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Jackfruit tap root - Thanks Manfred. I removed the top 6 inches of the seedling. It does not look well. Another that suffered the same fate looks very well. They are now in metal buckets in the shade for planting out in spring...248 days 22hrs
Jackfruit tap root - I have been growing jackfruit seedlings in very large, but not very sturdy, cardboard tubes. Unfortunately, the tallest (one metre) one's tap root found its way between the patio pavers and I had to cut it off at ground level. Will the tree regrow this o..251 days 19hrs
Jackfruit seedlings - Thank you both. As I have two, I will cut one and leave one. All ten will eventually form a cul-de-sac with a large fig at the end, so the double-trunked one will go at the fig end...613 days 21hrs
Jackfruit seedlings - I recently planted 10 jackfruit seeds. All have germinated and are growing strongly. 2 of them produced 2 shoots each. Should I remove one of the duplicates?..615 days 20hrs
Yellow mangosteen1 - My first flower. The tree is only 1.2m tall with eleven pairs of branches. It survived 8 years in Melbourne, but seems to like the sub-tropics...652 days 23hrs