Maprang & "Red" Chempedak

[palologrower]

Maprang, "Mayong Chid"  $4 per seed.  5-9 seeds $3 per seed, 10+ $2.75 per seed.

"Red" Chempedak.  Background story, seeds were originally acquired from Malaysia a number of years ago, seedlings have been producing fruit last couple of years.  More of an orange/yellow hue.  Nice size arils and sweet and fragrant.

$1.75 per seed. 

[Stevo]

Would like to see a photo of the red chempedak because when someone says red chempedak or jackfruit
they mean orange

[palologrower]

Would like to see a photo of the red chempedak because when someone says red chempedak or jackfruit
they mean orange

yeah, me too i can't find it on her blog either.  but either way the grower got it from Lindsay.  I'll see waht I can do to find a pic.

[NativeSunNursery]

Hey Lance, I hope you’re doing well bud. Do you know if the “Red Chempedak" is an actual Chempedak or could it be a Chempejack? Thanks.

-Alex

[palologrower]

Hey Lance, I hope you’re doing well bud. Do you know if the “Red Chempedak" is an actual Chempedak or could it be a Chempejack? Thanks.

-Alex

straight up chempedak.  Not a hybrid.

[Tropical Sunshine]

Chempedak is the stinky cousin of the jackfruit. If you like durian, as I tend to, you could possibly fall in love with its special funky aroma, lol.

Unfortunately, from personal experience, a chempedak seedling is one of the most difficult tropical plants to grow in a subtropical climate. I had personally seen the leaves begin to wilt at just the slightest dip of the mercury to the mid 50s (F). And if that weakness alone isn’t enough, it is also highly prone to root rot. The growing medium should be an above average well draining mix to even have a chance at growing that ultra tropical. On the flip side, like its hardier cousin the jackfruit, fruiting can take as little as 5-7 years. There are even rumors of seedlings in prime condition beginning to flower in 3-4 years...

[brian]

Chempedek seems happy so far in my greenhouse, and given its reputation for fruiting at a reasonably small size it seems like a viable container tropical.  I have no idea what variety I have but it seems like something even zone pushes might be successful with if they are careful

[kapps]

I have tried both seedling Chempedek and Chempejack. The Chempedek never really grew unless it was the middle of summer with high humidity. It died after its 2nd winter. The Chempejack was put in the ground at the same time about 2 feet away.  It has also grown very slow but better than the Chempedek and seems to be willing to put out new growth for more months out of the year.  Surprisingly, it has taken 32 degrees without protection and didn’t lose leaves which is more than I can say for a small grafted Mai 1 that I also had in the ground last winter.

I keep hearing that the Chempedeks have poor root systems so this may be the issue. I am planning on approach grafting a jackfruit seedling to my Chempejack to see if that gets it going.

[Tropical Sunshine]

Yeah I think you may be able to succeed, and I think you need to be a pretty dedicated zone pusher to achieve the level of success that would enable it to get to fruiting age...I feel like it wants to be placed in a bubble of tropical mountainous terrain of eternal Spring—Temperature hovering around 75-80F with mostly humid air.

And kapps, I am very interested to see how your grafting turns out. If grafting a chempedak onto jackfruit seedlings can actually increase cold hardiness and resistant to root rot, then that sounds like a good idea. Jackfruit seeds germinate readily from store bought fresh jackfruits at local Asian supermarkets.