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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2016, 05:46:12 PM »
I'm starting to think that plant breeders are using polyploids in their plant breeding programs to create seedless fruit. I wonder if this is how they create the seedless Lychee and Jackfruit? Seedless watermelons are created using this technique.

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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2016, 06:02:29 PM »
The one fruit I got from on my seedling jak produced similar seeds.  If I remember correctly, there were only 3 to 6 small fully developed seeds, about 3/4 of an inch big.  The tree has a few fruit this year so I will be able to see if this is going to recur or not.


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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2016, 08:29:22 PM »
Removing seeds from watermelon was a step in creating an inferior fruit to seeded. Based on that Im ok with seeded jak.

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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2016, 10:18:19 PM »
But aren't the seeds of jackfruit good eating?

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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2016, 11:27:23 PM »
The vast majority of the seeds in the jaks I eat end up in the compost pile. I cook a batch or 2 per year. Boiled, they remind me of potato. There are probably ways to cook them that are better tasting but I am really after the fruity taste of the bulbs.

It is fairly common for jakfruit to have a few bulbs with undeveloped seeds. These mostly taste the same as the bulbs with fully developed seeds. The fruit from my tree pictured above was very good to excellent. My fruit happened to ripen the day before my family left on a week long vacation. I ate half that night and put the remainder in the refrigerator.  After we got back, I didn't touch it for another 3 days expecting it to be pretty far gone as most jaks will start to decline after 2-3 days. At 10 days, I expected it to be trash. I was shocked to find it was still in prime condition and I ate the entire second half in one sitting. Maybe it was unrelated or maybe removing seeds would help jaks stay fresh longer. I am too lazy to properly clean jaks so I don't know if there is really any benefit.

The advantage of a seedless jakfruit is a reduced cost for the amount of edible flesh since you are not paying for seeds. Regular jaks are 30 - 40% edible flesh. Maybe a seedless fruit could bust 50%. My fruit looks like it has a high rag percentage but that is because the bulbs were not bloated with seeds. I guess I will know in a month or two if my first fruit was an oddity. If the seedless trait continues, I will do a proper cleaning and weighing.
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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2019, 08:02:47 PM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYaGhszNAzc

Anyone want to translate the gist of this video? I think the language is Thai.
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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2019, 02:41:27 PM »
not Thai, believe that is Vietnamese (the language in video)

cool Jackfruit, when the reviews come from the sellers, hard to know if the investment is worth it.

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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2019, 01:09:59 AM »
Wouldn't mind planting some seeds of these. Often fewer seeds with jacks means more rag. Seeds can be eaten like chestnuts or cooked in curries as a starch element so are not totally undesirable. Some jacks have composite bulbs round the seeds with extra sections that are edible. I am still looking for a seedless variety of macadamia.

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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2019, 01:42:18 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYaGhszNAzc

Anyone want to translate the gist of this video? I think the language is Thai.

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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2019, 08:51:46 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYaGhszNAzc
That jak looks so not appetizing.Seedless could just be boron or other nutrient deficiency.

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Re: Seedless Jackfruit from Thailand
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2019, 09:03:35 AM »
I still see some seeds. Deformed yes , not seedless