Grow Your Own Miracle Fruit
Goal Grow Your Very Own Miracle Fruit
The miracle fruit, or miracle berry, is a berry plant native to Ghana in west Africa. Once eaten, this small red berry makes sour foods like lemons, grapefruits, and limes taste sweet. Many who have tried the miracle fruit say a lemon tastes like a piece of lemon drop candy. The Latin name for miracle fruit is Sideroxylon dulcificum, but it is also known as Synsepalum dulcificum.
Our purpose here is to show you how to grow your very own miracle fruit plant. Here are step by step instructions and insider tips on growing miracle fruit. Hopefully these steps will help you in your gardening endeavor.
Step 1 List of Things You Need
Miracle fruit thrive in acidic soil with a pH balance of 4.5 or more, warm weather, and humid conditions. If you have access to the last two items, then you are off to a great start. We’ll help you get …
Step 2 Get Dirty
These seeds love acid and require rich, well-drained soil. We will use a mix of horticultural Perlite and peat moss as a bed for our miracle fruit …
Step 3 Starting the Seed
Scoop your Perlite/peat moss mixture into the small containers you are going to use for germination. Moisten the soil with a little water, then GENTLY push the seeds into the dirt until …
Step 4 Miracle Transplant
It can take up to two weeks for the seeds to sprout, so do not be discouraged if you do not see anything yet. Once your seeds have germinated, it is time to transplant them into …
Step 5 Patience … Om … and Tips for the Not-So Patient
You have watered, maintained humid conditions, kept it out of harsh sunlight, and even played it classical music, and still no fruit. Having patience in the care of your plant is the toughest …
Step 6 Fruits of Your Labor
What can you expect once your little sprouts mature and fruit? The answer is, little red berries, the size of fresh coffee beans hidden amongst the evergreen …
overlordq said:
Before they sprout is there a guide to how often to water? Every other day? Or just the try to keep it moist guideline?
July 30th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
SweetGirl said:
It’s important to keep the plant moist, but be careful not to over water. Start by watering every other day and check the plant daily to see if the soil is still moist. If it’s too dry or too wet, then adjust your watering routine accordingly. Remember, miracle fruit like moist and warm climates.
See my tip on using a plastic covering to keep the plant moist and warm at http://miraclefruitfans.org/blog/grow-your-own-miracle-fruit-step-3-starting-the-seed/.
Hope this helps!
July 30th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
overlordq said:
I tried six before but they didn’t sprout after a month, so I’m trying again. I got the seeds in probably a 70/30 mix of peat moss/perlite by volume as I found 50/50 perlite didn’t have enough substance for it to actually grow in.
I got them growing in small styrofoam cups which I’ve left outside loosely covered in saran wrap as it’s been ~80-90 outside during the day. This has been in morning sun set out on the back table so they get direct sun from about 9-2, that too much sun?
During the night it sometimes gets down to the upper 60s, low 70s, that too cold for them?
August 3rd, 2009 at 11:09 pm
SweetGirl said:
Overlodq, miracle fruit are pretty temperamental and only about 25% of them actually sprout. It sounds like you’re doing the right thing. It sounds like the amount of sun is OK and make sure to protect it from frost in case temperatures drop below 65F.
August 4th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
overlordq said:
Well, another dud, month later, still nothing has sprouted, not a clue what I’m doing wrong. Dunno if I should try again, or just buy a plant.
August 26th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
MiracleFruitHut said:
Hello guys,
We supply the Miracle Fruit plants in 4 different stages. 3 are on our website one is the largest 3.5 – 4 year old plant http://www.MiracleFruitHut.com/products.html.
The 3 other sizes are the Seedling 8 inch, The 14-17 inch which requires 6 months before bearing fruit and the 18inch which is ready to bear fruit within a month of potting and recovering from shipping stress. They are fussy plants which require alot of attention but there easier to keep alive and healthy once grow to a larger size. We also issue a care sheet with all our plants just incase your new to miracle fruit plants.
Kind regards,
Marco
Miraclefruithut.com
September 2nd, 2009 at 5:54 pm
SweetGirl said:
Bummer! I’ve been trying to do some research for you, but didn’t uncover anything new. You can never go wrong with a plant or if you’re determined to try to sow your own seed, I’d say wait until the spring and try again.
September 4th, 2009 at 10:52 pm