I think your jackfruit will be fine in this condition, in your zone. We used to have a jackfruit behind the tall bamboo bush, in Vietnam, and it was fine with all the fruits. big leaf as jackfruit can take some shade

Sapote

Your Jackfruit will reach 10ft in a soon as a year and a half. Mine is growing next my arrica palm hedge. It is 3yrs now.

Good luck!

Vince

Thanks Vince and Sapote for your feedback.

Vince - that is a nice Jackfruit! What variety is it?

I have added a pic of the spot where I would like to plant mine. It will go in place of the fig tree (which is not performing well due to fig rust).

Do you guys think it will be too close to the house? Also I have read quite a bit about different varieties and I am inclined towards a black gold due to its vigour which may help in a somewhat shady spot.

Let me know what you think. Thanks again

David

My jackfruit tree is a "Mai 1" cultivar. They say it is one of the best. I know most types grow very gregariously. Mine has been easy. Just keep the area around the trunk mulched and fertilize & water. I hope to get fruit next year or definitely the year after. Here is a pic from outside my second story window.

Thanks Vince. I went to Excalibur yesterday with the intent of buying another Mango (have Kent, Glenn and Mallika and wanted to add Maha Chanok) and a Jackfruit. But after tasting a Jackfruit pod I got hooked and ended up buying 2 Jacks.

The fruit I tried there was from a Mai 3 and it was to die for. So I got one of those. I am hearing that it is not much different from Mai 1. If that is the case you are in for treat when yours fruit (which should be very soon considering the size)!

I also got a Red Dang Suria which has, based on the Excalibur folks a much different aroma. Cannot wait to put the grafted trees down. Linda (the owner) meant the spot I have works fine. Grafted trees do not get overly big and tend to be fairly vertical which is perfect for my location.

Thanks so much for your help. David

David,

I'm so excited for you! We are so blessed to live in a local where we can grow these wonderful fruits. My yard isn't big enough. I've gone to container growing. I even put two mango trees in the same hole and grew them together. I grew my own cultivar from seed. I hope it turns out good. I also have a Haden and Glenn. Mai 1, 2, 3 are all fromVietnam. They supposedly have low latex and are very good. My next goal us to buy a parcel of land for all the trees I would love to grow. A man can dream!

All the best,

Vince

Funny, I think we all fantasize about starting our own farm, one with never ending acreage (!) where we can grow all the trees we want with no limitations.

I noticed that many forum contributors are in south Florida in the Davie and Lake Worth area.. Do you guys ever get together to chat or share information, cuttings, seeds and stories? I moved over here (Surfside - north of Miami Beach) 2 years ago and would love to get in touch with people that share my same passion and form a little community of backyard growers to share success stories and, why not, failures

Cheers