Congrats Steven!

-Luke

Are there any nonedible cactus fruits?

-Luke

Tastey looking!

-Luke

Wow great description. I'd be interested in seed, or possibly even a whole fruit to taste if you'd ship :-)

-Luke

That's great!! Congrats

-Luke

Congrats! Gives me hope. I have two that are about 4' tall but young, maybe 1/2" trunks. One red one yellow variety.
Be sure to update this thread as time goes on.

-Luke

OMG that sounds good!

-Luke

Ate our first two fruits last weekend. Delish! Ours had a light strawberry sugary flavor that came in one punch then faded. Very tasty. Looking forward to having the chance to eat a whole handful at once.

-Luke

Ashley and I made this recipe this week and what a treat  . In my mind I just could not imagine what an avocado pie would taste like, and with the cream cheese and the lime it's delish! Very heavy, just a little slice is plenty  haha. About half way though eating the pie I decided to try it out with some hand made whipped cream on top and boy was that good too! Highly recommend you guys try that as well. Whipped cream was just heavy cream, confectioners sugar and a bit of vanilla in a stand mixer.

Uhh.. I planned on taking a photo but by the time I got the camera, the pie was eaten 

-Luke

Hi Luke,

That sure looks like Salak sprouting

 

I was in such a hurry to get seeds planted(since many had already sprouted) that I lost track of what went where haha. Thanks for the ID!!

-Luke

Congratulations, Jay...  But I'm with Stressbaby- this doesn't bode well for keeping my plant collection small.

I've been feasting on delicious jackfruit all summer (Mexican-grown ones are $1.69 a pound here in Colorado) and I've been planting the seeds to use for grafting practice.  I've intended to toss the plants when I'm done torturing them; I really don't have the room to fruit a jackfruit tree. 

But now I have a dozen multi-rootstock jackfruit plants from my grafting practice and I too am tempted to find a dwarf cultivar to graft on just to see if I can grow one.  I've been eyeing the 'Ziman Pink' cultivar which is supposedly dwarf, tasty, and might be different enough from what I can get in the store to justify growing it.  (I have a standard rule of not growing anything I can get in a decent form in a local store-- it helps keep my collection at a more reasonable size.)

If anyone up north would like a multi-rootstock jackfruit seedling, PM me and I can send one your way...  I need to get rid of the majority of them before freezing temperatures hit in 6-8 weeks.

   Kevin

Haha poor poor Kevin. If I don't hear from you in a while i'll know it's because you got trapped in your grow room behind a huge Jack tree and can't get out! 

-Luke

I guess that makes it a Jill rather than a Jack.

Hahaha!
-Luke