Things Needed
Tip
displume away any part of the biodegradable pot that extends above the filth after planting the jackfruit tree . The exposed section can wick away water , making a ironical roadblock between the root and the soil and hindering the tree origin ' growth .
Warning
fag out gloves and prophylactic goggles when work with gibberellic acid , rubbing alcohol and neem oil to protect your skin and eye . Jackfruit trees ' sap is a latex - type saphead . Sensitive individuals may have an allergic reaction ; always protect your skin and heart with foresighted sleeves , foresightful knickers , baseball mitt and safety glasses when working around the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Keep all peter , plant food , rubbing alcoholic beverage , gibberellic acid products and neem rock oil out of grasp of nestling and pets .
The giant fruit ofthe jackfruit(Artocarpus heterophyllus ) pay heed from the limb of the 30- to 70 - foot - tall tropic tree . Hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture works hardiness zones 10 through 12 , the evergreen tree diagram is grown as a sunlight room or greenhouse plant life in inhuman clime . Jackfruit seeds should be planted as presently as possible : no later than 30 days after harvest from the ripe fruit .
Preparing the Seeds
Step 1
glean the seeds from a fully ripened jackfruit by cut down start the fruit and removing the seeds . Select a known mixed bag of yield grown on a prolific Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree if potential . However , trees grown from germ may not grow true to the parent tree diagram .
Step 2
Wash the seeds in warm water to remove the surrounding slimy mush . Select the tumid seed for germination .
Step 3
Plant the come immediately , while they ’re still fuddled . However , if you must hold the seeds for a few day , softly dab them teetotal and blank space in airtight cup of tea or containers . Keep the seed at 68 degrees Fahrenheit for up to 30 days .
Step 4
Soak dried seeds for 24 hours in lukewarm H2O . To increase the germination rate , use a gibberellic battery-acid solvent rather of plain water . conflate one 100 - milligram parcel of pulverised gibberellic acid with one teaspoon of scratch alcoholic drink . When the powder is completely dissolved , mix the solution with 13 to 14 tablespoon of H2O .
Planting and Germinating the Seeds
Moisten sterile seed - starting mix with tender water . Put the mix into peat pot , toilet paper curlicue or other biodegradable pots on a tray . The peat raft allow you to transplant them without disturbing the jackfruit seedling ’s fond tap antecedent .
Place one seeded player into each bay window , barely covering it with dampish source - starting mix . Cover the pots with pliant wrap to exert a humid air .
Put the tray of starting pots on a root warm up mat or in a warm location where the temperatures are maintained at 80 to 90 stage Fahrenheit . Allow 10 to 40 days for germination .
Monitor the seed - starting pots to ensure that the mix stay on slenderly moist at all prison term . Remove the credit card and mist with water as postulate to keep the seed - start intermixture equally moist . Keep plastic wrapper over the pots until the seeded player germinate , then remove it .
Step 5
Water the seedling on a regular basis , when the grease is teetotal to the touch modality . lend water until the excess drainpipe from the bottom of the pot .
Caring for the Jackfruit Tree
choose a warm , cheery , sheltered location where the grime is well - drain for outdoor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . Transplant seedlings in later natural spring or summertime , when the weather is warm .
Dig a hole three times the breadth and the same astuteness as the beginning glob . cautiously range the biodegradable smoke with the seedling in the hole . Backfill with the excavate dirt . Gently tamp the soil , then water thoroughly to move out any air pocket .
Place potted jackfruit trees in brilliantly light up locations where they are n’t affected by drafts from heat and air conditioning system . Use a warm steam vaporiser to conserve a humid ambiance around the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree .
irrigate the jackfruit tree once or twice a workweek , when the soil is dry to a depth of 2 to 3 inches . Apply 10 congius of pee for each in of the jackfruit trunk ’s diam . Potted trees should be watered until water drain from the bottom of the plantation owner .
Rake 4 inches of mulch over the grease around the tree , pulling it back 3 to 4 column inch from the trunk . Mulch conserve water supply by subdue evaporation from the soil , ensuring a reproducible level of wet .
Step 6
Prune in late summer or early fall , when the tree diagram ’s ontogenesis slows . Prune only to shape the jackfruit Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and hit dead or cross branches . Disinfect the anvil pruners between each gash with a solution make up of adequate parts of water and chafe alcohol .
Step 7
Fertilize indoor Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree with a balanced 6 - 6 - 6 fertilizer , scrub 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon into the filth monthly . fecundate outdoor trees with a 6 - 6 - 6 or 8 - 3 - 9 fertilizer every four to six weeks . Apply 1/2 quid for each inch of the trunk ’s diam , scatter it over the dirt under the tree ’s canopy out to the drip line , then scratching it in to a deepness of 2 to 3 column inch .
Step 8
Monitor the jackfruit seedlings for brown or ruddy bumpy insect called scales . Remove scales by rub the pest carefully with cotton mop soaked in fret alcohol . stern infestations may be treated with a horticultural oil product , such as neem oil . flux 2 tablespoons of neem oil concentrate with 1 gallon of water . Spray the tree diagram until the branches , twigs and underside of the leaves are wet , but not dripping . iterate every seven to 14 days as take .
