The Tropical Fruit Forum

jungleyard...of course

My first word was "yes".  LOL!  I'm in Bangkok area.

Tough getting some of these rare artocarpus to germinate.  I've got two keledang that I'm tickled to have.  Willughbeia is even worse... then those that do germinate just don't want to survive.

Hey Peter...here is an excellent video of the method that I used.  As you will see in the video, the bark is much thicker than the scion, so he needs to put something on top of the scion in order to be able to anchor it down.  I've seen others just scrap away the surrounding bark until it is lower than the scion allowing the cord to anchor the scion. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPOVj_elNqA

Mike...yeah, there were a few articles covering jack on marang.  However, the successful takes were not that great.  I was hoping the jack would fruit on the other branches, but according to my mother-in-law, it rarely fruited and when it did, they didn't enjoy the fruit.  Was sold to her as Daeng Surya, but ended up being something else entirely.  This is why I was using this particular tree for my experiment.  Nothing to lose.

Growinginphoenix...I wish!  I'm in Thailand now.

Peter...I removed a square of bark only, leaving just cambium behind in that square.  I then made the cut to the scion.  With this method, there really is nothing to match up.  As long as the bark comes off nicely, should be good to go.  This method is used on large trees when grafting scions or approach grafting.  Most videos show guys just scraping away the bark with a large knife.  Having the bark peel away gave me better peace of mind.

The graft site is fused and already healing over well.  I'm now just waiting for the bark of the jack to further grow over the site.  The "graft" itself is successful, but keep in mind it is still attached to its own roots.  I'm hoping the amount of time I'm giving the graft helps with long term acceptance.  I think with this method of grafting...allowing the bark to overgrow the scion further cementing the graft, this prevents the scion breaking away during long-term incompatibility...the sucker is there to stay!  There are many variables involved with incompatibility and most are not observable to us.  Even very strong graft unions can fail months, even years, down the road.  One article I read said there are some signs such as pronounced bulge or a necrotic layer at graft site or suckers developing which indicates a poor vascular connection...this is more of a short-term compatibility issue.

Things will get interesting once I remove the roots.  If it's going to fail, I want it to fail right away.  No sense dragging out expectations!  LOL! 

This is very obviously a scam.  If you look at her Facebook profile, there are no posts, pictures, or anything. 

I would leave the corky bark alone.  Most of the trees here in Thailand have that and I've not seen anyone bother with it.  Did you get a cold spike?

This is the ONLY way a new tree should be shipped in my opinion.  No boxes thrown on top to crush or snap the trunk of your new addition.  Not confined to a hot, dark box for days.  USPS and the rest back in the states would lose their shit over this!

Great job Brian!  The tree is looking awesome.  I like how the branching is progressing.  Could you take a wider angled shot getting the entire tree?  Thanks

That graveolens looks stunning!

Tongmuan...yeah...I saw the new ads for more cherapu.  None of these folks know the proper way to ship fruit and I agree, all the banging around in the box is most likely the main culprit wit the latex.  The pics also showed a lot of unripened fruit being shipped.  For these reasons I opted not to order another box.

Brandon...yeah, got gobs and gobs of seeds!

Peter and Ben...I thought the main season is past already???  I see some pics of cool fruits still being harvested though.  Maybe we should organize a trip for next year???  I'm sure Lindsay could help out.

Tongmuan...With lots and lots of searching, I've found that there are sellers out there offering up some really neat, rare stuff.  Just wish I had room for them all.  Hope the cherapu order works out for you.

Peter...I truly hope that the riper the fruit, the less latex it may have.  Many of these fruits I considered very ripe.  It is possible that the beating the fruit took was somewhat responsible for distributing more latex throughout the flesh.  This experience sure let the wind out of my sails for this fruit.  As good as it is, this amount of latex would just not be tolerable for me.  Eating 1-2 fruits is probably not an issue.  But dang!  Who could sit and eat just 1-2 of these?  I'd have to get a bulk supply of toothbrushes!