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[Iju]

It's normal to have lots of male flowers. I don't do anything besides fertilize two or three times a year with 16-16-16 plus some dolomite. My trees are five yr old and I usually will get four to six fruits at a time from each tree. Last fruiting season, I made a mistake by allowing one tree with too many fruits on, about a dozen. The mature fruits were small and the texture was not as good.

Don't remember exactly how long it takes the fruits to ripe, but probably at least four to five months. The fruit will have faint sweet fragrance. Skin turns light green/yellow color, little bumps become bigger and more flat.

I cut the fruit as soon as I smell some aroma, the meat will be firm and cruncy. If wait too long, it becomes too soft and too sweet for me.

[dayna]

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Originally posted by Iju

It's normal to have lots of male flowers. I don't do anything besides fertilize two or three times a year with 16-16-16 plus some dolomite. My trees are five yr old and I usually will get four to six fruits at a time from each tree. Last fruiting season, I made a mistake by allowing one tree with too many fruits on, about a dozen. The mature fruits were small and the texture was not as good.

Don't remember exactly how long it takes the fruits to ripe, but probably at least four to five months. The fruit will have faint sweet fragrance. Skin turns light green/yellow color, little bumps become bigger and more flat.

I cut the fruit as soon as I smell some aroma, the meat will be firm and cruncy. If wait too long, it becomes too soft and too sweet for me.

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Thanks a lot for your help! I'll go fertilize it.

Dayna

www.E-Z-Caps.com

[dayna]

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Originally posted by bananahead

whatever you do, DO NOT touch the white sap!

save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha

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I touched the white sap and nothing bad happened to me.... I used olive oil to remove it.



Dayna

www.E-Z-Caps.com

[rainyjim]

he just means its really sticky dayna, us anti-sticky folk hate that kind of thing! cudos on the olive oil idea though = )

Cheers

rainyjim

[allensylves]

Dayna,
You are supposed to use mac nut oil - LOL.

Is that your craigslist ad about the 5 gal buckets of guavas?

Allen
Finally in HPP

[mar1957]

My first encounter with jackfruit I still remember. Taking a family vacation to Kauai my husband came back from a road side fruit stand with this huge watermelon of a beast saying it tasted like "juicy-fruit" gum. No one told him about the white sap that would stick to any AND everything!!! OMG it was everywhere! We were staying at our friends timeshare -------took me hours to get the sticky sap removed. All I had was butter it was such a mess.

[dayna]

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Originally posted by allensylves

Dayna,
You are supposed to use mac nut oil - LOL.

Is that your craigslist ad about the 5 gal buckets of guavas?

Allen
Finally in HPP

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Yeah that's me, I've been selling mostly to folks making wine.

Dayna

www.E-Z-Caps.com