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Dwarf Jackfruit
« on: September 19, 2012, 11:12:10 PM »
Dwarf jackfruit or mini jackfruit start to bearing fruit. it would not be a good crop considering the tree size, but it just nice to see it shown it early bearing and dwarf habitus...


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Re: Dwarf Jackfruit
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2012, 11:30:17 PM »
Very nice! Is that your tree?

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Re: Dwarf Jackfruit
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2012, 07:28:33 AM »
Wow! I want one!
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Re: Dwarf Jackfruit
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2012, 08:21:26 AM »
And where can I get seeds?  Nice....

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Re: Dwarf Jackfruit
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2012, 11:37:45 AM »
Nice tree!  It's pictures like that that have convinced me that perhaps it would be feasible to fruit in a reasonable-size pot. 

I'm with the others- we need to figure out how to get seeds or scions of this distributed to the zone-deniers around the world.

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Re: Dwarf Jackfruit
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2012, 05:53:56 PM »
Dwarf jackfruit or mini jackfruit start to bearing fruit. it would not be a good crop considering the tree size, but it just nice to see it shown it early bearing and dwarf habitus...


Are you saying that this was a seedlig......a tree planted from seed rather than being grafted?  IT is quite an amazing sight in  any case, but if not grafted, even more amazing.  However, development of a fruit of any size on that tree is going to be fairly detrimental to the overall health of the tree, in my opinion.  It might even qualify for "fruiting itself to death."  I hope not.  It is a very impressive little tree.

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Re: Dwarf Jackfruit
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2012, 12:26:59 AM »
This kind of jackfruit is tend to be a choise for limited space grower or even for growing in container/pot. it is not recomended for comercial orchard due its lack of aril/flesh recovery and small sized fruit. but for homegrown i think it just good enough considering tree size, productivity and quite good eating quality (flesh color yellow/deep yellow with crisp texture).
and Harry, yes it is a grafted tree like many otherplant material here. but this cultivar is an early bearing even when grow from seed. the tree would be 2 or 3 years old with 2 or three meter height before start to fruiting, good condition for sure.
and yes i think the fruit will got a toll to the tree and most of all, its hangin in the very small twig not in main brach, so i considering to cut the fruits off. i had saw small mini jackfruit dying after bear two huge fruit. maybe its better to grow the tree up, so it will take a better condition to bear good fruits

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Re: Dwarf Jackfruit
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2012, 09:56:21 AM »
Picko Jack
It is very esthetic nice looking tree, looks as if he was taken out of frida kahlo naive paintings
the leafs shape is perfect and they are evenly distributed on the tree
which for itself is very iconic
almost monumental as Plumeria
« Last Edit: September 21, 2012, 10:28:54 AM by amaqeq »

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Re: Dwarf Jackfruit
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2012, 01:42:03 PM »
Nice dwarf Jackfruit tree!
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