Jackfruit marcotting air layering

[Lory]

I finally found a great quality jackfruit in my place and i'd like to try to reproduce it by marcotting / air layering.
Since i've no experience with jackfruit  but just with fig tree and mulberry (very easy) I'm asking for help.
Any advice/suggestion is well appreciated.
Thanks!

[DocFruitFly]

Jackfruits are pretty dependent on a good tap root, so even if you were able to get it to successfully air layer it, the resulting plant probably wouldn't do well. Jackfruit grafts very easily though, just get a seedling to graft it on.

[Finca La Isla]

I'm wondering about what you said, Fruit Fly.  On what do you base your statement that Jakfruit relies on a good tap root?  Also, among the trees that I graft I don't find Jakfruit to be particularly easy.  What is your technique?
Peter

[DocFruitFly]

I have never been able to successfully transplant a jackfruit after planting it in the ground. The taproot is very easily damaged and in every case, the tree has died. They also have a very low recovery rate from being root bound in pots as the tap root invariably wraps around the bottom of the pot. I always grow mine in deep forestry pots for that reason.

As far as grafting, I just use a cleft graft with the scion wrapped in parafilm. Assuming your scions have been properly prepped, you should get 90%+ success rate.

[Lory]

I'm a bit confused now, i really don't know what is best to do. Air layering seems difficult and grafting not easy as well.  i'm puzzled. 
I don't want to end to plant another seed wait and hope ....

[Finca La Isla]

Why not try the airlayering?  Because a tree couldn't be transplanted doesn't mean an air layered version simply won't work.  We successfully air layer all kinds of things and they grow and produce well.
Peter

[Lory]

Peter I will give a try.
It's an easy method and i've nothing to lose. If it will fail, AMEN, i will try again .
How long does jack usually take to root?  2-3 months?
Do you usually use any radicating hormone?
What is the size of the branch you advice me ?
Thanks again

[TheDom]

Jackfruit grafting isn't particularly difficult. Epicotyl grafts of green wood on to very young seedlings works well, as does approach grafting in my experience. I've been told that cleft grafts work pretty well during the cooler months, but I haven't tried it myself.

[simon_grow]

I haven't tried this technique yet but it may work well for jackfruit.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1064677420306452&id=616152181825647&_rdr

Simon

[Finca La Isla]

With Jakfruit I have been doing mostly epicoytl grafts.  For marcotting I would pick a branch that gets good sunlight, and has new growth.  Ring a branch section with a diameter of at least pencil thickness to perhaps twice that thick.  We use coco fiber as a medium and don't use rooting hormones.
Suerte, Peter

[Lory]

Thanks everybody for the precious advices I will try my luck with both grafting and air layering, updates to come 

[teps]

Hi Lory were you able to succeed?

[Ulfr]

Looking to graft some jacks (and maybe try camps on jacks) so also keen to hear how you went. What is an epicotyl graft? I actually had a search but found dead links and what looked like cleft grafts. Is it the age of the rootstock that gives it its name?

[Finca La Isla]

Yes, very green material.  The scion should be beginning or in the middle of a growth phase.  The very tender material presents challenges such as how to wrap/tie it.  In the photo you can see what I do and that I am using clips that were developed for grafting tomatoes.  The whole pot needs to be enclosed in a plastic bag.
Peter

[Lory]

That looks awesome Peter!

[Guanabanus]

Nice work, Peter.

How do you deal with the latex?

[Jsvand5]

If you are unfamiliar with grafting I would just do an approach graft. Pretty tough to mess up.

[Lory]

I went for approach grafting in 2 steps:
First I experimented with the many available seedlings and I created a triple rootstock little tree

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=24861.msg291945#msg291945

Now that my seedling is very health i will try to top work it grafting with the addult jackfruit of the desired variety.
In the same time i've the same experiemt ongoing with chempedak but loooking much more difficult...