Fig cousins
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Greatlakemay
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Try Asian grocery stores, some time jack fruit on sale, yes crazy big, that’s why I never tried yet.Well....I didn't know that the Jackfruit was related to our tasty figs.
Learn something new every day.
Now I want to try Jack fruit, but they are crazy expensive and the good ones are crazy big!
Maybe one day.
ktrain
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I'm looking around online, seems the smaller ones get bad reviews.
GoodFriendMike
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I really like Jack fruit.
Ask the store if they will cut it.
Many will. I normally get either a quarter or half. You can also roast the seeds or if you are in a warm enough area. Plant them.
Ask the store if they will cut it.
Many will. I normally get either a quarter or half. You can also roast the seeds or if you are in a warm enough area. Plant them.
ktrain
Moderator
Need to find someone carrying them, not sure about their season.
I do wonder if they would grow here.
Greatlakemay
Well-known member
I never trusted buying fresh fruit from unknown online resources. I prefer to see and feel what I am buying.
Greatlakemay
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Googled, Only southern FL and Hawaii
HS882/MG370: Jackfruit Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension outreach is a partnership between state, federal, and county governments to provide scientific knowledge and expertise to the public. The University of Florida (UF), together with Florida A&M University (FAMU)...
Greatlakemay
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“Season of bearing. The main fruiting season is in summer and fall. Some fruit may ripen at other times, but usually not in winter and early spring.”
ktrain
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Cool thanks, Being at work I don't usually have the time to look this stuff up, at least not until I get home. Lol
Greatlakemay
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Look into nearby Thai, Myanmar, Vietnamese or Chinese grocery stores. Not Korean or Japanese. I remember once I went into a very small Myanmar grocery store I saw them when I lived in Bowling Green KY. I saw them in a Thai store at Fort Wayne, IN. Here in MI I always see them in Chinese stores. I am sure in GA there should be some store carry them. My daughter lives in Atlanta for school, she goes to a Hongkong grocery store, I need ask her the name of it.
ktrain
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I'm originally from Indiana, used to go to Ft. Wayne on a regular basis.
Anyway, yeah I'll have to see if there are some stores near me somewhere...I avoid Atlanta at all costs.
GoodFriendMike
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Yeah, I tried growing them here. Winters are to cold and they get to large for a green houseGoogled, Only southern FL and Hawaii
HS882/MG370: Jackfruit Growing in the Florida Home Landscape
University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension outreach is a partnership between state, federal, and county governments to provide scientific knowledge and expertise to the public. The University of Florida (UF), together with Florida A&M University (FAMU)...edis.ifas.ufl.edu
ktrain
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Did they fruit to the point you could eat them?
GoodFriendMike
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I bought the fruit from whole foods.
It is not a store I go to often. But I stop by there time to time to see what fruit they have.
I did grow quite a few seeds. But after a few years of them dying to the ground.
I was done with them. You would need a real greenhouse that is quite tall to grow them.
TorontoJoe
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I was under the impression that they need a full-on, humid tropical climate like southeast asia. I imagine south Florida would work.