Australian Jackfruit Seedlings Update 2016

[murahilin]

Around 2012 I received some seeds of the Berry and Amber jackfruits from Australia and I planted them all and shared them out to many different people in South Florida. I only had one space for a jackfruit so I planted a Berry seedlings in my yard. I didn't actually plant out the seedling until 2014 so it was sitting in a container for around 2 years. I checked it today and I saw its first male flower. Hopefully it will have some females soon.

Can everyone else that I've shared the Amber and Berry jackfruit seedlings with reply to this post as well regarding how your tree is doing? Also, others who received the seeds directly from AU themselves, please post how your tree is doing as well.

[nullzero]

Beautiful tree, nice shape to it. You planning to let it keep its straight narrow shape? Or you going to prune back some central leaders and widen the canopy?

[Sleepdoc]

I have 1 Berry and 2 Ambers.  The Berry is a beast.  I may get fruit this year as there were many male flowers last summer.  I'll take some photos and post tomorrow.

[murahilin]

Beautiful tree, nice shape to it. You planning to let it keep its straight narrow shape? Or you going to prune back some central leaders and widen the canopy?

Thanks. Next summer I plan to prune back the central leaders to encourage it to spread out more. I want to keep it around 12 ft tall.

[murahilin]

I have 1 Berry and 2 Ambers.  The Berry is a beast.  I may get fruit this year as there were many male flowers last summer.  I'll take some photos and post tomorrow.

Cool. Can't wait to see the pics. Male flowers on both the Ambers and the Berry?

[Sleepdoc]

I have 1 Berry and 2 Ambers.  The Berry is a beast.  I may get fruit this year as there were many male flowers last summer.  I'll take some photos and post tomorrow.

Cool. Can't wait to see the pics. Male flowers on both the Ambers and the Berry?

Flowers on 1 of the Ambers and the Berry.  I don't expect any fruit from the Ambers this year though.  I had to trim them back a bit to fit a new project in the backyard.  Who knows though...

[gunnar429]

My Amber seedling is one of the tallest trees  I have gotten.  Planted about 15 months ago and has tripled in size.  It is 9-10 ft tall and about 7 ft wide.

[cbss_daviefl]

I have both a berry and amber planted in the ground. The berry looks very similar to Sleepdoc's berry tree (may be all in my mind) but at half the size.  It is about 8 ft tall and 4 ft wide. The berry has not flowered yet.   The amber is growing straight up.  It was 14 ft tall and 3 ft wide before I topped it down to 10 feet.  I am not sure why but the lower limbs tend to die back.  It does not have a leaf below the 6 ft mark. The tree looks like a green lollipop.  It flowered last year and is flowering heavily this year but I doubt it will produce a female.

[DurianLover]

Amber jackfruit seedling in Sri Lanka. Went from 5 feet to about 12 feet in 10 months. Have 2 more. But you FL people had it for about 1.5 year longer. You might get fruits first.

[Delvi83]

They start bearing fruit very early to have been grown from seed......the same time that other species need if grafted !!!
In colder zone is faster to start flowering?

[Sleepdoc]

Photos from this morning:

Berry.  It's planted right next to a tall ficus hedge.


Same tree, and this is a promising looking flower stalk.  Based on its location I have high hopes for a female flower.



Amber #1




Amber #2

[FLnative]

 For the record, my Amber jackfruit is about 10 feet tall after cutting the central leader last month and 1.5” diameter at the base.

[Mike T]

Look behind the handsome devil obstructing the foreground yesterday at the 9 foot tall amber jackfruit tree.


mod edit: rotated the pic

[Mike T]

Don't know why it posted upside down but it won't rotate or cancel.

[FLnative]

Nice looking tree Mike. How old is it?

[Raulglezruiz]

Are those round ones ln the ground the Amber Mike?  Beautyful form they have!  Never seen a Jack perfectly round like a football balloon,  the leaves on the tree also looks quite peculiar, nice pic, thanks...

[Mike T]

Yes those amber fruit are round but they are not always so spherical.


Here is a grower with 2 ambers.

My tree is grafted and 2.5 years in the ground. A friend had a seedling of this type fruit in 3 years.

[murahilin]

My Amber seedling is one of the tallest trees  I have gotten.  Planted about 15 months ago and has tripled in size.  It is 9-10 ft tall and about 7 ft wide.

I have both a berry and amber planted in the ground. The berry looks very similar to Sleepdoc's berry tree (may be all in my mind) but at half the size.  It is about 8 ft tall and 4 ft wide. The berry has not flowered yet.   The amber is growing straight up.  It was 14 ft tall and 3 ft wide before I topped it down to 10 feet.  I am not sure why but the lower limbs tend to die back.  It does not have a leaf below the 6 ft mark. The tree looks like a green lollipop.  It flowered last year and is flowering heavily this year but I doubt it will produce a female.

Cool. Both of you should post some pics!

[murahilin]

Look behind the handsome devil obstructing the foreground yesterday at the 9 foot tall amber jackfruit tree.

Mike, we all have you to thank for the opportunity to grow these Ambers and Berrys around the world. Thanks!

[murahilin]

Yes those amber fruit are round but they are not always so spherical.


Here is a grower with 2 ambers.

My tree is grafted and 2.5 years in the ground. A friend had a seedling of this type fruit in 3 years.

What are the fruit in the lower right corner? Chempedak?

[Mike T]

I think they are just some green jackfruit from another variety. The ambers are being held up as they are the more prized variety.Some people prefer the green ones so they can be used in cooking. I also see there are some boxes of abiu in that cool room.

I think it is good if can we spread good fruit from our own area and increase diversity all over.

[PurpleAlligator]

My Amber has been in the ground about a year. I scored one of the 4 ft seedlings offered by Patrick. It lost most of the leaves on a night last winter where it dropped to the mid 30s and has not grown much.  It did put out some male flowers a few weeks ago that quickly dropped.  With a warmer winter this year I expect it will do much better in the next year. By comparison to the right is an Orange Crush that was a 3ft tall grafted tree planted about the same time.   I wasn't fortunate enough to score a Berry but would be interested if there are still and seeds or seedlings around.

[gunnar429]

My Amber seedling is one of the tallest trees  I have gotten.  Planted about 15 months ago and has tripled in size.  It is 9-10 ft tall and about 7 ft wide.

I have both a berry and amber planted in the ground. The berry looks very similar to Sleepdoc's berry tree (may be all in my mind) but at half the size.  It is about 8 ft tall and 4 ft wide. The berry has not flowered yet.   The amber is growing straight up.  It was 14 ft tall and 3 ft wide before I topped it down to 10 feet.  I am not sure why but the lower limbs tend to die back.  It does not have a leaf below the 6 ft mark. The tree looks like a green lollipop.  It flowered last year and is flowering heavily this year but I doubt it will produce a female.

Cool. Both of you should post some pics!

My flip phone/chromebook combo laughs at your photo suggestion!    If I get a chance I can send the pics to your phone...best case scenario

[cbss_daviefl]

Here is my Berry seedling




Here is my Amber seedling



Lots of male flowers on the Amber seedling

[murahilin]

Four free Amber jackfruit trees in South Florida if anyone is interested. Check out this post for more details: http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=13343.msg237033#msg237033