Thank you, Jeff! That is a huge help. And good idea about calling in Har as my trees develop. I'm on it!

Cut it open. It was alternating sections of unripe and rotted fruit. But it wasn't overripe in sections. The fruit went straight from being underripe to being rotten. Fungal infection?

The other jackfruit on the tree has the same spreading brown on the outside.

This has gotten to be a strong 15 foot tree. I'm so disappointed! Jackfruit is one of my favorite fruits and I was looking forward to fruit from this tree for the past 5 years.

Suggestions?

http://www.goodfoodworld.com/2012/03/chaya-mayan-tree-spinach-cabbage-star/

Star-shaped. The maple-leaf looks like it would be less stringy for cooking!

Tree trimmer mulch is the best! Hard to get a hold of when I need it, but worth the effort.

We harvested a jackfruit today from our Cristela and it was delicious. Sweet, crisp (for a jack), relatively easy to peel.



This tree is very precocious and produces small jacks. It doesn't put as much energy into growing in height as it puts into producing fruits. It has remained a compact little tree, at about 6.5" after a few years in the ground. So for those who want jacks without devoting a lot of space, this may be your answer.

In the picture above, the jack is next to an 8" chef's knife. It has set 6 fruits this year, all at the very base. Last year it set two fruits when it was only 5' tall! I harvested those too early, and so wasn't able to taste the fruit until this year.

I will throw my theory into the ring as well. I think the gender imbalance we see on this forum is the same discrepancy that we see in gamers and STEM professions in general. There is a science to fruit tree farming and geekiness to all the data collection...but I'm confident we will see the gender ratio even out in years to come.

Also, the most outspoken on these forums tend to be the more domineering personality types and that posturing is more socially acceptable for men.

I would go to a South Florida event, definitely.

Our 5' Angie produced its first crop of about 12 mangoes this year. It was  on of our favorites. Fiberless, apricot is how I would summarize it. Definitely not as sweet as many and the skin is resinous.

They make a good Brazilian cocktail. Cachaca, cherries, sugar, lime.

Our Thai Giant fruited this year and we love it, both adults and kids. Slightly smaller than a small Granny Smith, crisp, like a mild-tasting apple. And it was larger than I had expected: a good 4-5" lengthwise.

My tree produces 400+ mangos.  The problem is that birds, squirrels, and my beagles ruin many of them.  There is a squirrel that takes up residence in the tree during mango season.  The other problem is I get tired of the taste.  Last year I was forced to eat hundreds of these since my other trees are too young to produce and my mature keitt and haden did nothing last year.  This year the haden and keitt both have 75 to 100 but, of the young trees, only Rapoza is fruiting.

Do you have a dehydrator? All our family members have already "placed orders" for bags of dehydrated mangoes. I have no problem getting rid of anything we don't eat! There is never enough, it seems. Hence, the additional mango trees I've planted this year.

I agree with Rob and Clint.  I spend more time throwing them at my banana clumps then eating them.

Maybe there is a shelter or food bank nearby that would be appreciative?

I believe Katie's is about a year in the ground, year and a half at most, from a three gallon.

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