I know that they aren't the happiest, but I've got a couple of small jackfruits (They grow very fast, and will take off if you give them room to grow. I'm keeping them in the small cups just to slow the growth rates, although they are getting too top heavy so I'll need to pot them soon. The tap root will go a little crazy but if you keep it limited in a pot it should be fine. You may want to put a mesh or something over the pot's drain holes to keep the root from escaping too far.

Thanks for the tip! We should be getting a greenhouse soon, so maybe it can live in the greenhouse permanently? I think I could fit a 5 to 6 foot tree in there. Is that big enough for it to support fruit? Are they self fertile, or do I need another tree? Also, what is the recommended soil pH? Do they require any chilling hours to set fruit? And, if the tap root should escape the pot will pruning it kill a mature tree? Thanks a bunch for the help! These trees certainly sound like a fun project! :)

Jackfruit get very root bound. I have 3 of them. 2 in the ground and 1 in a 25 gal pot. You can top them off to keep them small. They don't like any cold temps. You would have to keep the green house warm if you want fruit. They like sun and high humidity. I would put them in the largest pot that you can. Their are many different kinds of jackfruit with different favors and texture.
Good luck to you!
Kevin

Hi CandiceRae,

Did you have sucess with your Jackfruit?

Thanks in advance

Hi,

do you know where I can buy/get a jackfruit in Austin when getting there in october?

Kind regards

Sara

Jackfruit are grown all over soucal now. I planted three seeds- all three germinated. I have been told that seedlings are ultratropical- wont take cool winter temps. But,once they get some size they can take much cooler temps.

Los Angeles always has winter lows in the 40's..even 30's a couple of nights. In the ground next summer.

Awesome, such a great fruit, so many varieties.

My favorite is the honey Jackfruit from malaysia.

Any trees fruit yet, in South Cal?

Many have fruited in soucal to the point its not any longer considered on the edge. I saw a vid of some- not especially big tree's - growing in a side yard in Los Angeles with jackfruit about 10 pounds I would estimate. The grower was Asian and so was the language.

Me? I'm about 300-400 miles north of L.A. and San Diego. But,Maybe it can be done. If they survive indoors on the window for this winter..out they go in late spring in ground.

Someplace!..not much room.

Hi,

I live in Charlotte NC. This summer I germinated two Jack fruit seeds and they came out great. I have kept them in pot now. One is little more than 2 feet other one due to my carelessness the stem broke and now it is like less than a feet. But doing great. I am planning to keep them in greenhouse this winter. Do I need to transfer them to bigger pot now? It is in a gallon pot. What size my next pot should be? I am a newby Gardener started my garden this year. I have clementines, Indian lemon, parijath, mango, curry leaf and moringa. All of them going into the greenhouse this winter. I don’t want to bring them inside as I need to train them for winter life.

If you want them larger- then they can go into a larger pot. In a Greenhouse,plants don't slow down until the days get very short- Dec and Jan...then they pick up again.

They will grow great in a greenhouse. Fruiting will be years into the future,if ever. Now,I've seen vids of small Jackfruit in pots- just a few feet tall - that had small fruit. But they were grafted. Maybe in time,you could find somebody online who could send you grafts.

Has anyone had any luck with this? I'm in San Antonio, and I am thinking of trying to grow Jackfruit. I have a sunny room I can over winter it in for the few couple winters, but after that (12 foot cieling) I would need to put it in the ground. Should they be a bit more hardy by then? We only get sporadic cold days in San Antonio, but it did snow this year (first time in 15 years).

On youtube,a guy has one about 10' in Los Angeles in the ground and it has like 10pound fruit on it. I think he said its 8 years old.

My point is..either put in ground and protect it in winter,or its just going to be a foliage plant.

Now,I've seen photos in the tropics of Jackfruit in Bonsai form with small half pound fruit. But,Austin isnt Singapore and for all I know they dug that up from the ground..and besides- what good is a small unripe Jackfruit?-ha.

I am in Austin, TX also and have had my Jackfruit for 2 years now. I bring it inside whenever the temps go below 40 which is seldom in Austin ( last winter was exceptionally cold and it even snowed). It has no bared any fruit yet but it is growing fairly fast. I plan on putting in the ground next spring and use protective cloth going forward. My understanding is that it needs a bigger tree close by to shade it. Has anyone in Austin had any fruit yet?

I live in spring texas I sow 12 seeds in the pot all sprouted out and I’m so excited to plant in the ground. It is very very sweet fruit lots of anti oxidant one of the super food to fight free radicals. Very versatile you can cook unripe and eat ripe,
seeds can be eaten boiled with a little salt or make into humus.

I have six or seven seeds germinating right now. Excited to grow them!

@Estela Triplett - did you have any success growing jackfruit?

Nono

Did the tree not survive?