I got 24 of them growing from seed. First I totally cleaned the seeds by rubbing them with mud. Then they needed about 4 months of searing NC summer heat and bog-like moisture to start sprouting. I put them in a sturdy plastic cup and made sure they were in the sunniest spot in direct sun and always wet (sometimes underwater after heavy rains!). Sprouts were transplanted into normal conditions in in garden soil in large pots and mulched a tiny bit for winter. All are still doing great!
I'm so excited to have found this video, I live in UK and I've discovered there is one of these palm trees in mu local park, hopefully no one had picked the fruits yet
Pindo syrup is quite easy. I put the fruit --six cups -- in a pot, water to cover, bring to a boil then simmer for about 40 minutes, and I mash the fruit with a potato masher. Cool and filter. That should give you about four cups of juice. You can add two cups of sugar and one package of pectin if you like. I boil until it is a syrup or a jelly or if you like until it changes from yellow in color to reddish in color. Syrup or jelly, it tastes great.
@Jdaniel314 The answer is I don't know. However, they do grow very slowly, a few inches a year, and I've seen palm that would be about eight years old. and two feet high.
Well... that's because the jelly palm has sugar so you usually don't have to add some. But plants are not like commercial products and sometimes some sugar is needed to jell, some times some pectin but most of the time neither is needed. As a natural jelly source it usually has to be cooked far longer than more common fruits, sometimes twice or thrice as long
If you like them they are delicious. It is very easy to eat too many. As for jelly... the amount of pectin varies tree to tree and year to year, so you may have to add pectin, or you may not.
I have never made the jelly...what I have made is a juice which is so delicious all my neighbors are asking for more. Because they're so high in fiber I recommend drinking a small portion at a time, unless you need a cleansing then have more..LOL
The fruit is not ALWAYS yellow, it is varibale from tree to tree. The most common fruit color found here in north Florida is orange (just like a queen palm) however I have heard reports of orange/red fruits as well on the Jelly Palm, some trees dont produce a tasty fruit so experiment with many trees.
The natural pectin can vary from year to year. I would put your syrup back in the pot, add a package of sur-jell and re-heat and boil until it takes on a red hue. Then try it. (And make sure its a pindo palm, not a queen palm.)
I live in south Goergia and there are a lot of them here, while they are slow growing they do get taller than you said, there are a few specimens near my house that are at least 60-70 years old and they are 25-30 ft tall. Thanks for this video, I'm actually glad most people don't know they can use them though because it make it easier to get them for free haha
This last batch I used five cups of juice and two cups of sugar. I picked them early so they were tart and the pectin varies year to year so I had to add one package of sur-jell. Then I cooked it down until it turned magenta or deep red then canned it. Came out fine.
Put a piece of Shade Cloth/Tarp on the ground under the fruiting infloresence: shake the infloresence so that the fruit falls into the ground cloth or Tarp.
Hey Deane! I found a palm that was producing orange fruits just like what I saw in this video, and I think it was a pindo palm. I made a preserve out of it and it tastes a lot like a fruity honey! It's wonderful on ice cream!
love this series, just found a huge stand of pindo palms, theyre just starting to fruit, have a few small green fruit on the stalks. Was wondering how long i should expect to wait til they are ripe, thanks
@1JONATHAN The camera settings, software settings, and upload settings are set, that is I have little choice. However, around video 35 the camera maker had a patch that improved the quality. The later videos are better. I am making some of those early videos into DVDs and we are struggling mightily in post production to improve the quality.
Do all Pindo palms bear fruit? I see palms like these at Lowes and Home Depot all the time, labeled as Pindo Palms, but not sure if that particular kind is the fruiting type. Should I buy them from there or should I go to a palm tree retailer?
Here in manicured Florida it is indeed considered a trash tree. You have to understand that 99% of the people who have them don't like the fact it drops fruit on their lawn. They also don't eat it the fruit because they don't know it is edible. And some times in some seasons sugar has to be added to help it jell. Not all trees in all seasons produce sweet fruit.
my friend, the size of pindo is normally same like a marble ball. it bearing in the spring season in Brazil. its not need pick the dropped fruits on ground,when it reach the yellow color you can cach from three directly... the name of jelly pal here is called "butiazeiro" regards,
I always wondered about these fruit producing palms in our area. You answered two questions for me, yes they can be eaten and no not all palm fruit is edible!
I'm so glad you made all these videos. I really want a taste of that jelly now! I think there are some pinto palms on the UCF campus. I might have to pay attention to those and get some fruit.
Thanks for writing. Then pindo palm and the queen palm are close and can hybridize. As for edibility, yes, it is edible at the last possible moment but it is toxic until then, very fiberous and not too tasty. From my liability point of view it was just safer to say avoid it. If you do try your fruit, do so when they are extremely ripe, and only a little.
@BreezerSkatesAmerica Yes, I should been clearer when I made that video. The unripe fruit is not good but the ripe fruit is. I need to put an editorial bubble on that comment. Thanks for having keen ears.
Thanks for the info! My children were wondering if the fruit they found at the doctor's office, from a palm tree, were edible...now we know! Free & delicious!
Wonderful video! So informative and fun. I just ate my first pindo palm fruit today and found it so tastey I went back and retrieved the whole stalk of fruit. Now I have about 40 lbs. of fresh pindo palm fruit and really don't know what to do with that much. I will surely make some jelly or jam, but was wondering if pindo palm syrup would work too. Any jelly/jam or syrup recipes appreciated. Exact amounts please. Marie S. Georgia
I have a question: Do you know what age a Pindo palm starts bearing fruit? Or: How big was the smallest Pindo that you've ever seen that had fruit on it?
I've made jelly out of the taller version, I have no idea what it's called but it's fruit was also orange and the tree looked like a sterotypical palm tree. The jelly was delicious, I dub it palm honey
Hey Deane, you said that the seeds can pressed for oil, I was wondering if you could advise me on the most efficient, manual power way to press something for oil. Also, I was wondering where I might be able to acquire a pindo palm tree, I'm looking to add a number of edible plants to my land. I have pecans, oak (though not sure what kind or if edible), kumquat, loquat, banana, cattail, plum, and blackberry/dewberry as far as native species to my area (just a few miles N of the Florida line.
"A trash tree"? I've never heard them called that... They're one of the most incredible trees on earth; the most cold-hardy of all the feather-leaved palms, and probably the most beautiful. And I've seen many over 20' tall in south Louisiana. Luckily you ended by calling it a "great tree"... I can't imagine adding sugar, since the Pindo fruits I've eaten have been ridiculously sweet, even sweeter than Medjool dates. And they've been more orange than yellow. Great video overall...
Its awesome to come across your videos actually I didn't come across them I had to go fine them. It's weird how you wake up any start realizing there's truly food all round you this is mother earth gift to you and so many of us don't even realize what we have right in front of us I've started exploring this in the last year on and off and found out my yard is full of flavonoids then today I woke up having my coffee looking out my queen palm and the big set of berries and hang off the side that would be considered a nuisance well for the first time I looked at it a lot differently I thought there has to be a reason they're there this has to be something we're meant to eat or at least something so I opened it up I tasted it it was sweet and thick almost like a natural face mask if you will and possibly a Sun protector I don't really know because I'm just learning the queen palm fruit what do you know about it and the seed I so appreciate people like you it makes us really understand what we have around us I respect the earth thank you for all you too looking forward to all your videos
You should buy plants from places with more variety like botanical gardens and nurseries, though they are disappointing as most hardly sell anything more than flowers.
These things are everywhere in my neighborhood I was wondering what these were I saw a bunch of dragon flys flying around I figured they were eating bugs eating the fruits I actually thought they were loquats or kumquat or something at first then I saw it wasn’t the same kind of tree
I got 24 of them growing from seed. First I totally cleaned the seeds by rubbing them with mud. Then they needed about 4 months of searing NC summer heat and bog-like moisture to start sprouting. I put them in a sturdy plastic cup and made sure they were in the sunniest spot in direct sun and always wet (sometimes underwater after heavy rains!). Sprouts were transplanted into normal conditions in in garden soil in large pots and mulched a tiny bit for winter. All are still doing great!
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I'm so excited to have found this video, I live in UK and I've discovered there is one of these palm trees in mu local park, hopefully no one had picked the fruits yet
Pindo syrup is quite easy. I put the fruit --six cups -- in a pot, water to cover, bring to a boil then simmer for about 40 minutes, and I mash the fruit with a potato masher. Cool and filter. That should give you about four cups of juice. You can add two cups of sugar and one package of pectin if you like. I boil until it is a syrup or a jelly or if you like until it changes from yellow in color to reddish in color. Syrup or jelly, it tastes great.
@Jdaniel314 The answer is I don't know. However, they do grow very slowly, a few inches a year, and I've seen palm that would be about eight years old. and two feet high.
Well... that's because the jelly palm has sugar so you usually don't have to add some. But plants are not like commercial products and sometimes some sugar is needed to jell, some times some pectin but most of the time neither is needed. As a natural jelly source it usually has to be cooked far longer than more common fruits, sometimes twice or thrice as long
@LocketupTight Usually that is the Queen Palm, not the pindo. Pindo palm fruits are usually yellow.
If you like them they are delicious. It is very easy to eat too many. As for jelly... the amount of pectin varies tree to tree and year to year, so you may have to add pectin, or you may not.
the fruit of the queen palm is edible too, but the flesh is thin and rather stringy
@SuburbanShinobi8000 Washington DC is about as far north as it grows, unless you take it inside during the winter.
I have never made the jelly...what I have made is a juice which is so delicious all my neighbors are asking for more. Because they're so high in fiber I recommend drinking a small portion at a time, unless you need a cleansing then have more..LOL
The fruit is not ALWAYS yellow, it is varibale from tree to tree. The most common fruit color found here in north Florida is orange (just like a queen palm) however I have heard reports of orange/red fruits as well on the Jelly Palm, some trees dont produce a tasty fruit so experiment with many trees.
The natural pectin can vary from year to year. I would put your syrup back in the pot, add a package of sur-jell and re-heat and boil until it takes on a red hue. Then try it. (And make sure its a pindo palm, not a queen palm.)
I live in south Goergia and there are a lot of them here, while they are slow growing they do get taller than you said, there are a few specimens near my house that are at least 60-70 years old and they are 25-30 ft tall. Thanks for this video, I'm actually glad most people don't know they can use them though because it make it easier to get them for free haha
This last batch I used five cups of juice and two cups of sugar. I picked them early so they were tart and the pectin varies year to year so I had to add one package of sur-jell. Then I cooked it down until it turned magenta or deep red then canned it. Came out fine.
Put a piece of Shade Cloth/Tarp on the ground under the fruiting infloresence: shake the infloresence so that the fruit falls into the ground cloth or Tarp.
Yes, the Queen Palm fruit is edible.
Thanks for writing. The pindo and the queen palms can hybridize leading to trees that look like pindos with orangish fruit.
Thanks... It's hard to make jelly out of them because I want to stand there and eat them all.
Hey Deane! I found a palm that was producing orange fruits just like what I saw in this video, and I think it was a pindo palm. I made a preserve out of it and it tastes a lot like a fruity honey! It's wonderful on ice cream!
My pleasure.. I am working on a couple now... wild grapes and making vinegar (real vinegar.)
love this series, just found a huge stand of pindo palms, theyre just starting to fruit, have a few small green fruit on the stalks. Was wondering how long i should expect to wait til they are ripe, thanks
@lova368 Without more information my first guess would be a lychee
Thanks so much for shearing . I love all your Vid..
@1JONATHAN The camera settings, software settings, and upload settings are set, that is I have little choice. However, around video 35 the camera maker had a patch that improved the quality. The later videos are better. I am making some of those early videos into DVDs and we are struggling mightily in post production to improve the quality.
I,ve had one of these in my front yard foe 18 years ,Had no Idea you could eat them !!
Do all Pindo palms bear fruit? I see palms like these at Lowes and Home Depot all the time, labeled as Pindo Palms, but not sure if that particular kind is the fruiting type. Should I buy them from there or should I go to a palm tree retailer?
Here in manicured Florida it is indeed considered a trash tree. You have to understand that 99% of the people who have them don't like the fact it drops fruit on their lawn. They also don't eat it the fruit because they don't know it is edible. And some times in some seasons sugar has to be added to help it jell. Not all trees in all seasons produce sweet fruit.
@Quranite They can hybridize and be off color.
@lova368 What does the plant look like?
Thanks again...by the way, pindo jelly is as delicious as the fruit, but does taste different than the fresh fruit.
Trying to make jelly now and not sure how much water I will need to add. I've got 5 gallon of pinto fruit it you have any idea please let me know
my friend, the size of pindo is normally same like a marble ball. it bearing in the spring season in Brazil. its not need pick the dropped fruits on ground,when it reach the yellow color you can cach from three directly... the name of jelly pal here is called "butiazeiro"
regards,
They kinda taste like loquats? Seeds are similar looking as well
Exactly? From start to finish a few months.
Thanks for the video. I just planted a Pindo Palm, I can't wait until it fruits! But, I guess I have to.
I always wondered about these fruit producing palms in our area. You answered two questions for me, yes they can be eaten and no not all palm fruit is edible!
I've got 5 gallon of pinto plum read to make jelly. About how much water do I need to add to make jelly?
Did you water bath the jars to seal them?
I'm so glad you made all these videos. I really want a taste of that jelly now! I think there are some pinto palms on the UCF campus. I might have to pay attention to those and get some fruit.
They taste like apricot.
@EatTheWeeds Do you know if there are any pindo Firnt in indiana... I want one so I can get a seed and grow one my self.
Two to four weeks, and they ripen unevenly over time as well, so you will have quite a few for a while
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I’ve been trying to cultivate some too. I have one in my back yard. From whatever I’ve heard, they’re hardy drought resistant and easy to plant.🤔
Thanks for writing. Then pindo palm and the queen palm are close and can hybridize. As for edibility, yes, it is edible at the last possible moment but it is toxic until then, very fiberous and not too tasty. From my liability point of view it was just safer to say avoid it. If you do try your fruit, do so when they are extremely ripe, and only a little.
thanks for youre video...I want to ask you if you can do a new video about how grow a jelly palm fromo seed...thanks again!!!
@BreezerSkatesAmerica Yes, I should been clearer when I made that video. The unripe fruit is not good but the ripe fruit is. I need to put an editorial bubble on that comment. Thanks for having keen ears.
Becuase it is usually grown on manicured lawns and when it fruits it drops them. Most owners do not know it is edible.
Thanks for the info! My children were wondering if the fruit they found at the doctor's office, from a palm tree, were edible...now we know! Free & delicious!
Wonderful video! So informative and fun.
I just ate my first pindo palm fruit today and found it so tastey I went back and retrieved the whole stalk of fruit. Now I have about 40 lbs. of fresh pindo palm fruit and really don't know what to do with that much. I will surely make some jelly or jam, but was wondering if pindo palm syrup would work too. Any jelly/jam or syrup recipes appreciated. Exact amounts please.
Marie
S. Georgia
no SUGAR JELLY!!!
awesome
I have a question:
Do you know what age a Pindo palm starts bearing fruit?
Or:
How big was the smallest Pindo that you've ever seen that had fruit on it?
I've made jelly out of the taller version, I have no idea what it's called but it's fruit was also orange and the tree looked like a sterotypical palm tree. The jelly was delicious, I dub it palm honey
jjmc00 was it a Christmas palm
Hey Deane, you said that the seeds can pressed for oil, I was wondering if you could advise me on the most efficient, manual power way to press something for oil. Also, I was wondering where I might be able to acquire a pindo palm tree, I'm looking to add a number of edible plants to my land. I have pecans, oak (though not sure what kind or if edible), kumquat, loquat, banana, cattail, plum, and blackberry/dewberry as far as native species to my area (just a few miles N of the Florida line.
I think its a House Wren
"A trash tree"? I've never heard them called that... They're one of the most incredible trees on earth; the most cold-hardy of all the feather-leaved palms, and probably the most beautiful. And I've seen many over 20' tall in south Louisiana. Luckily you ended by calling it a "great tree"...
I can't imagine adding sugar, since the Pindo fruits I've eaten have been ridiculously sweet, even sweeter than Medjool dates. And they've been more orange than yellow. Great video overall...
Its awesome to come across your videos actually I didn't come across them I had to go fine them. It's weird how you wake up any start realizing there's truly food all round you this is mother earth gift to you and so many of us don't even realize what we have right in front of us I've started exploring this in the last year on and off and found out my yard is full of flavonoids then today I woke up having my coffee looking out my queen palm and the big set of berries and hang off the side that would be considered a nuisance well for the first time I looked at it a lot differently I thought there has to be a reason they're there this has to be something we're meant to eat or at least something so I opened it up I tasted it it was sweet and thick almost like a natural face mask if you will and possibly a Sun protector I don't really know because I'm just learning the queen palm fruit what do you know about it and the seed I so appreciate people like you it makes us really understand what we have around us I respect the earth thank you for all you too looking forward to all your videos
As far as I know but they have to be around eight years old to fruit.
Any advice on other choices I could add to my half acre, so as to have food to snack on year round? Any other advice, much welcomed as well.
how long exactly does it take for the fruit to ripen
You should buy plants from places with more variety like botanical gardens and nurseries, though they are disappointing as most hardly sell anything more than flowers.
These things are everywhere in my neighborhood I was wondering what these were I saw a bunch of dragon flys flying around I figured they were eating bugs eating the fruits I actually thought they were loquats or kumquat or something at first then I saw it wasn’t the same kind of tree
can I plan it the state of Washington ?
As long as it is a pindo...
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I always said they taste like a pineapple sweet tart candy.
@lova368 Also where do you live?
@bluebirdluv Edible yes, but not that good.