Great you found a seagrape tree heavily laden with fruit! We have them growing wild along some local beaches in the Philippines and nobody touches the fruit coz most local folk here don't know it's edible. So thanks for making this video! In fact I'd love to grow this tree, with its unique fan-shaped leaves, it's a highly ornamental tree and now we know the fruits are edible too! However I think it comes in separate male and female plants, so I'll probably have to grow one of each to get them to fruit.
It's been five years and I'm now growing about five of these from seed the past three or four years now, and bought 1 marcotted female plant just to be sure I have a female, and even managed to root 1 or 2 stem cuttings successfully.
I looked on Google, but couldn't find any photos of the cross section. Unfortunately I do not have any sea grapes around right now, but in the future I'll try and do a video of what the fruit looks like on the inside :)
+Afrothunderr86 Thanks! Find a latter to use. A fruit picker wouldn't work too great, sea grapes are too small to fit into one and are best picked by hand!
Hing Lee sea grapes are salt tolerant. they grow near beaches. I don't know how much salt they can tolerate, but they are real tolerant of it. I'd ask your question on tropicalfruitforum.com to get a definite answer!
I looked this up as I haven’t planted a sea grape seed. Be aware that growing from a seed means you don’t know what gender the plant will be and you may or may not get fruit. That being said it sounds like seeds are easy to sprout, didn’t find anything that mentioned the best time, but this article has instructions on how to do it: homeguides.sfgate.com/propagate-sea-grapes-seed-63393.html
From my experience, the fruit drop when ripe and sprout directly on the ground, so they should sprout easily in tropical climate. I picked those sprouts and grew them at home, in the Philippines. Mother tree was growing in a memorial park, basically a manicured cemetery!😁
@@HealthyLivinAlex They never ripen all at once, but I bet if you put a tarp down and give the tree a shake the ripe ones would come off. I wouldn't do that with a plant though, they'll most likely snap off.
Great you found a seagrape tree heavily laden with fruit! We have them growing wild along some local beaches in the Philippines and nobody touches the fruit coz most local folk here don't know it's edible. So thanks for making this video! In fact I'd love to grow this tree, with its unique fan-shaped leaves, it's a highly ornamental tree and now we know the fruits are edible too! However I think it comes in separate male and female plants, so I'll probably have to grow one of each to get them to fruit.
nagwagi2000 No problem!! It's a plant this typically planted for ornamental reasons. :)
In the bahamas those trees would get raided. Seagrapes are like a delicacy here in the Bahamas 🇧🇸
It's been five years and I'm now growing about five of these from seed the past three or four years now, and bought 1 marcotted female plant just to be sure I have a female, and even managed to root 1 or 2 stem cuttings successfully.
I've been down here for years and this is my first hearing about these. Thanks
ha ... I had no idea you could eat them. They're all over the place here in Vero Beach, FL!
Very cool...information to share and enjoy with visiting friends and relatives.
Been years since I ate a seagrape!
Yeah, I haven't one in a while either. I need to have one myself!
Yeah they're all over FL. Give em a try!
Thanks Tonia :)
Cool! You're more than welcome :)
Do you know if you could eat them while green? Will it taste sour?
I wouldn’t eat them green. They’ll be too hard and I bet they don’t taste good at all!
HealthyLivinAlex ok ty , I just thought it’ll be like regular grapes , when you can eat them young
Will these grow from seed in Lake Placid (just north of Lake Okeechobee), the soil is very sandy.
NoSunBeach they grow near beaches and seem tolerable of sandy soil. They’re also salt tolerant. Likely would grow there, as long as it’s not too cold!
Could you add a clip of how the fruit looks when you open it?
I looked on Google, but couldn't find any photos of the cross section. Unfortunately I do not have any sea grapes around right now, but in the future I'll try and do a video of what the fruit looks like on the inside :)
Could you pick the green ones and let them ripped with time?
loro1rojo I’ve never tried that or heard anyone else doing that. I’d say they probably don’t ripen once they’re picked
Great vid, What should i do if the sea grapes are too high to reach?
+Afrothunderr86 Thanks! Find a latter to use. A fruit picker wouldn't work too great, sea grapes are too small to fit into one and are best picked by hand!
hi is sea grapes plant is fresh water or can be with saltwater , i m thinking for filtration for salt water fish tank
Hing Lee sea grapes are salt tolerant. they grow near beaches. I don't know how much salt they can tolerate, but they are real tolerant of it. I'd ask your question on tropicalfruitforum.com to get a definite answer!
when is best time to pick for planting and do they sprout easily?
I looked this up as I haven’t planted a sea grape seed. Be aware that growing from a seed means you don’t know what gender the plant will be and you may or may not get fruit. That being said it sounds like seeds are easy to sprout, didn’t find anything that mentioned the best time, but this article has instructions on how to do it: homeguides.sfgate.com/propagate-sea-grapes-seed-63393.html
From my experience, the fruit drop when ripe and sprout directly on the ground, so they should sprout easily in tropical climate. I picked those sprouts and grew them at home, in the Philippines. Mother tree was growing in a memorial park, basically a manicured cemetery!😁
When do they ripen? I see them green everywhere but no ripe ones anywhere. Tomorrow is September 1st!
It depends on where they're growing and how warm it is. They turn dark purple when ripe. Hopefully you'll find ripe sea grapes soon :)
@@HealthyLivinAlex They never ripen all at once, but I bet if you put a tarp down and give the tree a shake the ripe ones would come off. I wouldn't do that with a plant though, they'll most likely snap off.
Sea grapes requires more water?
No they can handle drought. If they look really bad they may need more water but they should be ok with minimal watering
aloha
i want to see it after you eat it lol go back and listen to your self
Nooooooo don't pick me...
That is not sea graps sea graps come from the sea not trees