Inside the jackfruit and around the seeds is a delicious, tropical-sweet flesh like nothing else on earth.
Jackfruit may be higher in some vitamins and minerals than apples, apricots, bananas, and avocados.
For example, it's rich in vitamin C and one of the few fruits that's high in B vitamins.
Jackfruit also contains folate, niacin, riboflavin, potassium, and magnesium.
Jackfruit is large, spiny, melon-shaped fruit originating from Southeast Asia. The pulp of the fruit can be used as a meat substitute since it has a similar texture to pork. If you live in USDA Zones 10 - 12, you too can grow a tree that produces jackfruit. By starting your seeds in a pot and transplanting them outdoors, after a few years you’ll have a tree bearing much fruit!
Count: 5
Zone: 10-12
Health Benefits
· In order to avoid wrinkles on your skin take a seed of jackfruit and grind it smoothly in cold milk for some time. Apply this paste on your face regularly to keep fine lines away.
· Since jackfruit seeds are high in protein and other micronutrients, they help in managing mental stress levels and various other skin diseases.
· Eating jackfruit seeds can give your daily nutrition an iron boost.
· Jackfruit seeds help in maintaining good eyesight as they contain vitamin A.
· The powdered jackfruit seeds are known to give instant relief from indigestion.
· Jackfruit seeds comprise high-quality proteins which aid in building muscles.
· Fights wrinkles
· Helps get a glowing complexion
· Flawless skin
· High in protein
· Comfort from indigestion
· Promotes hair growth
· Vitamin A
· Healthy digestion
How to grow: Make Your Seed to Garden
To start your seeds, soak them overnight in water and then plant them in the soil. It takes anywhere from three to eight weeks for jackfruit seeds to germinate. You can start the seedlings in the ground or indoors, but keep in mind that you should transplant a jackfruit seedling when there are no more than four leaves on it.
1. Choose the right containers
You can start seeds in almost any type of container, as long as it’s at least 2-3 ” deep and has some drainage holes. If you love to DIY by yourself, you might start growing seedlings in yogurt cups, milk cartons or even a paper cup.
2. The “potting soil”
Choose the potting soil that’s made for growing seedlings.
NOTE: Do not use soil from your garden or re-use potting soil from your houseplants. Start with a fresh, sterile mix that will ensure healthy, disease-free seedlings.
3. Planting
Some of the small ones can be sprinkled right on the soil surface. Larger seeds will need to be buried. After planting seeds, you have to moisten the newly planted seeds. To speed up germination, cover the pots with wet paper or a plastic dome. This helps keep the seeds moist before they germinate. When you see the first signs of green, you have to remove the cover.
4. Watering, feeding, repeating
As the seedlings grow up, you have to keep the soil moist but not soggy. Let the soil dry slightly between waterings. Remember to feed the seedlings regularly with liquid fertilizer.
5. Light
Seeds need a lot of light. Set the lights on a timer for 15 hours a day. If you’re growing in a window, choose a south-facing exposure. Rotate the pots regularly to keep plants from leaning into the light. If you’re growing under lights, adjust them so they’re just a few inches above the tops of the seedlings. Keep in mind that seedlings need darkness, too, so they can rest. As the seedlings grow taller, raise the lights.
6. Move to outdoors
It’s not a good idea to move your seedlings directly from the protected environment of your home into the garden. You’ve been coddling these seedlings for weeks, so they need a gradual transition to the great outdoors. About a week before you plan to set the seedlings into the garden, place them in a protected spot outdoors (partly shaded, out of the wind) for a few hours, bringing them in at night. Gradually, over the course of a week or 10 days, expose them to more and more sunshine and wind. A cold frame is a great place to harden off plants.
How Long Does it Take a Jackfruit to Bear from Seed?
Some sites will say it takes years and years for jackfruit to bear from seed but this isn’t necessarily correct. The tree in our yard apparently started bearing at about 5 years of age. Your mileage may vary.
Jackfruit grows quickly and like water, fertile soil, and plenty of sun. Light frosts may kill young trees but older trees can take some cold.
Jackfruit may be higher in some vitamins and minerals than apples, apricots, bananas, and avocados.
For example, it's rich in vitamin C and one of the few fruits that's high in B vitamins.
Jackfruit also contains folate, niacin, riboflavin, potassium, and magnesium.
Jackfruit is large, spiny, melon-shaped fruit originating from Southeast Asia. The pulp of the fruit can be used as a meat substitute since it has a similar texture to pork. If you live in USDA Zones 10 - 12, you too can grow a tree that produces jackfruit. By starting your seeds in a pot and transplanting them outdoors, after a few years you’ll have a tree bearing much fruit!
Count: 5
Zone: 10-12
Health Benefits
· In order to avoid wrinkles on your skin take a seed of jackfruit and grind it smoothly in cold milk for some time. Apply this paste on your face regularly to keep fine lines away.
· Since jackfruit seeds are high in protein and other micronutrients, they help in managing mental stress levels and various other skin diseases.
· Eating jackfruit seeds can give your daily nutrition an iron boost.
· Jackfruit seeds help in maintaining good eyesight as they contain vitamin A.
· The powdered jackfruit seeds are known to give instant relief from indigestion.
· Jackfruit seeds comprise high-quality proteins which aid in building muscles.
· Fights wrinkles
· Helps get a glowing complexion
· Flawless skin
· High in protein
· Comfort from indigestion
· Promotes hair growth
· Vitamin A
· Healthy digestion
How to grow: Make Your Seed to Garden
To start your seeds, soak them overnight in water and then plant them in the soil. It takes anywhere from three to eight weeks for jackfruit seeds to germinate. You can start the seedlings in the ground or indoors, but keep in mind that you should transplant a jackfruit seedling when there are no more than four leaves on it.
1. Choose the right containers
You can start seeds in almost any type of container, as long as it’s at least 2-3 ” deep and has some drainage holes. If you love to DIY by yourself, you might start growing seedlings in yogurt cups, milk cartons or even a paper cup.
2. The “potting soil”
Choose the potting soil that’s made for growing seedlings.
NOTE: Do not use soil from your garden or re-use potting soil from your houseplants. Start with a fresh, sterile mix that will ensure healthy, disease-free seedlings.
3. Planting
Some of the small ones can be sprinkled right on the soil surface. Larger seeds will need to be buried. After planting seeds, you have to moisten the newly planted seeds. To speed up germination, cover the pots with wet paper or a plastic dome. This helps keep the seeds moist before they germinate. When you see the first signs of green, you have to remove the cover.
4. Watering, feeding, repeating
As the seedlings grow up, you have to keep the soil moist but not soggy. Let the soil dry slightly between waterings. Remember to feed the seedlings regularly with liquid fertilizer.
5. Light
Seeds need a lot of light. Set the lights on a timer for 15 hours a day. If you’re growing in a window, choose a south-facing exposure. Rotate the pots regularly to keep plants from leaning into the light. If you’re growing under lights, adjust them so they’re just a few inches above the tops of the seedlings. Keep in mind that seedlings need darkness, too, so they can rest. As the seedlings grow taller, raise the lights.
6. Move to outdoors
It’s not a good idea to move your seedlings directly from the protected environment of your home into the garden. You’ve been coddling these seedlings for weeks, so they need a gradual transition to the great outdoors. About a week before you plan to set the seedlings into the garden, place them in a protected spot outdoors (partly shaded, out of the wind) for a few hours, bringing them in at night. Gradually, over the course of a week or 10 days, expose them to more and more sunshine and wind. A cold frame is a great place to harden off plants.
How Long Does it Take a Jackfruit to Bear from Seed?
Some sites will say it takes years and years for jackfruit to bear from seed but this isn’t necessarily correct. The tree in our yard apparently started bearing at about 5 years of age. Your mileage may vary.
Jackfruit grows quickly and like water, fertile soil, and plenty of sun. Light frosts may kill young trees but older trees can take some cold.