Our first harvested Jackfruit in Lakeland FL Feb 9

[C24mccain]

As the subject said we harvested our first Jackfruit here in Lakeland FL from our seed grown tree. Its about 5-6 years old. It has attempted to set fruit for the last 3-4 years but has always set fruit in the fall and failed to mature through winter for various reasons especially freezes the last few years. This year we haven't had any freezes and we finally got one to ripen.  Here is the video link below on this first fruit:

https://youtu.be/qTh9N89aEAo?si=eGZLMeJGK1mCW6Wx

[fruitnoob]

Congratulations! You are so lucky to have fruits that don’t have latex.

[achetadomestica]

GREAT!!!
How tall is the tree?
What did you do 2 years ago when we had back to back night freezes.

[fliptop]

Awesome! Congratulations!

[C24mccain]

GREAT!!!
How tall is the tree?
What did you do 2 years ago when we had back to back night freezes.

The tree is about 15', maybe a little taller. Last year I put a smudge pot next to it, and I believe those freezes got down to 27 if I recall. It did well in the freezes but if I remember there was almost 72 hours where we didn't get above 45 degrees and the refrigerator effect caused the tree to pull all the energy and life out of the leaves over a week or two and it aborted most of the leaves but it came right back. The tree has always seemed to handle the cold well down to 29 or so without help. I'll dig up the after effect videos from the last couple of years and post them.

[C24mccain]

December 24 2022 freeze: https://youtu.be/gvaMdlEEDX0?si=5YQ-Yrq7GBffsBgK

Jan 15 2023 freeze video: https://youtu.be/d3acdu08B6c?si=mwgJ7aG5RbI1EM1Y

February 4 2022 freezes (3 of them) : https://youtu.be/GU3j89ECioE?si=mod9cA665SzFKDbq

[Artocarpus]

Enjoy the fruits of your labor! Congrats.