Hello and welcome to today's episode of Gardening with Ben
In this video we're going to show you how to start a grapefruit tree from a tip inside
a red weird grapefruit. So sit back, relax and enjoy today's episode. So in today's video we're going to show you how to start a grapefruit grouted because
it can be quite hard to get them to actually germinate but we found an added tip on how
to get those grapefruit seeds to start germinating to produce a grapefruit tree
You might not necessarily get grapefruit from here in the UK but it's good at experimenting
and having fun and seeing if you can grow something and if you do manage to grow a grapefruit
fantastic let me know and yeah let's get started by growing a grapefruit from seeds
So first off we'll need a red grapefruit. Nicely cut the balls and yeah that's it
So next up we need to chop it in half. So once you've chopped it in half you need to look for the seeds. Sometimes you're lucky and you have seeds there sometimes you're not lucky and then
they're not there so you might want to purchase a few. So as you can see we've got a nice large seed there so yeah that's where all the seeds are
So in this one we've got three seeds a nice big one and two small ones there
No good whatsoever though it's a really tiny one. But yeah we've got three seeds and what we need to do next is take the skin off the seed
The reason I need to take the skin off the seed is because it probably won't germinate
if the seed is covered in the skin. So once that's all out once you've taken the skin off and if you've got nails it's easier
to take off if you haven't you know sawed the bottom knife to it. So that's what we want right now
So next up you need some kitchen rolls. Yes kitchen roll. So next up you need five to six of the kitchen roll out first
Nice and easy so far. Then you need to get a bottle of water spray or a spray so you can put water in
And then just like that. Like so
Then you can fold this tissue over and keep holding it until it's folded up nice and tight
Right there. And then just spray it all on. So now it's nice and damp
And then finally you need a sealable food bag. So I've got some good ones here
So I'm going to have that in a plastic kitchen roll inside there. So then you just leave it about two to three weeks in a kitchen roll and you will see that will start starting
So the next step is here's some that I've done earlier. So here's some that I've done earlier
This is about two to three weeks in here. So I actually realised that we can't actually peel the skin off the pigs
So they don't actually shoot them. But I know that one is ready for putting on
So let's have a look. Inside. So that is one that is ready
Look at that. So we have one that is good. Great fruit
So yeah, lots of those are just split there. So we're waiting for them to shoot
So we'll wait for them all. Yeah, we should get that one possessed. So there we have our great fruit here
So what we're going to do is we're just going to make a little hole in some compost
It is damp already this compost so it won't need water in as long as it's in
So pop it in and cover it over. Now obviously because it's in a nice large pot it won't need transplants into Asia
So we'll wait and see what it looks like when it starts growing
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And let me know if you're going to try it yourself as well. So thanks for watching and for that guys, remember, keep smiling, keep gardening, and
keep pursuing your garden as best