Josh, for now and till we find the right variety , this is the only solution ( approach grafted to Jack ---your pic ) On the other side where we are in Mexico , same 20 some degrees north as you guys , my experience is the sooner you put it in the ground the better , that is before it starts to decline ( from seeds at about 20 - 30 cm ) before realizing this it cost me probably more than 200 seeds . Right now I have one 100 % chempedak ( collected in Malaysia ) , not really struggling , but not growing like any other Artocarpus I have , that put out a male ' flower ' . Raul who is at sea-level had a few more and I hope this year is gonna be the year we can announce / show a pic of us eating my second favorite fruit .
I am sure our South Asian friends will be laughing their A... off reading this .....