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The Plant Collector
United States
Приєднався 26 лип 2018
I love plants! I grew up planting all kinds of plants as a child so, thankfully, I have a tiny bit of knowledge of how this works.
These days are full of bad and sad news, it's nice to step out into a garden and find some peace and quiet away from all of the day's worries. I really do enjoy watching plants grow.. its literally miraculous. Its also a great distraction from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Nature is the best therapy.
I thought that I'd start up a channel documenting all of the different plants I collect as the time goes by. I hope that my 'journals' on the ups and downs of my attempts at growing these plants can serve as a 'guide' to some of you out there who are just like me. Someone who loves growing plants and watching them grow but yet, not really sure if they know what they're doing. In time, experience will give us the wisdom we need to be able to grow plants effectively... IMAGINE HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE OF THESE PLANTS WE WILL GAIN IN THE YEARS TO COME!
These days are full of bad and sad news, it's nice to step out into a garden and find some peace and quiet away from all of the day's worries. I really do enjoy watching plants grow.. its literally miraculous. Its also a great distraction from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Nature is the best therapy.
I thought that I'd start up a channel documenting all of the different plants I collect as the time goes by. I hope that my 'journals' on the ups and downs of my attempts at growing these plants can serve as a 'guide' to some of you out there who are just like me. Someone who loves growing plants and watching them grow but yet, not really sure if they know what they're doing. In time, experience will give us the wisdom we need to be able to grow plants effectively... IMAGINE HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE OF THESE PLANTS WE WILL GAIN IN THE YEARS TO COME!
The ANGEL’S TRUMPETS plant over 2yrs later
It has been quite some time since we’ve come back to see the Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia). I thought I had lost this plant for sure and I was sad about it until I realized, it survived! So here we are back at it 🤙
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topped 1.5yrs ago…. SOURSOP TREE UPDATE
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Many viewers/subscribers were wondering what the soursop tree looks like now after topping it significantly almost a year ago. Here it is!
Growing COTTON = Gossypium
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The kids and I had collected some cotton from a cotton tree a few months ago and some seeds had inadvertently germinated - an opportunity to seize!
CACAO tree FIRST TIME fruiting
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Its been approximately four years since this cacao seedling was planted into the ground and we’re finally harvesting the first fruits from it.
The MANGO TREE today
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A few years ago, I ate a delicious mango and planted the seed. Here it today! There are a few more videos of this mango tree showing it in various stages of it’s growth. Although I don’t speak only of the mango tree in some of these videos, I do still show the mango tree.. You’ll find them here; 1st video of mango and tasting: ua-cam.com/video/OSguKOmMrQw/v-deo.html 2nd video showing mango germ...
Growing MORINGA = Moringa Oleifera = Drumstick/Horseradish Tree
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It took me two years to complete this video on my journey to successfully growing a moringa tree. Hopefully you can learn from my successes and mistakes on your own journey to growing this beautiful plant. Hope you enjoy the video!
Growing LILIKOI/PASSIONFRUIT = PASSIFLORA EDULIS (over 2yrs old)
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Growing LILIKOI/PASSIONFRUIT = PASSIFLORA EDULIS (over 2yrs old)
3year old SOURSOP TREE (what the tree looks like TODAY)
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3year old SOURSOP TREE (what the tree looks like TODAY)
FIRST SOURSOP FRUIT (3yrs2months from seed)
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FIRST SOURSOP FRUIT (3yrs2months from seed)
Growing MOUNTAIN APPLE = SYZYGIUM MALACCENSE (3yrs old plant update)
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Growing MOUNTAIN APPLE = SYZYGIUM MALACCENSE (3yrs old plant update)
Here are some of the COLLECTED PLANTS that were planted out at the FARM (January 2022)
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Here are some of the COLLECTED PLANTS that were planted out at the FARM (January 2022)
Growing GIANT MILKWEED = CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA update (transplantating into bigger pots)
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Growing GIANT MILKWEED = CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA update (transplantating into bigger pots)
Growing NIGHT-BLOOMING JASMINE = CESTRUM NOCTURNUM (update)
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Growing NIGHT-BLOOMING JASMINE = CESTRUM NOCTURNUM (update)
Growing "STRAWBERRY GUAVA" = PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM
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Growing "STRAWBERRY GUAVA" = PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM
Growing JUNE PLUMS (flower to harvest)
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Growing JUNE PLUMS (flower to harvest)
Growing LOOKING-GLASS TREE = HERITIERA LITTORALIS
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Growing LOOKING-GLASS TREE = HERITIERA LITTORALIS
Growing YELLOW GINGER LILY = HEDYCHIUM FLAVESCENS
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Growing YELLOW GINGER LILY = HEDYCHIUM FLAVESCENS
Growing GIANT MILKWEED = CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA (from cuttings)
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Growing GIANT MILKWEED = CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA (from cuttings)
Harvesting (GIANT WHITE GUAVAS) I planted from seed approx. 2yrs ago!
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Harvesting (GIANT WHITE GUAVAS) I planted from seed approx. 2yrs ago!
Another PLUMERIA (small white and pink flowers)
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Another PLUMERIA (small white and pink flowers)
Propagating SUGARCANE (2 varieties)
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Propagating SUGARCANE (2 varieties)
Growing SHELL GINGER = ALPINIA ZERUMBET (grown from rhizome)
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Growing SHELL GINGER = ALPINIA ZERUMBET (grown from rhizome)
How is it doing now
Wow guava my favorite… are those grafted?
Clip the edges of the mango pip. Its much faster 😊
@@DawnZimmermann I'll try that next time. Thanks! 🤙
Im new to Indonesia and this is one of my favorite fruit. Im about to start my first garden and your videos are awesome and informative thank you.
@@DawnZimmermann Thank you! Best of luck on your new journey!
@ThePlantCollector ❤
Did yours produce soursop fruit? I wonder how many years before it produce fruit.
@@khamlavongvoraseng2981 yes, mine did! The videos showing the first fruit is on my channel 👍
Im from trinidad 🇹🇹 here we have four varieties
@@jahllanomusicvodgy3164 awesome!
I noticed you propagate only one part of the sugarcane do you know you can plant everything even the top where the leaves are?
@@jahllanomusicvodgy3164 yes I do 👍 I tend to be a lazy planter sometimes..
Thank you
@@vishnuwip you’re welcome 🤙
Your brother should have kept his sousop. SAD.
Hello victor here and I'm a plant examiner plus studying on multiple plants...that plant that your holding is a giant milkweed a special type of milkweed for monarchs besides tropical milkweeds, this plant grows larger oval leaves rather then small ones. The giant milkweed has a beautiful purple flower and the tropical milkweed has orange and red flowers
@@victheman0163 Thank you for the useful information! 🤙
Put me on the list for a cutting I would like to have one from your mother plant.
Thanks for sharing ❤
@@HealthyLivingWithWendy thank you 🤙
Hello. I hope you find this message. I would like to know how your kukui is doing after six years. I live in Japan and bought a small kukui planted in a tiny flower pot from someone in Okinawa. It came in a small water bottle, but when I put it outside during the summer, it grew a lot and is now about 7 feet tall. I had to transplant it twice during the summer. It is in the house now because it will snow soon. I should plant it in my garden but it will die during the cold winter. Is your kukui still in a pot? How tall is it now? (I guess you are in Hawaii or somewhere tropical).
@@taco9344 Hello! My kukui nut tree sadly withered away because I didn't pay enough attention to it. Life got very busy for me and I was a bit scattered mentally and before I knew it, my kukui nut tree dried up. I tried to save it but I think it was too far gone. I will have to re-try growing a kukui nut tree. I do know now that it will continue to grow in a pot for several years but it will eventually need to go into the ground. Maybe when it is 5yrs old you cant plant it outside early in the spring and who knows, it might just grow strong enough to survive the winter! Best of luck to you my friend. 🤙 Stay tuned for the next kukui nut video. Aloha!
@@ThePlantCollector Mahalo for your reply. I am sorry to hear that your kukui died. I did the same thing to my ilima. It got spider mites, so I separated it from the other plants, and I totally forgot about it. When I noticed, it had dried up. My kukui is now in the house, and the bottom leaves have turned yellow. It could just be time for the old leaves to fall, but it might also be a little cold for the tree. I will bring it into the living room, which is the warmest room in my house. The tree is taller than the door height, so it will be a challenge. Next year, I will try not to transplant it into a bigger pot if possible. I think transplanting promotes its growth. It was on my dinner table in April, and after I brought it outside (and gave it some fertilizer), it grew and grew, and I ended up transplanting it twice this year. Anyway, mahalo again for your comment, and I hope you will find another kukui to enjoy!
What l'm seeing on the internet is that SOURSOP is a cancer-fighting fruit. I have eaten it in Indonesia but never knew of the health benefits. I plan to buy mature plants a long with avocados and anything else worthwhile to support my health and that of my family. THANKYOU to all those who share life saving info on the social web...including guys lije Eric Berg, Sten Ekberg Alan Mandel, Alan Goldhamer etc etc GBU All
@@john-di1mz The "scientific studies" haven't yielded enough proof on this plant's cancer-fighting properties but the historical-cultural proof is significant! My wife was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in early 2023. We let the oncologists and nurses do their part as we simultaneously did our part by drinking soursop leaf tea every day and ate the fruit whenever it ripened- right off of the tree. We also ate about 2 tablespoons-full of the aloe vera plant every day to combat mouth, throat, and stomach ulcers that may occur from induction and chemotherapy. We did'nt encounter any mouth, throat, or stomach problems throughout the entire processes of induction and chemotherapy. Although our bodies react differently to certain things, I did these things with my wife so that I would know that if something came up from what we were consuming, I'd know what it was. My wife has been in remission since she completed induction which was only approximately a month after finding out that she had AML. We are so grateful to God, the hospital staff, and nature for this second chance to stay healthy and ALIVE. We still drink soursop tea as often as we can and we love eating the fruit! Every now and then, we'll have some aloe just to keep our stomachs functioning as best as they can. Thank YOU for watching and for your kind words 🤙
so i want to move to a really hot place and i saw u were in zone 11 and thats incredable, what state do you live in, im in maryland
@@dr.cigdemklc4315 Im in Hawaii 🤙
Did you fritilizing this three ?
@@jacekwalasik5722 no fertilizer 🤙 just water
@ThePlantCollector Thank you. I have 5 years old guanabana in the Chicago area , in the pods but it still does not have a fruits
The Natal plum is the common name for the Amartingulu bush found in the coastal areas of KwaZulu--Natal, South Africa.
@@judithknights-rayson9284 thanks for sharing! 🤙
U from.nambar.do.apna
Sure awaiting to see the calamansi sprout feedback thanks current year 2024
Is it still working?
@@bmaher4882 I left it in the rain and my motor got rusty....but I'm sure it would if I had kept it indoors 👍
Sup man, you ever tried taking a red lipstick palm suckling and growing from it?
@@seanschultz1553 never have! Maybe in the future 👍
You should have added the ones you planted with guavas on this video.
@@riftvalley1765 👍
Where are you located? I have a few sour sop in pots in NC. Do you think they will grow in central NC?
@@AngelaBrown-om9lj I'm in Hawaii 🤙 you can always try!
Wish I had found this vid before I ate the fruit, have the exposed seed and fingers crossed mine germinates 🤞🏼🙏🏼
@@JoGiles77 good luck!
I wish Americans would learn to use metric.
@@zile8869 me too 😁
Should you keep the container in the sun or shade when sowing the seed
@@deborah1695 partial shade 👍
Hi do you cut the top off the tree at all. Or do you just let it frow
@@tezzasmith6227 Its really up to you. In my experience, it bore fruit either way. I topped mine after a few years so that I dont have to reach too high for fruits. Its still fruiting 👍
Thank you sir, just got one today.
I rescue theses from the beaches in Costa Rica, when a storm washes them up i collect the sodden bulbs and plant them
We at Bangladesh use to call it AMRA (আমড়া), it taste like sour and sweet or both, depends on variety. We don’t eat its skin. 😊
@@naimchowdhury7913 Thank you for sharing the info 🤙
Hey bro! Was wondering if you can give me any advice on how to make it bloom. I’m going on year 3 with our kaloni kakala and it has tons of green foliage but no blooms.
@@bensonfalahola6138 gotta feed it tokoua 🤙 maybe give it some blooming fertilizer….it will only bloom if its in ideal potting mix. If its in the ground, I’d suggest just mulching it a bit with some compost and wood chips 🤙 hope this helps bro!
I have tried propagating night blooming jasmine several times with all different kinds of methods including sticking the tips in aloe vera and then in soil, covering with a bag to retain moisture, but i have never succeeded.They keep either rotting or dehydrating. The ones that i have right know are starting to drop and look floppy on the leaves but i dont want to water too much so that they dont rot again. What am i doing wrong? ):
Its also summer right now and have brought inside so that they dont dry out
@@nimi539 You can try using the same potting mix that I use. Miracle Gro….the yellow bag 🤙 sounds like your watering is pretty much on point…let me know if you run into any more problems.
@@ThePlantCollector Thanks! I’ll try that and let you know.
Can you trim these back to keep them somewhat smaller? Jw if you still have some?
@@Roxanne77777 I dont think they’ll stay small when and if you trim them back. It just depends on whether or not you plant them in suitable soil/potting mix. If the soil is poor, they may stay small. If the soil is ideal, they’ll get pretty big. Hope this helps 🤙
@ThePlantCollector yes it does, thank you 😊 🙏
Please how old is this soursop tree
@@joyobinyan2542 4yrs old 🤙
I ma try em out
Excellent presentation about soursop! Love from Bangladesh.
@@AbdunNur-u9w thank you 🙏
Thank you very much for this lesson!
@@leihuananirojo youre welcome 🤙
Beautiful flower😊
The flower and the drum stick are also edible after cooking. So many videos available on UA-cam on the dishes with those edible parts of moringa.
Thanks for the tips! 🤙
Thank you for your post
You're welcome 🤙
That thing is a megavine lol
@@bvhia yea, its out of control!
I've grown these and the king tut in my bog. Believe me they love water.❤
@@twunderaquatics1770 yes they do 🤙
Won’t miss my chance next time we’re there.
@@davidkneubuhl dont worry…I have lots of coco trees for you guys!
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@@davidkneubuhl got one of these for you too
That thing is huge!
@@davidkneubuhl You’ll have your own soursop plants soon enough!
It took you 3.5 minutes of rambling then you opened the box. Get to your points quicker please.
@@brent9165 3.5 minutes isn't long AT ALL...unless your attention retention span is about 10seconds...too much youtube shorts and tiktoks....TAKE TIME to actually LEARN something! God bless you!
awesome plants cheers from Australia
@@sean2val cheers!
what kind of potting mix should I get?
I am going to try an indoor potting soil with some osmocote fertilizer because mine are indoors.
@@JavierViramontesR I used miracle gro potting mix 👍 osmocote is a good booster 🤙
Sir, what is the soil mixture for this plant
@@prajwalerajappa983 I just used miracle gro potting mix to initially grow them in. I believe it is a mixture of mostly peat moss.