How to plant jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)?
Many people like to eat jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus).
From October to November every year, you can sow.
You can take the fruit from jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), wash the seeds and soak them in the medicine for disinfection.
You need to choose the soil and container suitable for jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus).
After you sow, you need to give it plenty of sunshine.
At the beginning of spring, you need to apply nitrogen and potassium fertilizer to the seedlings once.
1. Get seeds
If you sow from October to November, the survival rate of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is the highest.
You can buy fresh jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) and get the seeds of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) from the fruit.
If you feel very troublesome, you can go to the market to buy larger jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) seeds.
2. Seed treatment
You need to clean the seeds of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with clean water.
You need to clean the surface of the seeds.
You need to put the seeds into carbendazim, potassium permanganate and other drugs and soak them for 2 ~ 3 minutes.
If the seeds suffer from diseases and insect pests in the process of sowing, the sowing will fail.
3. Basin soil demand
Jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) has high requirements for soil.
It likes to grow in sandy soil with loose soil, good air permeability and drainage and rich in organic matter.
We can mix pastoral soil, rotten leaf soil and coarse sand in the proportion of 4:4:2 to make soil matrix.
4. Select container
If you want to potted jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), you need to prepare a suitable container.
Because the roots of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) are developed and shallow, you need to choose a large shallow mud tile basin.
This can help the roots of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) breathe and drain, making it grow better.
5. Sowing and germination
The seeds of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) are relatively large.
First, you need to water the soil properly.
Before planting seeds in the soil, you need to cover a layer of soil.
You need to keep the soil moist and keep the ambient temperature around 22 ℃.
You need to put it in plenty of sunshine.
The seeds will take root and germinate in about half a month.
6. Post sowing management
After jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is sown, you can’t water it immediately.
This will prevent the seeds from taking root and sprouting.
You can’t water until it’s completely dry.
After the seeds of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) take root and germinate, you need to apply nitrogen and potassium fertilizer to jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) once in spring.
This is to help jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) seedlings grow.