...........RAMBUTAN - Planting from seeds to trees video series

Growing Rambutan from seed
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RAMBUTAN FRUIT

I am planting the seeds from the RAMBUTAN Nephelium lappaceum i brought from WALMART, in this video series! I Will Update the progress as changes occur. next youtube Video, will be when they sprout, but if no sprouts, i will NOT continue making video series about this. Not sure if i should re pot through out the winter but i dont know at this point if they will even sprout? anyways i will log the temperature, humidity, amount of light an how long i leave the light on if i use artificial lighting, and watering, i dont think i will need any kind of fertilizer but if i do use any kind of ferts it will be organic, ORMI, or other like Epsom salt, enjoy!! UPDATE: See latest update below!!

VIDEO SERIES:

⟹ WALMART : RAMBUTAN - FRUIT REVIEW!!! Sep 22, 2016

⟹ WALMART : RAMBUTAN - Planting the seeds!!! PT 1 Sep 27, 2016

⟹ WALMART : RAMBUTAN - Seeds sprouted!!! PT 2 Oct 6, 2016

⟹ WALMART : RAMBUTAN - Getting roots!!! PT 3 Dec 2, 2016

⟹ WALMART : RAMBUTAN - Plant growing!!! PT 4 Dec 28, 2016  latest update

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RAMBUTAN FRUIT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rambutan

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The rambutan (/ræmˈbuːtən/; taxonomic name: Nephelium lappaceum) is a medium-sized tropical tree in the family Sapindaceae. The name also refers to the edible fruit produced by this tree. The rambutan is native to the Malay-Indonesian region, and other regions of tropical Southeast Asia. It is closely related to several other edible tropical fruits including the lychee, longan, and mamoncillo.
Etymology

The name 'rambutan' is derived from the Malay-Indonesian languages word for rambut or "hair", a reference to the numerous hairy protuberances of the fruit, together with the noun-building suffix -an. In Vietnam, it is called chôm chôm (meaning "messy hair") due to the spines covering the fruit's skin.
Rambutan is native to tropical Southeast Asia and commonly grown throughout Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. It has spread from there to various parts of Asia, Africa, Oceania and Central America. The widest variety of cultivars, wild and cultivated, are found in Malaysia.

Around the 13th to 15th centuries, Arab traders that played a major role in Indian Ocean trade introduced rambutan into Zanzibar and Pemba of East Africa. There are limited rambutan plantings in some parts of India. In the 19th century, the Dutch introduced rambutan from their colony in Southeast Asia and Suriname in South America. Subsequently the plant spread to tropical Americas, planted in the coastal lowlands of Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Cuba. In 1912, rambutan was introduced to the Philippines from Indonesia. Further introductions were made in 1920 (from Indonesia) and 1930 (from Malaya), but until the 1950s its distribution was limited. There was an attempt to introduce rambutan to the United States, with seeds imported from Java in 1906, but the species proved to be unsuccessful, except in Puerto Rico.
It is an evergreen tree growing to a height of 12–20 m. The leaves are alternate, 10–30 cm long, pinnate, with three to 11 leaflets, each leaflet 5–15 cm wide and 3–10 cm broad, with an entire margin. The flowers are small, 2.5–5 mm, apetalous, discoidal, and borne in erect terminal panicles 15–30 cm wide.

Rambutan trees can be male (producing only staminate flowers and, hence, produce no fruit), female (producing flowers that are only functionally female), or hermaphroditic (producing flowers that are female with a small percentage of male flowers).

The fruit is a round to oval single-seeded berry, 3–6 cm (rarely to 8 cm) long and 3–4 cm broad, borne in a loose pendant cluster of 10–20 together. The leathery skin is reddish (rarely orange or yellow), and covered with fleshy pliable spines, hence the name, which means 'hairs'. The fruit flesh, which is actually the aril, is translucent, whitish or very pale pink, with a sweet, mildly acidic flavor very reminiscent of grapes.

The single seed is glossy brown, 1–1.3 cm, with a white basal scar. Soft and containing equal portions of saturated and unsaturated fats, the seeds may be cooked and eaten. The peeled fruits can be eaten raw, or cooked and eaten: first, the grape-like fleshy aril, then the nutty seed, with no waste.
Aromatic rambutan flowers are highly attractive to many insects, especially bees. Flies (Diptera), bees (Hymenoptera), and ants (Solenopsis) are the main pollinators. Among the Diptera, Lucilia spp. are abundant, and among the Hymenoptera, honey bees (Apis dorsata and A. cerana) and the stingless bee genus Trigona are the major visitors.

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