rose of Sharons,bamboo and even purple basil are the same way in Georgia! I have to constantly kill oaks,pines,maples,hickory etc. Everything grows here and tries to take over. So in the ideal climate,it's all basically kudzu! You have to be prepared to make a real effort to contain it! My akebia gets edible fruit on it! It's sweet like a custard with large black seeda. Not tangy at all. Just a mellow pudding flavor.
@@P47WarHawk I got it from Pike's Nursery in Atlanta.
Hi Chris again just bought two plants from different supplier's looking forward to them growing.
I promise I’m not stalking you 😂 but howwww OMG 😱 dude your awesome! It’s great to see another fellow young gardener 👏🏾
Wow thank you so so much for showing, so glad to see the fruit too, thank you!!!
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I've had an Akebia growing in a large container for years, seems to as tough as old boots. I'm now going to go and hunt for another plant & see if I get lucky with some fruit to try in the future..
The leaves look like Schefflera, adds to the tropical appearance
In my yard! Trust me! If you grow it, train it on a trellis in an isolated field. It will send runners out in every direction. Fortunately it is easy to pull up. It's like mint or bamboo or kudzoo. It can take over.
Hi Chris, I’ve just learnt I that I have one in the garden since we moved in last year but was in a pot but didn’t flower, I’ve reported it in a larger one with fresh compost and is perking up significantly, is it best in the ground or can it cope in a larger pot?
Great video thank you. I have one planted last year. As invasive I have mine in a container and hoping to add another for fruit.
Thank you so much. Really helpful as I have just ordered one.
I think you need two plants to get a better chance of fruit, if I remember correctly.
I have only one plant ( I had 3 but was too afraid to loose control of then so I cut two) and they have a lot of delicious fruits. After the flowers die, I cut the branches above the last flower and keep cutting all the new shoots during summer. The soil is very poor and I water every day if temperature goes above 25°C.
Hi, great video thank you. I love this plant but am nervous to plant it due to its vigour. When and how do you prune yours please to maintain it that size?
@GoTropicalUK hi Chris, no flowers yet as the 3 plants are only 2 years old plus the branches aren't really thick enough to support fruit. I suspect they might flower next year and I might well try to pollinate a couple of flowers to see what happens. Like you I have quite a few unusual exotic fruits. I overwinter them in my kitchen as I don't have a summerhouse yet. Some grown from seed and some bought. I have star fruit, guava, strawberry guava, longan, lychee, ice cream bean, jackfruit,cherimoya and cherimola, mango, papaya, roseapple, grapefruit, lime and Meyers lemon. Only the lemon and lime have fruits on so far but will see what happens if I can keep them alive lol 👍. Outside i have feijoa, persimmon, pawpaw, pomegranate, ugni, actinidia issai, blueberries and various figs, in a very small garden lol. Love your informative videos, regards, Brett
lyonheart84 UK exotic fruit gardening enthusiast wow you certainly have quite a collection. Where abouts in the uk are you? Chris
How close do they need to be together in order to cross pollinate? I have 2 structures about 15 feet apart. I'd like to plant one on each and still get the fruit. Would that work?
Good review! What about the flowers? Are they edible?
Great👍🏼Very useful videos. New subscriber here.
Hi Chris well your inspiring me. I'm just on the border of London and Essex so hopefully mild enough to have some success with some of the slightly more exotic fruit outside. I've got 3 varieties of persimmon to try. I'll give Akebia a go again now I know I need 2 different genetic strains
lyonheart84 UK exotic fruit gardening enthusiast the persimmons and the paw paw are great ones to start with, as well as the Chilean guava, and loquats. All are bomb proof plants. If your in a urban area (ie a slight micro climate) then you may also be able to plant citrus. I currently have lemon, lime, kumquat, a grapefruit in the front garden and 2 types of satsuma planted in the ground. They all came through the last winter, which was a cold one, with up to 70% leaf loss and although most didn’t bloom this year have recovered amazingly well. the kumquat did flower and is now covered in fruits. It’s all a learning curve. The lemon has now been the longest in ground, 3 years, and is still doing great. So you never know unless you try. All the best with your garden! Chris
Yes I watched your citrus videos. I have one small Meyers lemon planted out in the garden. I plan to put one of those plastic Victorian bell covers over it on cold nights and maybe throw some Hessian sacks over the bell if it's very frosty and then remove the sacks for the daylight. Will only work while the plant stays small. It has small lemons on it already 😎
Would they grow in tropical climates? And what do you mean there need to be different varieties?
Is it possible cultivate in a tropical climate, as here in Brazil?
How do you know of you have two different varieties? Where can you buy them?
Just noticed my vine has produced 4 fruits.Only the one vine so dont know how it pollinated but will keep watch on the fruit as they ripen.So excited.
Hi Chris. I’ve bought a few young potted Akebia Quinata. I’m going to see how they grow in the garden. I live in the West Midlands so hope they’ll be ok.
Tracy Jane I’m sure they will do fine. They are pretty tough plants!
Hi, I live in SC and plant 2 plants 1 week ago. In the same week I've planted very young passion fruit and hope they would produce fruit in the next 2 years. I've been on the internet and wanted to know how old the plant was before planting. On the other hand most plants are big when advertised on youtube. Also I wanted to know how long did it take for it to get out of hand before they prune them.
Did you plant the Akebia in a pot/planter to control the spread?
Thanks you answered a question I'd been asking myself, I had one at my last house that flowered but never fruited, I never realised it needed a second plant to cross pollinate , probably from a different genetic strain👍. Btw how's your custard apple doing? I grew some from seed a couple of years ago, one of them is 7' tall now ! Bit tall for my kitchen 😮
lyonheart84 UK exotic fruit gardening enthusiast cherimoya is fine, no fruit from it as yet, but that’s coz I need to put more effort into hand pollination! Sounds like your tree is loving it in your kitchen! Have you had fruit off it? Chris
@@gotropicaluk8362 hi Chris, no flowers yet as the 3 plants are only 2 years old plus the branches aren't really thick enough to support fruit. I suspect they might flower next year and I might well try to pollinate a couple of flowers to see what happens. Like you I have quite a few unusual exotic fruits. I overwinter them in my kitchen as I don't have a summerhouse yet. Some grown from seed and some bought. I have star fruit, guava, strawberry guava, longan, lychee, ice cream bean, jackfruit,cherimoya and cherimola, mango, papaya, roseapple, grapefruit, lime and Meyers lemon. Only the lemon and lime have fruits on so far but will see what happens if I can keep them alive lol 👍. Outside i have feijoa, persimmon, pawpaw, pomegranate, ugni, actinidia issai, blueberries and various figs, in a very small garden lol. Love your informative videos, regards, Brett
I live in Atlanta Georgia USA. This vine flowers in purple and white and bears fruit which tastes like custard or pudding with large black seeds. It's highly invasive here and sends runners out across the yard. The tag says it soreads 30 feet. It spreads much further. It is gorgeous! But. In my climate it absolutely wants to take over! The fruit is much like a kiwi in outer texture. But oblong and resembles a small potato. It tastes like pudding. Or custard and had large black seeds. Not at all bad. At it's full potential and in the right climate it runs everywhere! It's furtunately easy to pull up. I planted it in 2001 during a 7 year draught. Once it began to rain again, it has spread everywhere. I now pull it up every year and let it grow where I want it to grow. But no joke! It is capable of growing 300 feet or more. Up trees. Up fences etc.
Hey !:-) where do u think i can find seeds or plants ?
how long this plan live? thank you
Hi Chris, thank you for all your great videos including this one, giving me inspiration for my garden in Denmark. Now, I am going to try Akebia Quinata, but it seems that they all come from the same supplier here, so it might be a bid difficult to get two different genetic strains - however, I guess I am still better off with two of these "identical" plants???
Hi sune, sorry for late reply! Yes you should be fine with that. I wouldn’t worry about the genetic strains... I think that they will actually produce some fruit with one plant, but you will get much better fruit set and more of them if they cross pollinate with another plant. All the best. Chris
Hi Chris, thank you for your reply. Actually, in the end I did find another supplier here last week and now I have two plants in my garden - so it seems that everything's going to be fine - All the best, Sune.
I just bought one that says is self fertile.
I have akebia for 2 years, I live in London, my plant beautifully climbed where I wanted to cover fences, but in 2 years i never had one single flower. I understand you need 2 plants to fruit but why it didn’t flower I don’t know. It grows by our compost bin and in spring I add my own compost to the soil, the summer was with enough moisture, what’s the reason it doesn’t bloom?
Thanks for sharing. Would you say this fruit is a bit hit and miss with our summers, or will it happily ripen each year?
Daniel Woods I’ve only had the plant for 3 years and it has produced for the last 2 years... I’ve read that it does need good summer temperatures to ripen, but if your in the south east you should be fine... regards Chris
It gives fruits in the UK? If so it should be alright in France too I guess. Do you really need more than 1 plant ? I thought the flowers have both male an female flowers.
Can a chocolate vine grow well in large pot ?
I have akebia Quinta and it does not fruit. Flower is white purple and pink. You say I need a different variety to cause it to fruit. Would that be just a different color flower?
This is a really good video but I have a question. The Russian vine is considered high maintenance but I had one to block out my old horrible neighbours and the reality was the opposite. The vines poked out from the fence and they were very tentacle like, so I just walked past and tucked the ends back in to the main mass of vines. Way easier than having to trim things, just poke back in. So my question is does this grow in a similar way that I can just tuck the ends back in?
Just to add to my comment, you convinced me to buy this. Two just arrived today from ebay at around £12 each and they look great. Really nice and bright leaves.
Hi Chris noticed people are only selling one plant but you said two were needed to pollinate or is it better to buy seeds thanks for a great video again.
Colin Woodward I just bought two plants, both from a different nursery. I wouldn’t bother from seed, as you’ll be waiting up to 7 years for fruit! Both of mine are akebia Quintana, and so the cross pollination between them enables it to set fruit. Regards Chris
GoTropicalUK is the
Your plant is actually not Akebia quinata, but Akebia × pentaphylla, a hybrid of A. quinata and A. trifoliata
They certainly do take over. No idea how it got our property, but it is eating our hibiscus bushes alive. Grrreat for basket weavung though. The vines smell like bananas to me.
Hi what plant do I cross with it?
do you use grow light to grow tropical plant at uk?
W Houeland no I don’t. All the plants that I would call “true Tropicals” like pineapple, dragon fruit, and coffee, are all grown in containers and spend the winter in my unheated greenhouse. They seem to do fine over winter. Regards Chris
Can someone explain cross-pollination, please? Do I need to have two for one to survive? Or do I just need to for one to fruit? Sorry, I'm a bit of a dunce.
William Herbert Cross pollination is when pollen grains from a flower on one plant, are carried to another flower on a different plant. Usually of the same species tho. (Some plants are known as self pollinating where the flowers on the same plant can be pollinated to produce fruit) The chocolate vine needs two different varieties for it to be able to produce the fruit. However, one plant on its own will happily grow and flower without fruit. 👍🏻
will rabbits eat the leaves? The fruit? Maybe I can use it to keep up with the rabbit feed demands
What temperatures do you have there during winter?
Average January temperatures in my area are about 7c day and 2c night.
@@gotropicaluk8362 hmm...no minus degrees. I wonder if I can plant it in Germany, but we have temperatures below 0C also....
rafail18 yes we do have minus temps. 2c is the average night time temperature. We have had winters get as low as -5. But normally it will range from -2 or -3 to 4c or 5c at night during January. Hope that explains it a bit better.
@@gotropicaluk8362 okay. There's a bit difference. Last winter we had a few days up to -13 at night. Maybe I'll need some winter protection...
rafail18 it is hardy down to zone 5! Although it will keep its leaves all year in milder climates. So you should have no problems growing this.
Have you got any seeds I can bye from you thanks .
How. Long did it take to give you fruit?
trekking thru Portugal I think it set fruit the year after it was planted... it didn’t take long.👍🏻
@@gotropicaluk8362 ok thanks going to plant some cuttings this weekend. Let's see how it goes. Was told that I need at least 2 planted.
trekking thru Portugal you do need two varieties for fruit.👍🏻
@@gotropicaluk8362 ok thanks for the info.
@@gotropicaluk8362 thought it could be from the same mother plant.
Can i grow it in tropical climate 25°c - 35°c ??
Yes it can.👍🏻
@@gotropicaluk8362 thank you. Is it possible to get the plant from you??
Anamika Kalai i don’t have any young plants to post out. You may want to find a nursery near to you that may have them, or may post to you. Where abouts are you?
@@gotropicaluk8362 from india
Hello, apparently it just needs sexually propagated plants, so from seeds rather than vegetatively propagated, to get the fruit. Are they good as a wind barrier in winter?
They would work as a wind barrier if it is grown up against a chain link fence…
I thought all if it was edible EXCEPT the seeds, being toxic. Am I wrong?
I don’t think the seeds are toxic, but they’re not nice to eat. I imagine eating too many may have some adverse effects.🤢👍🏻
So do you just swallow the seed whole?
I wouldn't recommend eating the seed... prefer to spit them out. Theres quite a lot of them!
Well I thought not, but you never know! lol
In Japan they say the seeds cause constipation if consumed.
Bom dia sou do sudeste do Brasil clima entre 22 e 35 graus gostaria de tentar produzir aqui como uma experiência mais acho que não consigo a semente aqui.
Would you say it doesn't taste anything like chocolate???
Ariel Cortez 😂 unfortunately no. I’m not sure why they really call it a chocolate vine, I suppose from the slightly sweet vanilla spiced scent of the flowers...
@@gotropicaluk8362 could it be that the fruit has a slight resemblance to a cacao pod?
@@AudreysKitchen maybe...🤔👍🏻
@@gotropicaluk8362 maybe it's the scent after all. I have some in my new garden and am eager to try it once the fruits mature. Thanks for the video!
need this fruit seed
I am pretty sure this plant produces different male and female flowers on the same tree. Just google it.
although the plants bear both male and female flowers, the flowers need to be cross-pollinated with another individual of the same species to set fruit.
What kind of hot chocolate is that
A very very healthy, nothing like hot chocolate... alternative.😂👍🏻
Hi brother can you send some seeds
in Bangladesh. I need this seeds
Speaking in a way "Japanese people" as if they are another species.😅
I didn't know we could eat that
What a waste
Now we have to wait til next year to really taste it
I just tried this...it as SO bitter🤢
I think people have said that the seeds are bitter if you crunch them up? I don’t eat the seeds… spit them out.👍🏻