He prefers growing fruit over vegetables because he enjoys eating fruit.
“I like growing fruit. I'm more than I enjoy growing veg. I think that's because I was eating a lot of fruit. I enjoy I just love it.”
Dish Podcast · Jun 2026 · 1 episode · 150K views on this topicHe runs a totalitarian, ruthless garden where he does not baby his plants and requires them to adapt to the elements or die.
“I'm a stern father. If you can't pull your own, you you die. I need I need producers. I need people who are going to adapt to the elements. Like I'm not going to baby any of these plants.”
Theo Von · Apr 2026 · 1 episode · 1.4M views on this topicHe believes anyone can successfully garden by focusing on cultivating the right environmental conditions for the plants rather than trying to force their growth.
“I always like to say like well, people will say I grew this or I can't grow this. And the way I think about it at least is the truth is no one's really ever grown a plant. Like as a gardener, what you're really doing is you're putting a plant in the environment in which it it knows how to grow best.”
StarTalk · May 2026 · 1 episode · 484K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.
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