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Bob starts with ... I have just cut down a huge Jackfruit tree with watermelon shape and size fruits that never ripened properly. I am after the large oval shaped fruit similar to Asian varities on trees that dont reach for the heavens. I have seen many Vietamese homes in Brisbane with trees 4- 5 metres tall laden with fruit, I am after such a tree ( large fruit reasonable size height tree) | About the Author Bob21 Brisbane 17th October 2011 2:20pm #UserID: 5990 Posts: 3 View All Bob21's Edible Fruit Trees |
Sophie says... Hi bob, I like Jackfruit too. you can't eat fruit just cut from the tree.Before you cut down fruit you need to touch fruit first, when it is ripe it touch soft or you can smell some flavour from fruit itself. and more important you need to keep a couple days to let them ripe totally after cutting. anyway, there are so many varieties jackfruit tree, you need to find one with crunch texture. I just grow a few trees in my garden it may take 10 years to grow fruits as i grow them from the seed, if you like I can give one for you or you can also to get in upper Mt gravatt sunday market, one vietamese men sale trees there sometimes. hoping you can get one soon. Sophie | About the Author Brisbane 19th October 2011 10:51pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... A grafted crisp variety would ensure good quality fruit, and the graft generally stunts the tree. However, it can sometimes delay fruiting in Jakfruit. Most seedlings are supposed to come fairly true to type, so seedlings of a good crisp Jak should turn out to be similar, even if they are not so good in their first few years. You'll need to prune most Jaks to keep to a reasonable size. Here's a pretty good video from the big tropical fruit gardens in Florida that is very instructional: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86tG82uxDXc | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 19th October 2011 11:10pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
Mike says... It is true that jackfruit are often true to type but grafted ones are more productive,reliably good and smaller.They also fruit sooner.Pruning to around 2.5m is possible with nearly all varieties.The qualities after taste that are most prized are less latex,more flesh yield,high productivity and crisp orange flesh.Many seedlings have sloppy yellow flesh and a festival of latex and rag. | About the Author Cairns 20th October 2011 11:14pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David says... Have just finished peeling a friends Jackfruit he grows in his back yard at Moorooka. Been ripening for 3 weeks slowly. What can I say ,no latex with a full mango, pineapple, bubblegum flavour that just lasts and lasts.Tree is 20+ yrs old, approx. 7m high and as wide . Hes not keen on the flavour. | About the Author David SPRINGWOOD,4127,QLD 6th May 2017 12:25pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |