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Yellow mangosteen1 - Update. Tree hasn't grown much, but now has its twelfth pair of branches. Harvested 10 fruit from about 30 flowers in January and have 4 seedlings. They quickly get to about 100mm, then stagnate. One in a pot is 3 years old and still with just the 2 ..119 days 3hrs
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...547 days 4hrs
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..550 days 2hrs
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...912 days 4hrs
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?..914 days 2hrs