Fruit seeds planted in a flower pot sprout green shoots, bearing 100 fruits in 1 year

Lychee

Take the leftover lychee pits, remove the remaining flesh, wash them clean and soak them in water in a cool shaded place, changing the water once a day, and they'll sprout in 3-5 days.

The lychee sprout emerges from the white end; push the sprout upward into the potting soil, keep it in a spot with indirect light, mist the sprout morning and evening every day, and in 3-7 days it shoots up into a small seedling.

Once the seedling's growth is stable, water it once every 1-2 days, and in less than a month it will grow into a dense potted plant. It needs no special care, and placing it beside the TV or in the study can also protect against radiation and relieve eye fatigue.

Mango

After eating a mango, scrape the flesh off the pit clean, leaving the white coating, then use scissors or a fruit knife to cut the coating open, and inside is the mango seed.

Soak the mango kernel in clean water; since it's fairly large, the water only needs to cover half of it. After it sprouts in 5-7 days, plant it in a flower pot with the sprout facing up (leave the sprout exposed), put it in a bright spot, and water once every 1-2 days.

A home-grown mango looks like a money tree, but it's far easier to grow than a money tree, tolerating both drought and heat. Gardeners in southern regions such as Guangzhou, Fujian, Hainan and Taiwan, China can even grow it until it bears mangoes!

Dragon fruit

Dragon fruit seeds look like sesame seeds. If you have kids at home, let them pick the seeds out, rinse them on fine gauze or cotton cloth, scatter them directly on the potting soil, then mist them wet and keep them in a cool shaded place; they sprout in about 3-5 days.

Dragon fruit sprouts and bursts the pot in less than a week. At this point you can move it to a bright spot and mist it with water every day, and in about 5-7 days it starts growing stems like a cactus column.

Once it has taken shape, dragon fruit is very tolerant of heat and drought and needs no special care. Water it once every 2-3 days in summer, and by autumn it will grow into a big potful.

Apricot kernels

Carefully crack the apricot pit open and take out the apricot kernel inside to plant; you can also sow it with the pit, but that's slower.

Put the apricot kernel on moist toilet paper to sprout, or cover it with another layer of wet toilet paper, keep it in a cool shaded place, mist it daily to keep it moist, and it sprouts in 3-7 days. Place it sprout-up in moist granular soil, mist it daily, and it quickly takes root.

Apricot seedlings can be kept in a bright spot or planted in the ground, and with normal care they'll bear fruit in about 4 years.

Watermelon

When eating watermelon in summer, you can save the plump watermelon seeds, rinse them and scatter them in a flower pot, cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil, mist them wet and keep them in a cool shaded place; or cover the pot opening with plastic wrap, poke a few holes for ventilation, and they'll sprout in less than a week.

When the seedling grows to about 10 cm, don't water too much; water only when you see the soil is dry, so the watermelon doesn't grow leggy. If it grows too long, it's not only ugly but also takes up space.

Watermelon blooms in about 1 month after planting. Wipe the female and male flower stamens with a cotton swab (hand pollination), and after that it will grow small watermelons. Anyone with kids at home must plant a few!

Grape

When eating grapes, the seeds always taste astringent; spit them out and toss them into a flower pot, lightly cover them with a layer of soil, mist a little water every day and they'll sprout. Super easy to grow!

Caring for grape seedlings is also very simple: water only when the soil is dry, no need to be too diligent, and just put it on the balcony where it can take any amount of sun. But it's not very easy to fruit, and even if it does fruit you'll have to wait several years~

Pineapple

Huahua has seen many gardeners water-propagating pineapple tops. It really is very easy to grow; just put the top in water and it takes root. Are gardeners hoping it will grow a pineapple?

Once the pineapple top has rooted, it can be transplanted into soil, preferably acidic leaf mold and coconut coir mixed with garden soil. After planting, put it in a bright spot, water only when the soil is dry, and don't be too diligent so as to avoid leggy growth.

As for whether it can bear a pineapple, that's decided by the climate. If gardeners in the Hainan area plant pineapple tops, the chance of fruiting is very high~

Durian

Durian seeds are very large. After eating the durian flesh, wash the seeds clean and soak them in clean water; you don't need much water, just cover half the seed, and they sprout in 5-10 days.

Plant the sprouted durian seed in soil with the sprout facing up, leaving the sprout exposed and not burying it too deep. It will then first grow a section of stem like a cashew, and afterwards grow leaves and branches. At this stage keep it in a bright spot and water only when the soil is dry, to prevent leggy growth.

A home-grown durian is well suited to being a bonsai. Gardeners who like old trunks and bonsai can plant a few, and can even shape them artistically~

Jackfruit

For sweet jackfruit, you just need to soak the seeds in clean water and keep them in a cool shaded place at home, and they'll sprout in 5-10 days; you can also bury them directly in a flower pot, no need to tell top from bottom, just bury them shallowly and water thoroughly, then keep the potting soil moist afterwards.

Seeds that haven't been sprouted in water will sprout a little later. After sprouting, keep them in a bright spot, don't water too much, mist the soil surface wet every day, and in about 1-2 weeks they'll grow leaves.

Jackfruit tolerates heat and drought, and growing it doesn't require much diligence - just rough it. Water when you see the soil is dry, and on the balcony it will quickly grow into a "little forest." Keep one pot at home to purify the air~

Pomegranate

Take the leftover pomegranate seeds, rub off the remaining flesh with clean water, put them in a flower pot without burying them, just scatter them evenly, keep them in a cool shaded place and keep them moist, and they'll sprout in about 5-7 days.

After sprouting, move them to a spot with indirect light, mist them daily to keep them moist, and once the seedling stems turn red, move them to a bright spot and thin out some of the weak seedlings so they aren't too crowded and don't affect growth.

When pomegranate seedlings have grown, it's best to plant them in leaf mold or peat soil mixed with garden soil. During care, remember to top-dress: fermented rice-washing water, fruit-peel fertilizer, leftover-rice fertilizer and the like are all fine. Even grown in a pot, they can bear fruit~

Passion fruit

After rubbing the passion fruit seeds clean, soak them in clean water; you don't need much water, just cover the seeds, and keep them in a cool shaded place; they sprout in about 3-5 days. If you find that too much trouble, you can also just scatter them in a pot and wait for them to sprout on their own.

Scatter the sprouted seeds on the potting soil and they'll take root themselves. Mist them daily to add moisture, and they'll come up in about a week. Once the seedlings are taller than 12 cm, don't water too much; water when the soil is dry. After a month you can set up a trellis to let the seedlings climb.

Gardeners south of the Yangtze River can grow passion fruit until it flowers and fruits; gardeners in the north will only get flowers, no fruit. But passion fruit is a close relative of clematis, so it's also great as an ornamental climbing flower.

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