How to Harvest Seeds from Cactus Fruit with Sucs for You!
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- Опубліковано 21 тра 2017
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This is a macro video demonstrating how to remove the fruit and harvest the seeds from a cactus (Species is Mammillaria Haageana). This variety does bear edible fruit known as Chilitos, and I did taste it afterwards! A bit underripe, sour, no distinct flavors just yet..but not unpleasant!
Tools needed include something to cut the fruit and something to scrape out the seeds. Steady hands are ideal so don't attempt this after a strong cup of coffee ;) This was my first time doing this and it was a lot easier than I expected so give it a go yourself!
I will pot these up and report back as soon as I see any progress. Maybe 2 weeks? Maybe a month? Maybe never? Only one way to find out :D
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This is completely ADORABLE ☺️😍💗💗💗
If cactus pores create seeds, does that mean my blackheads.....
*Runs to bathroom mirror with tweezers*
I also had no idea this was a thing. I never knew cacti could fruit
Great instructional video, you hit all the key points very well. Thanks for sharing the joy of cacti and succulent gardening!!
I appreciate the feedback! Happy growing!
This is super cute! I had absolutely no idea fruit came out like that -- so cool! When the video first came on, I thought you stuck baby carrots in it lol! I love all of your videos Andrea and hope to see more very soon!
It realllly looks like a baby carrot! I was afraid ppl wouldn't believe me ;) Thank you Susan
Lol I almost had a heart attack when I saw a seed pod on my cactus. I thought something was wrong with it lol cuz I think it may be a bit small to be seeding but I'm glad it's nothing bad😂
Oop now that I think about it can the fruits sometimes be pink???
Sure! And they can take a LONG time to mature.
@@SucsForYou Makes sence cuz only 1 pod matured so far and I'm still waiting for the other 7. Thx for letting me know
Mine hasn't come out yet should I worry? Weirdly two weeks ago my plnt sprouted two more flowers after months after its flower crown came in. But peppers
THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME, MY CACTUS HAS TWO OF THESE BAD BOYS
Thank you very much
Where do you buy theses old lady catus from
What do you feed your succulents?
thanks!
Thanks for the great vid! I have some Mammilaria fruits and wanted to know when I should remove them. Right now they are still difficult to pull out so I guess they are not ready;)
You're welcome! Shouldn't be long now - at least not in cactus-time :p
@@SucsForYou I hope they are ready soon! Are you on Instagram?
@@Doriamo yep! @sucsforyou :)
@@SucsForYou I know it sucs for me but what is your IG? lol jk
I’m hoping to get fruit on my mamms! Did you have to pollinate your flowers to get the fruit? Are they last seasons flowers or the one that’s just bloomed? 😊
I didn't pollinate these by hand so something else must've done it :) They were from the previous flowers- about 4 months prior
What is the spicies name
I have a cacti that looks exactly like this but it was labeled mammillaria elegans. I was confused by the flower/fruiting because I saw the fruit first & I thought that was the flowers 😅 Then it bloomed pink flowers not too long ago but hasn't fruited again.
Is the elegans similar to a haageana?
I was confused by the name too and we have good reason to be! "Mammillaria elegans is a 'nomen confusum' (confused name) also applied to Mammillaria haageana ssp elegans and refers both to Mammillaria geminispina with latex in the stem and to Mammillaria haageana" www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/13998/Mammillaria_elegans
@@SucsForYou Oh! I see, that makes a lot more sense now, thank you for clearing that up!
@@Koutouhara Welcome!
Hi i hace same cactus with 4 fruits if you at 1:20 that how look like but I never saw flower so at 1:20 Was before flower or after?
Before :)
hi do you think you can make a propagation video for Echinocactus grusonii cacti? please???
These are only propagated by seeds
I have a new video that shows Echinocactus grusonii cacti progress shots and how to cacti plant seeds :)
thank youuu!!!!!
The ones on mine r more pinky purple is it because it's a diff cactus?
Probably! And congrats!
How long do you wait until you can plant them
You can plant right away!
Hi
Make a video on how you are to germinate these seeds please
Done! New video is OUT!
@Antonio Chavez it's in the description :)
can you eat the whole thing with the seeds?
Sure!
I love the "Oh no! Whats happening to my body!?" part haha! Subbed!
Thanks for the sub!
Great video! What does this taste like?
Thanks! Kinda grapey-crunchy :)
Mmm when I was little we owned a cacti with fruits they were soooo good whenever I saw one it was gone lol
haha!! They can be really tasty!!
Must be Mexican... 🤷♂️
When the flower dies then pick it ?
Nope - leave it in place - the flower will dry and fall on its own. Then a fruit will form :)
Thanks
@@SucsForYou HI, when I should pick out the fruit after it forms please answer me
can you make a video on how you would plant these seeds
yupinaa yessss I would love to see too!
sure! But it's not very eventful :D - oh you just gave me a good idea - thanks!!
Done! Check out my latest video
@@SucsForYou
Thanks
Hi
how many seeds contains in one fruit?
About a dozen!
hard time with micro lens!. you shot just like camera professional
Ah thanks!!!! Tripod ftw!!
Se puede comer
Si! y son realmente sabrosos :p
I pull out 4 flower I open them I got total of 183 seeds your vedio Help me .
That's amazing!! I'm glad to help! Let me know how it goes when you plant them :)
Did you see my vid on starting them? Mine are doing well! I need to do a follow up video soon :) ua-cam.com/video/zhyxwGfPA3g/v-deo.html
I saw the vedio was cool ill try some with soil to see hope grow and sprout I'm not lucky with small seeds most the one I bought from amazon,ebay,alibaba the seeds are old or fake .
At least you know these are real- some seeds are not fertile but you should try and hope for the best for these :)
Sucs For You! Yes your right when I open the fruit I saw 4 seed was green color inside I put then in soil they sprout inside the fruit pepper.
Sometimes I pull the flowers off when they're completely dried up is that bad? Maybe it's my intervention keeping it from fruiting? Hopefully someday!
The fruit forms where the flower was so I'd leave them in place :)
Sucs For You! We'll that plant is now dormant so maybe next year. I saved it from lowes. I think it was damaged in shipping and just sitting on the shelf being eaten by gnats. I had to do a really deep cleaning and sanitizing on it. When I cleaned the root ball it was apparent it was ripped from the roots at some point. So a little nub of root was left. I've had it sitting in my closet over 2 weeks now drying. Trying to find pumice in my area is harder then I ever imagined :(
Sucs For You! My other little cacti I will leave alone from now on. The one drying out is a big mammillaria spinosissima. I say big, it's the biggest I've ever seen for sale up here so had to have it
Are you sure they were real flowers? Sometimes they glue fake flowers on the cacti ... maybe you know that already :D If you can't find pumice locally, maybe you can find Turface/Porous ceramic soil conditioner... here's a link w/ info on what it is and where you can look for it :)
sucsforyou.com/supplies/
Sucs For You! Haha yes real flowers! Just a couple. I was seeing white fuzz between the segments so making sure it wasn't mealys hanging out! Then someone told me that it's normal growth what I was seeing. Oops!
Are these edible
Yes, and they're quite tasty!
I stole a tiny cactus fruit from the plant store today to grow at home 😅😂
naughty kid!