Growing and Tasting Longan Fruits
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- Опубликовано: 11 май 2018
- A bit of an experiment to grow some Longan fruit trees from seed which I took from fruit from the store. This is my first time trying the fruit, so I'm going to let you know what it's like as well. Watch until to end to see the results of the experiment using different sprouting methods.
Longans are a tropical fruit and are a member of the soapberry family (Sapindaceae). They share this family with lychee, rambutan, guarana, korlan, pitomba, Genip and ackee.
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you can also grow them in just water. fill a cup with water and let it sit for around a few weeks. it should pop out a little root, im doing that way right now.
if it sinks in the water that means there’s life in the seed by the way :)
Definitely like Longans. Not my favorite fruit ever, but really like them and they produce a ton of fruit on a relatively small tree.
I had these while backpacking in Thailand! Definitely the best fruit I tried while I was there. We stayed at a hostile with several of these trees growing in the back.
this is the lowest wanted fruit in thai [my country
mangosteen is the number 1
The subtropical/tropical Longan, guarana, rambutan and lychee all being to the Sapindaceae family, which explains the superficial resemblance (in terms of seed and leaf morphology) to horse chestnut, aka 'conker trees', buckeye and sweet chestnut (which are trees native to northern hemisphere). I have done the 'plant a pip' thing with all manner of fruits bought from supermarkets: mangoes, citrus, starfruit, lychee, avocado, etc, but whilst these endeavours yielded pretty houseplants, the novelty effect wore off when I came to the realisation that they'd most likely never bear fruit. Nowadays, I buy subtropical and tropical fruit trees from nurseries; these plants are named cultivars produced by grafting, cuttings or airlayering. These stand a much better chance of bearing fruit in containers/pots (I live in the rather untropical England, so planting subtropical and tropical fruit trees in the ground is not an option. My nursery-bought citrus (all grafted), tamarillo (produced by cutting) and 'Nam Doc Mai' mango (grafted) have all flowered and fruited in containers. Compare to my 8 year old 6ft tall lemon tree from a supermarket lemon, which has never fruited. I suppose that seeds can produce rootstocks for grafting onto scions of named cultivars. I'd imagine that if I rooted cuttings from my grafted citrus and my tamarillo, they'd be very likely to yield fruit within a short time frame and at a compact size. I am going to give this a try.
Sounds like a great idea. Let me know how it goes
My favorite fruit when I go to Peru!! 😍😍😍😍....yuuuuum!!!!
I'm Peruvian but left very young , what's call in Peru? ...gracias
This is so cool! I discovered longans quite recently myself and I like them. I live in Victoria Australia so I hadn’t thought about growing them but maybe I’ll give it a crack next bunch of longans I buy! Great to have you back btw. :)
Thanks! Look forward to hearing how it work for you
It's always fun to grow things from pits and seeds of fruits. As you probably are aware, many don't grow true from seed and you really need to graft from a known variety. BUT, it's fun anyway. I have recently tried longan myself and I have to say they are quite addictive. Can't seem to get enough. I am in the US and we get them in the stores in June/July. They may come up from Florida or maybe from Mexico. I'm trying to grow them too. They seem slower from seed than litchis. Also, just tried rambutan and will grow a few of those from seed as well. They're all related.
Awesome. Would love to see updates on my facebook page with how you go with it. Yes, sadly a lot don't grow true to type, but some do and it's always interesting to wonder what you might end up with in the future even if it is a little dissimilar to the original :)
I hope so much that you succeed in growing it coz I live in NZ and I love Longan as well.
It taste amazing.
So so so good... drooling
That’s awesome! I’ve never heard of this fruit before but I would imagine they taste similar to lychee :-)
PinkChucky15 Better than lychee:)
It's much sweeter and when I eat too much of these my tongue hurts.....😂
Thanks for teaching me how to plant 🌱 God bless you
Lychees are very similar but to me more tasty. Longans and Lychees and other exotic fruits can be found in International supermarkets here in Arizona, USA. They are fairly expensive. Plants grown from the seeds will take many years to bear fruit and they may never produce fruit.
Omg I love longans!! How’s the tree going??
Just found your channel. Keep it up, looking forward to your next videos.
Thanks for the comment and support! :)
How the seed going? Is it growing here in philipines?
soil methode,,,,,,,THAI FARMER HERE,,,, put a plastic bag over the pot.. on a plate .. water them ones fully, then water them from below ones a week to germanate
the ones in the paper plant whit the paper to not disturb the roots
Longan is delicious, reminds me a bit like lychee, but even nicer
A neighbor of mine here in South Florida gave me a few branches full of logans a few days ago. I'm going to try to sprout the seeds.
Awesome. Feel free to share how it went on my facebook page :)
Great. How did it go??
Amazing video. Thank you!
This is nice bro
Thank you so much. I will try it. (From Philippines)
Good luck!
nice bro need to get some of those again myself I'm always trying and failing especially with mango and ice cream bean I cant seem to grow things like you do, how did all the stuff in your old videos turn out? do you use a lot of fertiliser? and what sort, I just use my urine haha I think my main issue has been under fertilizing for years, I'm trying to make compost and quartz sand work atm, waiting till I figure the soil out before I try again
Are you in Oz? Look up Daleys Fruit (they have a RUclips channel and online nursery). I wish they ship internationally to the UK, but even if they did, the combined cost of phytosanitary certificate and shipping costs (on top of the cost of the plants themselves) would be astronomical! Still, their RUclips videos are a useful source of information on growing subtropicals and tropicals.
Good to know about the channel. I'm actually from New Zealand though, not Australia :)
When you have it in the zipped lock bag, did you put in the shade, does it require sun?
No, keep it out of direct sunlight while growing in the bag
I love longans but im in the city. I want to grow them in a pot. I would like to know if the soil sold in supermarket is okay to use?
We use to make tops out of the seeds, and use them as sling shot ammo
Long time no see. You should do a video on the Psidum Guava as it's Guava season
Never heard of that sort of guava, will look it up!
3:16 I wonder which method is better. Just because the pot method is slower, doesn't mean its worse. They could turn out to be much healthier and heavier fruiting trees.
A microwave cooks food faster, but that doesn't mean it is the superior way to cook food.
mate good to see you back on, I've not got any updates from you for awhile. look forward to viewing some more of your excellent video tutorials.
Thanks Anwar - good to hear from you! :)
Any updates here on how they are doing
Longan is one most tropical fruit that i like to eat
I find they grow great in the zip lock bags too.
pitomba.....fruta do Brasil......uah?
Is it plant in cold area?
How many times did u water them in the bag
I love longans
Thanks bro
I call them dragon eye. They taste nothing like lychee. And their my favorite fruit
Same here, this is my favorite fruit, I love the taste
Do you need to water the paper towel often
Or you just seal it in the bag and never touch it ?
If the bag is sealed the moisture should stay in so no need to water anymore. If the seed goes mouldy I would give it a good clean off and change the paper towel. If it continues to go mouldy I would throw the seed away and try again with a new seed. Good luck! :)
TheKiwiGrower
thank you, that sounds nice.
I have longan seeds sprouted but got mouldy and i washed it off and kept in paper towel again ,
Tomorrow is the day that I’m gonna open it again after 5 days ..
i hopeit has grown more .
I’m Excited ☺️
Can you show how to do the paper towel growing??
Austin p.b Wet paper towel, rinse out, place seeds in towel, place in bag which creates greenhouse affect.
Where I can buy longan tree in New Zealand ? I want to buy one .
@R H I have a few growing in NZ
Do you also open the sealed bag before the sixth week? And do you have to damp the paper towel again?
Btw.. how are they doing now? Did the 3rd plant with the mold survive?
Hi, No as the bag is sealed the moisture stays in. The one with the mould never actually sprouted but I still have the other 2. They are doing ok, however our climate is just not tropical enough for them to thrive. Still fun to grow though :)
@@TheKiwiGrower I live in the tropics, Suriname. But it's my very first time growing from seeds (except from taugé and papaya and greens that grows very easy only by throwing the seeds somewhere on the ground or putting it in a damp cotton ball).
So fingers crossed 😬
@@TheKiwiGrower thank you btw💚 and good luck with yours 😄
Looks very similar to lychee.
Jakawe Longans are in the same family as the lychee! Well spotted. And in my opinion they do taste similar.
I prefer Lychee over logans.
Ittano ko lng po kung ppaano dpat gwin para mag bunga ang longgan may tnim po ksu kmi npkalgo po ng dhon ano po ba inillagay para ma munga ang longan mksi po npka lgo po ng dhon pero wla pa pong bunga plese pke sgot lbg po tnong ko
Does a longan plant grown from seed have a gender ? Would all trees bear fruit ?
What about your coconuts?
I was thinking the same question what ever happened to it ? :)
Hey, sadly with moving up to the city I wasn't able to keep many of my plants so I no longer have the coconut:/. I'm looking at having another go at it, however my climate is not suitable to grow it to a mature tree. Looking forward to growing lots of other cool stuff though :)
There are some coconut palms that grow and produce nuts in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya#Climate where it tends to be more mild than other places where they generally grow. Importing seeds from somewhere like that could be the go! And they can actually handle cold weather and even frost division2news.blogspot.com/2008/04/what-lovely-bunch-of-coconuts-in.html But obviously they grow alot faster with more consistent 18 C+ temps. A micro-climate with dark coloured heat absorbing rocks, a wall or trees to diffuse the southerly winds etc would help. I'm currenly working on a compost heated outdoor "heat wall" which will radiate out heat from inside the thin, hollow, heat conductive "shell". Overhanging leaves of bananas etc will help the pocket of warm air linger. An outdoor compost heat-pump is also a possibility. Both ideas based on this kinda system: oi37.tinypic.com/qxkhvd.jpg Either heat convection, or a small fan.
Heated pathways would be next level... :)
i love these but i for got to plant the seeds
Buy from Asian market. Tastes similar to pear/apple juice.
Logan seeds ya fruit Kahan se milega
When ll it start fruiting approximately?
Several years.
My fruit always stay small and are seedy. Barely any flesh at all. Any tips?
Hey, I’m not actually too sure sorry. I haven’t ever fruited them here in our climate. Sorry I couldn’t help more!
From a Purdue article about longan, if you trim some of the flower branch and then trim some of the fruit branch, you will have bigger fruit. It is because the tree can focus more of its energy to support a smaller amount of fruit.
How is the plant doing?
It's Winter at them moment so its growing but quite slowly. Almost spring so hopefully it will take off!
Kalem , you should try pomagranate
I've grown these from seed before and have a decent sized on in my garden. Might have to do a video about it! Thanks :)
Ive tried and failed , ide like to see how its done .
I have a longan small plant
Papa ano po bang para mag bungga longan
I just realized that your RUclips channel name is TheKiwiGrower, but your growing longan fruits. 😅
Haha yup the Kiwi part of the name was more because I’m from New Zealand and the people here are referred to as Kiwis. But I have also grown kiwifruit haha 😉
Have you grown mangosteen?
I did have a go at it but the seeds from store bought fruit in NZ aren’t viable due to being irradiated
The seeds are very hard to germinate I’ve tried to grow the mangosteen seeds twice but they did not sprout also the mangosteen tree is very slow growing that’s why mangosteens are very expensive at the store it is because it is Hard to grow a mangosteen. A mangosteen tree grown from seed can take up to 8 or 15 years for them to fruit!
Sir i am 🇮🇳Indian supper teast sir which manth fruit coming sir
In india it is called as dragon fruit I tasted
Hey sir how long would it take to grow small plant
Lychee, rambutan,longan all are the same type
Want some can i buy
Follow up video?
Looks like lychee
Can i have Seeds please
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