An expert has shared how gardeners can grow one fruit easily at home, and all they need is some soil and toilet paper. Brits like to grow many fruits at home, but one that many might not have tried yet is raspberries. These delicious little berries are a summertime favourite for many, and they taste great in a fruit salad, in a dessert or simply on their own as a snack. If you want to grow your own raspberries at home, you might be surprised to find that it is actually rather straightforward.
A TikTok creator known online as Creative Explained shared his raspberry growing hack with his 7 million followers and showed how he uses what he has purchased in the supermarket to grow more. In the clip, which was saved by more than 20,000 viewers, he takes a supermarket raspberry and uses some kitchen paper to crush it up. This brings out and separates many of the seeds inside the berry, which he will then use to grow more.
He takes these seeds and spreads them out a bit on a separate piece of toilet paper. Then, he gets a small pot already filled with soil and puts the piece of toilet paper with the seeds on top.
Finally, he tops it off with more fresh soil and waters it. Later in the video, he shows the seedlings that have grown in the small pot. Once they reach about six inches tall, you can plant them separately.
“Just one raspberry plant can produce hundreds of raspberries,” he said. The Royal Horticultural Society describes raspberries as easy to grow and suitable for any size garden. They are normally planted between November and March and harvested between June and October.
“Raspberries are hardy, vigorous plants that grow well in most locations, especially in cooler regions,” the RHS says. “They do need annual pruning and support for their tall stems. It’s also best to protect the crop from birds by either growing in a fruit cage or covering plants with netting while the berries are ripening.”
People took to the comments of the viral TikTok video showing this hack to share their thoughts and reactions. One person said: “Started growing this about 2-3 weeks ago, and today I just noticed a tiny green plant emerging from the soil.”
Another wrote: “I used to have wild raspberries and blackberries in my yard, good days. I still have wild strawberries, they are super small and are better than store-bought.”