Whenever I go to a country I love going to the market. You see a lot about cultures from what people eat . And it's just great to people watch. People are themselves when looking for food. And while there are difference in diet we all eat many of the same things. People love explaining how they cook things and usually start friendly conversations.
They are very good but all the yellow types i have eaten are not "free stone". The flesh sticks to the seed. The flavor is more intense though and more exciting then many of the red types. The better red types shed the seed from the flesh easily though.
Enjoying this video whilst drinking Kona coffee. Thank-you for the look around. Everything looked good, especially the Hawaiian Poke and dumplings! WOW! Think I would have changed lunch plans. lol Could you please make a video when you visit Maku'u market north of Pahoa? Cheers, B.
I haven't been to the Maku'u since the eruption but i need some tie dye tee shirts for night shirts and I know a guy who has them there. I actually have an old video of the market. ua-cam.com/video/-uCdFniv4tM/v-deo.html
Hello I sprayed my trees once this year and it rained a week later well I have to repeat this using the dormancy spray? I also have something called neem oil pure
Neem is used for growing season control of soft bodied insects and fungus. In winter we would use a combination of horticultural oil and either lime sulfur or copper. If you grow apricots and pluots use copper.
Yes, it is year round. The big markets are Wednesday & Saturday but there is a small presence every day. I skipped the jewelry, wood carving and clothing side. Only showed the food.
Shopping fruit at Hawaiian farmers markets is well worth the trip for fruit lovers. Much of what is grown and sold here is of very good quality. South West Air just started flying here and will increase the competition for cheaper flights. Perhaps i should start a fruit tour company.
Great videos keep up the great work. If I may ask do you have any tips or tricks to get banana seeds to grow? I have been trying to get some musa velutina seeds to sprout but not having any success. Any help is appreciated.. Many thanks.
I've also got some Musa velutina on at the moment and will be planting more, so would also appreciate some tips if you have any? Many people seem to think they're one of the most difficult Musa species to sprout. I'm guessing that a very loose mix, with heat and humidity...something between mulch and fully composted material, in a pot or jar, with a bag over it (mini greenhouse). And not planted to deep?
Gosh, I have planted seeds for this ornamental musa several times in the past and never had any resistance. I do not recall how long it took for the seeds to sprout but the timing was short enough that I wasn't inclined to give up and throw the pots out. I suspect it was less than six months. All the seeds I planted though were freshly extracted from fruit so they were as viable as it gets. I suspect your trouble could be connected to old dry seed. Try using scarification and hot water bath as indicated in my video on sprouting Koa seeds. It may help. ua-cam.com/video/rDjE7eIIiSE/v-deo.html
@@Kyle-sg4rm In Hawaii I removed fresh seeds, placed them under a 1/4" of soil in a 4" pot of Pro-Mix HP. I put them out in the nursery on open tables and they came up in a relatively short period of time. In California I used fresh seeds I brought from HI and planted them in the same fashion out placed them on a heater mat at 75 degrees in my green house. In both cases the seed came up with no special pre-treatment. If your seed is old and dry try scarification and hot water treatment first.
@GreenGardenGuy1 Thanks! I don't think we can get Pro-Mix HP in NZ, but I make my own mixes which seem to work well and are possibly quite similar. I've found my homemade stuff works better than other expensive stuff that i've got at stores, which has seemed to burn the seedlings/cause damping off and often has tiny bits of plastic all through it. And who knows what the cows were fed or treated with before the manure was used for compost/soil making. Also, i'm planting alot of seeds - so cheap/free and effective works for me :) I'm fairly sure that the seeds are harvested locally, up in the north island. They're not super fresh and they're packaged and dated "sow by 2021", but they should be relatively fresh. I soaked the first lot, but will scarify and soak the next lot and save some space for them in the greenhouse.
@@Kyle-sg4rm The brand isn't important but the materials contained are. Promix and the similar Sunshine mix are commercial growers mediums made of Milled Sphagnum with Perlite and mycorrhizal inoculates. It is sterile and inert. What ever you use should be inert, no manure, no municipal compost. As long as the seed hasn't been stored long it should germinate eventually. I wish i could recall how long this took me but I tend to just plant stuff, put it aside and forget it until it sprouts. Some of the stuff I grow takes more than two years to germinate so I am patient and seldom count the days.
GreenGardenGuy1 haha. Damn the comment was meant for a previous vid. Meant to say I’ve been lucky enough to sample a lot of this fruit when visiting far North Queensland Australia. ;0)
@@DavidDingleNZ One of the guys that sells the most exotic fruit seems to have disappeared lately. I fear his farm my have gone under the lava during the last eruption.
Of course cherimoya will grow from a cherimoya seed. Sure would be a heck of a thing to have a cherimoya seed grow an avocado! The quality of the fruit produced could be in question though depending on the seeds you use. I live 15 miles SW of the Hilo city limit.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 thanks bill. Someone told me that fruit would not grow from a cheramoya tree grown from a seed. I didnt believe him so thanks for setting me straight. Yes , hilo is a nice place. Really thought rainbow falls was beautiful.
@@stevebetker829 There is a lot of BS out there for sure. My word would be maybe it won't be a good cherimoya and maybe it will take a long time but it will be a cherimoya. Birds do it, bees do it, even cherimoyas do it....
No post consumer plastic is recyclable since the Chinese stopped taking it during the early Trump administration. We do pre consumer plastic recycling in this country but post consumer always went off shore. Currently it is all headed for the landfill until things change.
I live here so I drop in from time to time no matter what the season. There is always something in season here because of the elevation changes. This video was shot in February. Wednesdays and Saturdays are the days of the big markets.
Man I gotta try them. I randomly found 1/4 of a jack fruit at the local grocer in Baltimore Maryland! I was shocked! It was huge, like a 2 ft long orange wedge with bumpy skin. I thought surely it’s no good/underripe, but it smelled amazing and the fruit clumps visible were very bright orange soft and juicy. And it was just over a dollar a pound. I decided to get it, and Oh man was it good, never had one like this, super sweet and soft, even some of the fibers were orange and very sweet. Shared with wife and kids & made for a very pleasant dinner/dessert. I was very surprised that there was basically no latex inside of it, all the other ones I ate had latex and were nowhere near this soft and sweat. You Never know what you’ll find!
@@komreed Perhaps the grocer removed the latex portion while quartering the fruit. I've not seen one that was naturally this way. There are other members of the genus that are lacking latex though. Marang and Cempadack are latex free. The Jack fruit will fruit in 3 or 4 years from seed. The green fruit is a good vegetable. The ripe fruit is the flavor of Juicy Fruit Gum. This is where Mr Wigley got the flavor. The seeds can be roasted and eaten like almonds. Very useful fruit although it takes a big family to eat one.
I just bought a ticket, $822 Pittsburgh to Hilo round trip..plan on chopping down some junk trees on the lot and eating my way around Puna and Hilo..😃🌈🤙
Most are common in Hawaii but they would be exotic on the Mainland because they don't grow in temperate climates. Here we have trouble with fruits like apples and pears!
Whenever I go to a country I love going to the market. You see a lot about cultures from what people eat . And it's just great to people watch. People are themselves when looking for food. And while there are difference in diet we all eat many of the same things. People love explaining how they cook things and usually start friendly conversations.
Talking story, experiencing different cultures and most of all, eating are some of the true pleasures in life.
Very cool I love farmers markets.
They are a great opportunity for small farmers to sell goods and for customers to actually get ripe produce.
I miss the farmers market. Used to work a booth on the craft side with my folks years ago
It is certainly one of the good things about Hilo. One of the best markets on this Island.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 I totally agree.
Sounds like a Saturday at the market 😀How were those yellow rambutan?
They are very good but all the yellow types i have eaten are not "free stone". The flesh sticks to the seed. The flavor is more intense though and more exciting then many of the red types. The better red types shed the seed from the flesh easily though.
That's interesting! Do the yellow have a higher acid content?
@@The_fruit_nerd I have never done an actual measurement but to my tongue they seem a bit more intense to both sugar and acid.
Enjoying this video whilst drinking Kona coffee. Thank-you for the look around. Everything looked good, especially the Hawaiian Poke and dumplings! WOW! Think I would have changed lunch plans. lol
Could you please make a video when you visit Maku'u market north of Pahoa? Cheers, B.
I haven't been to the Maku'u since the eruption but i need some tie dye tee shirts for night shirts and I know a guy who has them there. I actually have an old video of the market. ua-cam.com/video/-uCdFniv4tM/v-deo.html
Thanks Bill : )
Hello I sprayed my trees once this year and it rained a week later well I have to repeat this using the dormancy spray? I also have something called neem oil pure
Neem is used for growing season control of soft bodied insects and fungus. In winter we would use a combination of horticultural oil and either lime sulfur or copper. If you grow apricots and pluots use copper.
The spray only needs to dry on the tree to be effective. The rain would not have effected it.
Those custard Apple are huge!! :0
They are Cherimoya, a close relative of custard apple but better tasting.
I always get there too late. You got all the good stuff.
Ahhh, I only bought one Mamey but Ellen did buy the last yellow Rambutans.
Hi Bill Happy shopping : is this a all year round event ?
Yes, it is year round. The big markets are Wednesday & Saturday but there is a small presence every day. I skipped the jewelry, wood carving and clothing side. Only showed the food.
I would be in heaven there ,so many fruits I;ve never seen before,don;t get many here in the main land.i could spend all day there
Shopping fruit at Hawaiian farmers markets is well worth the trip for fruit lovers. Much of what is grown and sold here is of very good quality. South West Air just started flying here and will increase the competition for cheaper flights. Perhaps i should start a fruit tour company.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 a fruit tour yes i would visit if i ever visit the island
Great videos keep up the great work. If I may ask do you have any tips or tricks to get banana seeds to grow? I have been trying to get some musa velutina seeds to sprout but not having any success. Any help is appreciated.. Many thanks.
I've also got some Musa velutina on at the moment and will be planting more, so would also appreciate some tips if you have any? Many people seem to think they're one of the most difficult Musa species to sprout. I'm guessing that a very loose mix, with heat and humidity...something between mulch and fully composted material, in a pot or jar, with a bag over it (mini greenhouse). And not planted to deep?
Gosh, I have planted seeds for this ornamental musa several times in the past and never had any resistance. I do not recall how long it took for the seeds to sprout but the timing was short enough that I wasn't inclined to give up and throw the pots out. I suspect it was less than six months. All the seeds I planted though were freshly extracted from fruit so they were as viable as it gets. I suspect your trouble could be connected to old dry seed. Try using scarification and hot water bath as indicated in my video on sprouting Koa seeds. It may help.
ua-cam.com/video/rDjE7eIIiSE/v-deo.html
@@Kyle-sg4rm In Hawaii I removed fresh seeds, placed them under a 1/4" of soil in a 4" pot of Pro-Mix HP. I put them out in the nursery on open tables and they came up in a relatively short period of time. In California I used fresh seeds I brought from HI and planted them in the same fashion out placed them on a heater mat at 75 degrees in my green house. In both cases the seed came up with no special pre-treatment. If your seed is old and dry try scarification and hot water treatment first.
@GreenGardenGuy1 Thanks! I don't think we can get Pro-Mix HP in NZ, but I make my own mixes which seem to work well and are possibly quite similar. I've found my homemade stuff works better than other expensive stuff that i've got at stores, which has seemed to burn the seedlings/cause damping off and often has tiny bits of plastic all through it. And who knows what the cows were fed or treated with before the manure was used for compost/soil making. Also, i'm planting alot of seeds - so cheap/free and effective works for me :)
I'm fairly sure that the seeds are harvested locally, up in the north island. They're not super fresh and they're packaged and dated "sow by 2021", but they should be relatively fresh. I soaked the first lot, but will scarify and soak the next lot and save some space for them in the greenhouse.
@@Kyle-sg4rm The brand isn't important but the materials contained are. Promix and the similar Sunshine mix are commercial growers mediums made of Milled Sphagnum with Perlite and mycorrhizal inoculates. It is sterile and inert. What ever you use should be inert, no manure, no municipal compost. As long as the seed hasn't been stored long it should germinate eventually. I wish i could recall how long this took me but I tend to just plant stuff, put it aside and forget it until it sprouts. Some of the stuff I grow takes more than two years to germinate so I am patient and seldom count the days.
Wicked!
Noisy!
How to make me jealous with this one simple trick!
Hilo has and excellent market but I like the one at Maku'u, north of Pahoa, even better.
Absolutely the best the best tasting carrots grown this way ;0) enjoying the vids.
Actually, the Carrot man wasn't there. There is a guy who just sells carrots from time to time.
GreenGardenGuy1 haha. Damn the comment was meant for a previous vid. Meant to say I’ve been lucky enough to sample a lot of this fruit when visiting far North Queensland Australia. ;0)
@@DavidDingleNZ One of the guys that sells the most exotic fruit seems to have disappeared lately. I fear his farm my have gone under the lava during the last eruption.
GreenGardenGuy1 damn. Real shame. ;0(
@@DavidDingleNZ No one gets out of here alive with out wrinkles. Often times beer is the only answer.
Hi bill . Two questions. Can cheramoya fruit grow on a tree grown from a seed ? Also how far away from hilo are you. Thanks brother.
Of course cherimoya will grow from a cherimoya seed. Sure would be a heck of a thing to have a cherimoya seed grow an avocado! The quality of the fruit produced could be in question though depending on the seeds you use. I live 15 miles SW of the Hilo city limit.
@@GreenGardenGuy1 thanks bill. Someone told me that fruit would not grow from a cheramoya tree grown from a seed. I didnt believe him so thanks for setting me straight. Yes , hilo is a nice place. Really thought rainbow falls was beautiful.
@@stevebetker829 There is a lot of BS out there for sure. My word would be maybe it won't be a good cherimoya and maybe it will take a long time but it will be a cherimoya. Birds do it, bees do it, even cherimoyas do it....
@@GreenGardenGuy1 lol.thanks bill. That's a good one. I will have to laugh the next time I eat a cherimoya . Take care.
@@stevebetker829 Aloha
Clamshell plastic single-use containers can’t be recycled-goes right into landfill (or the ocean).
No post consumer plastic is recyclable since the Chinese stopped taking it during the early Trump administration. We do pre consumer plastic recycling in this country but post consumer always went off shore. Currently it is all headed for the landfill until things change.
What time of year did you go?
I live here so I drop in from time to time no matter what the season. There is always something in season here because of the elevation changes. This video was shot in February. Wednesdays and Saturdays are the days of the big markets.
Nice idea for a video, Bill.
Thank you, couldn't think of anything else at the moment. It sure was noisy!
I never had a sour sop, I really want to try one. I love pawpaws and cherimoya
Soursop is good. Most are a juice fruit because the pulp is fibrous. There are a few fiber less type out there but hard to find.
Man I gotta try them. I randomly found 1/4 of a jack fruit at the local grocer in Baltimore Maryland! I was shocked! It was huge, like a 2 ft long orange wedge with bumpy skin. I thought surely it’s no good/underripe, but it smelled amazing and the fruit clumps visible were very bright orange soft and juicy. And it was just over a dollar a pound. I decided to get it, and Oh man was it good, never had one like this, super sweet and soft, even some of the fibers were orange and very sweet. Shared with wife and kids & made for a very pleasant dinner/dessert. I was very surprised that there was basically no latex inside of it, all the other ones I ate had latex and were nowhere near this soft and sweat. You Never know what you’ll find!
@@komreed Perhaps the grocer removed the latex portion while quartering the fruit. I've not seen one that was naturally this way. There are other members of the genus that are lacking latex though. Marang and Cempadack are latex free. The Jack fruit will fruit in 3 or 4 years from seed. The green fruit is a good vegetable. The ripe fruit is the flavor of Juicy Fruit Gum. This is where Mr Wigley got the flavor. The seeds can be roasted and eaten like almonds. Very useful fruit although it takes a big family to eat one.
I just bought a ticket, $822 Pittsburgh to Hilo round trip..plan on chopping down some junk trees on the lot and eating my way around Puna and Hilo..😃🌈🤙
Drop by while your in the area.
GreenGardenGuy1 I will be there for a week starting on April 5th. Looking forward to meeting you.
@@thomasreto2997 The phone number is on my website. Give me a call when you plan to drop by. www.greengardenservice.net
I've never even seen some of those fruit.
Most are common in Hawaii but they would be exotic on the Mainland because they don't grow in temperate climates. Here we have trouble with fruits like apples and pears!