Refrigerated jackfruit seeds

[Daintree]

So, I have great luck sprouting jackfruit seeds, but poor luck keeping seedlings alive. I wanted to try again (being a glutton for punishment), and went the cheap route by buying a slice of jackfruit at our local grocery store.  It had been packaged a week earlier and was in the refrigerated section.  From a $2 slice, I got four seeds, and they all came up!
I thought that was pretty interesting.
Now, if I can just keep them alive!

Carolyn

[wonderfruit]

Heat moisture and compost will do

[Daintree]

Thanks!
They always seem to just drop all their leaves when they get about 2 ft tall.
Any ideas?

[Oncorhynchus]

Jackfruit seedlings like to root deep and don’t seem to like having their roots messed with. I’d go with an extra tall pot if you can find one. The seedlings I tried found their way out the bottom of a standard three gallon pot surprisingly quickly and dropped all their leaves when I damaged the roots moving them.

[Daintree]

Thanks! I'll go raid the "recycle pile" in the alley behind our local nursery.

Carolyn

[bsbullie]

Thanks! I'll go raid the "recycle pile" in the alley behind our local nursery.

Carolyn

Citrus starter pots work real well.  Like these:

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[Jaboticaba45]

I have lost a few seedlings due to overwatering in the winter.

[Mike T]

Small seedlings are pretty resilient in a warm climate unlike chempadaks which seem to suffer the sudden death issue. Overwatering and cold may be to blame.

[Plantinyum]

I have also had refrigerated jack seeds sprout up, 2 from2. They were sitting in a open type, keeping fresh refrigerator in the sliced up fruit. The first spring they were not doing anything in means of growth, so fast forward they were in the garbage before they knew it ...😅

[W.]

I am not an expert on jackfruit growing but since I am also growing them in a temperate climate, I thought I would chime in.

I successfully germinated several seeds from a slice of jackfruit a friend brought back from Florida; this was in 2018, and none of my local groceries carried jackfruit at the time. I kept five seedlings for myself and gave the rest to my friend. I almost killed all five from overwatering the first winter. They were in small plastic pots, and I did not keep a good enough eye on their moisture level. I realized they were too wet before it was too late and took them out of their pots to let the roots and soil dry out. I kept them that way, out of their pots, for a few weeks and was very careful watering them the rest of the winter when I put them back in their pots. The coming spring, I put them in twelve inch clay pots. Winter overwatering is still a bit of an issue; they can go from overwatered to desiccated quickly, and they always have some winter dieback, partially due to spider mites. Two of them look pretty poor right now, though they will recover in the spring. But, my five jackfruits are about two-and-a-half years old and between three and five feet tall. One of them put out a fruit last summer, and though it was immediately aborted, I am sure I will be able to fruit them at some point in the future when they are larger.

Growing jackfruits in containers as indoor/outdoor or greenhouse plants in temperate climates is possible, but you have to pay close attention to them.

[Tropical Bay Area]

Hmmm I think refrigeration is not freezing but close like from 33-45 deg