Plants and Flowers

Jackfruit is very large fast-growing tree, demanding great space for roots. Even the big tub will be small for its root system, therefore in room conditions experience of cultivation makes only some years.

Jackfruit prefers well drained soil and protected from frosts, light and warm place. It likes rich, light or average structure of the soil. The faster you will force the tropical plant to grow, the more chances to survive. The tree needs good drainage; it does not bear water stagnation. The tree does not bear drought. Water more often during warm months. During cold snaps reduce watering.

Requirements of a jackfruit for fertilizers are unknown, but often extranutrition with a slight universal fertilizer will speed up plant’s growth not causing a scald. In its natural habitat it successfully grows without special care. The only requirement is plentiful watering.

Small plants need full protection against drafts and additional illumination.

The native land of a jackfruit is India (Eastern Ghats) and Bangladesh; now it is most extended in Southeast Asia and on Philippines. There are also its plantings in the Eastern Africa (Kenya, Uganda). In islands of Oceania and in tropics of the New World, except for northern Brazil and Surinam, jackfruit can be rarely met.

In Southern India jackfruit in respect to natural occurrence is comparable with mango and banana trees. The area of its plantings is estimated in 64 247,40 acres. On Sri Lanka (11 001,13 acres) it is grown mainly for the sake of its wood.

It is also widely cultivated in Thailand. But as a whole, because of an unpleasant smell of “waste products” jackfruit is incomparable with fruits of breadfruit tree.