Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Jackfruit Update (Artocarpus herterophyllus)


Just a quick update about my Jackfruit seedlings. They're growing well and seem relatively healthy. I have noticed a little visual damage to some of the leaves that may be the result of insects. The plants don't seem to be negatively affected, at least not yet.

These seeds came from irradiated, refrigerated fruit and the seed leaves were actually damaged (they ended up rotting). I figure the seed on the left was damaged more, as is evident from the multiple stems which usually happens after damage to the main stem. I don't ever expect to get fruit from these, but they'll be nice plants nonetheless. How many people living in Canada have their own Jackfruit trees?

17 comments:

  1. Well great, now I'm gonna have to go find myself a jackfruit to try and grow. I've always wanted one of these but can only ever find irradiated fruit...but clearly it can sprout from it!

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  2. Isn't it fun? You just have to be INSANELY patient. I've moved mine to the UWO greenhouses for the winter so hopefully they do well.

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  3. lol i lived in canada and i have 2 pots near my window, got the seeds from a jackfruit fruit that my brother brought back from vietnam, and man they were laughing at me when i said "i'm gonna try to grow this." looks who's laughing now ^^

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  4. Glad to hear I'm not the only one! "You can't grow that here." Yes. Yes I can.

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  5. Yah, both of the plants are growing really well, even in the up coming fall, it's getting a bit colder so i'm kinda cheating by putting a heater a bit closer to it, and it's growing really well.

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  6. ~~ p.s: I also lived in BC, vancouver XD~ haha, our zone is actually zone 8b so we are capable of growing tropicals i believe.

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  7. @Anonymous, I'm glad they're doing well. Moving a heater closer isn't cheating, it's just being a great plant owner! Jackfruit is said to be hardy to USDA zone 9b so I'd be careful if you're keeping it outside in the winter.

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  8. I had two jackfruit trees that I grew from seeds a few years ago. They did week but after they got to about 2ft fall, they kinda just gave up. I hope you have better luck!

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  9. I had no idea so many people sprouted Jackfruit. I guess I'm not that special after all. :) Hopefully mine keep growing. I'll just donate them to the university greenhouses. Hopefully they'll be happy there.

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  10. Hello, this is a update on my jackfruit trees, they r getting bigger and bigger, XD i'm so surprised it lasted so long. It's still a live, and it's still growing. one of it did died, because i forgot to water it XD ops, but it's coming back again, even when it's the beginning of fall. XD so pray for my little guys that they will last again this winter.

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  11. Hello, it me again.

    My Jackfruit tree has grown taller and taller. I'm surprised it hasn't die yet! Is yours still alive?

    thanks.

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    1. Mine is still alive, although it hasn't grown very quickly and is still quite small.

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  12. I've got a question for you about the trees in the pot to the left. Did all of those seedlings grow out of a single seed?

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    1. Actually, yes they were all from one seed! I have no idea if this is typical but found if very surprising.

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  13. hi this is ken from the banana belt of ontario has anyone grown a jack fruit here that you know of i wonder how it would do in winter here it usually dosen't get to far below freezing here

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    1. Although winters in Southwestern Ontario are generally relatively mild overall, they do see cold snaps. I grew up in London, Ontario and I know even places like St. Catharines can see minimum temperatures of -18C or so. Most jackfruit will begin to die at a cold snap of -2C with leaf damage at 0C. Some sources say they can tolerate colder, but I've only heard of them grown farther south in States like Florida, Texas, and California.

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