The Tropical Fruit Forum

I would prune it down to the height you ultimately want it to grow and the keep it in the form you want with more frequent selective pruning. Usually after harvest makes most sense but with young tree it really does not matter too much for timing.

Quote from: Artocarpus on October 18, 2025, 01:50:55 PM

Tropical Ag Resarch in Mayaguez Puerto Rico.

Do you know how can I get access or have a contact?  I would love to visit it next week!

When I went it was some time ago, about 15 years or so. I was driving around the island with family and just dropped in. Talked to the man in charge and he let me pick some mangosteens. They had some impressive double coconuts too that were gigantic and most memorable.

Pana is an ultra tropical tree. I am not sure what you will gain grafting on jak. Cheena is a hybrid of jak and cempedak. If you want a pana that bad build a frame around it and heat. I had one years ago that I brought suckers back from PR and gave it to the previous owners of what is now Fruitscapes on Pine Island in a 25 gal pot.
It can be done but you will likely have to protect it when night temps get in the 50s or lower.

Time, patience and passion. So many of us now enjoy the fruits of their hard work.

I would put them in a bigger container and wait till they both form a few leaves and keep the most vigorous one.

Also, chicken wire is now standard practice for all young jacks here. Golden Monkey seedling are like drugs for rabbits and rodents. The rodents were actually digging them up before sprouting in some cases.

The fruit tasted slightly undersweet, with elements of citrus and melon adding to a subdued classic jackfruit flavor base. Some folks might find the restrained flavor and sweetness more palatable and the low latex is a big plus.

For my taste buds, the flavor profile you describe here is similar to the Golden Monkey. In comparison to the NS1, it does not have the juicy fruit profile that I really love. Even though the NS1 is harder to clean it is worth it for me. Does the average person like the less ‘jackfruit flavor” better when they first try them?

Quote from: MadFarm on September 08, 2025, 05:47:07 PM

I tend to think Iron plays a role in darkness of the fruit flesh.

I want someone to airlayer their TMR to see if growing it on its own roots will affect the fruit color. The original tree was a seedling and it was much darker than any of the fruit from grafted trees that I've seen.

If that is true it would blow away what most of us think we know. Most likely it was a mistake of scions used from the wrong tree, but what you say is worth investigating.

They can potentially made into a nice wine. That might be a practical way to use them. I have never tried to cultivate them but they are easy to grow with no care. Have a little patch of them way back on my property that have lived their for decades without any help from me.

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The sheet metal spring style found in Felcos is always creaky, especially if they get a bit of corrosion or rust in them. I can't stand it compared to the paperclip style spring found in Okatsune. Felco does have a very stout hinge, that I will give to them, but that spring mechanism is unforgivable for me.
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I always clean and oil blades and spring and never had issues. My very old felcos are as smooth as silk. Other pruners may well be good but that design has been copied by other companies. You know what they say “imitation is the best form of flattery “In over 30 years the spring was replaced once and the blade once. New felcos are also very smooth and precision secateurs that I have tried. You get what you pay for.
I am sure that there are many options that will work fine and be at their best when meticulously maintained.
Or buy, abuse, throw out and repeat. A fool and his money will soon be parted.

I picked up one from Xain earlier in the summer. He told me the color was not a deep red but more on a pinkesh. Hopefully the flavor and texture are good and that is what really matters.

37.2 lbs! That is a big one for sure.

On a hot day good ones are refreshing. The best ones for me were in Sicily. Big and crimson red color. There was a past post using fig leaves and a tub of water to get spines off.

I can verify what Coconut Cream said about their adaptability to S Fl. There is one growing in my yard since the late 90s with no fert and no extra water. This year it looks extra healthy as it is also growing next to a baby jak that does get watered and extra fert.