Jackfruit Tekam Yellow & SongSang Red, Artocarpus Heterophyllus.

Accessed my current Jackfruit status. I have quite a number of rootstock, new and used (failed grafting). The present good planting cultivar in my  possession are
Tekam Yellow J33, 3 infant tree growing, 1 infant tree recovering, 1 recently field transplanted, 1 still waiting for it to grow after graft taking.
Mastura (still trying to confirm if this is classify as J35 or J37), 
CJ3, 1 infant tree waiting for it to grow.
The fruiting tree of J29 & J31, feedback on the fruit is not acceptable. Hence there is no use to graft further. also those grafted & planted ones has to be re-grafted/replaced. Before I left the farm, I was grafting with 2 unknown variety, but fruits were known to be sweet, large and crunchy.

I guess that when I return to the farm, the 3 infant J33 should be able to contribute some scions, but again due to my limited grafting skill (improving), there aren't many successful take.

In order to put Project Jackfruit on a faster track, decide to bring in more Jackfruit plants. Decided to concentrate on Tekam Yellow first as it's fruit characteristic is very popular / in demand. Very Sweet (hence the name Honey), crunchy, golden yellow, longer shelve life, average fruit size (16~20kg).
Tekam yellow is also low in latex content. Jabatan Pertanian also recommend this for commercial planting.

Bought 10 certified plants J33 Tekam Yellow. I guess it's better to go for certified plants as I intent to clone from these. J33 can be identified with it's distinct leafs.

On standby since 22nd March.

I also got some Red Jackfruit from Thailand. Was told that the characteristic is similar with Tekam Yellow, but orangy red flesh. Took 5 for trial.

Need to transport these, soiless and make them grow fast in order to produce more scion later part of the year.
The Tekam Yellow uses the normal bud grafting, but the Red Jackfruit uses the splice graft.

Bud grafting on Tekam Yellow.

Splice grafting on Red Jackfruit.

 Maybe I can emulate the splice grafting. Need to study more on this.

Project Jackfruit 2014, Artocarpus heterophyllus, Nangka, 婆罗密.

Planning to launch my project Jackfruit into a higher gear. Had delivered 30  grafted Jackfruits on December for field planting and about 10 had been planted. Have about 15 more, almost ready for delivery. All this while the grafted were from clone J29 & J31.

Mother Jackfruit Tree J29.

Jackfruit J29
Fruit Size Medium to large (11-15 kg).
Fruit Characteristics Round, yellowish green skin, coarse spines, well-spaced, big seed.
Flesh Characteristics Medium-thick yellow orange flesh, fine texture, sweet, with strong aroma. Flesh recovery 33.3%
Notes  Fresh consumption cultivar registered with DOA in 1973. Originated in Sungai (River) Chua, Selangor.

Mother Jackfruit Tree J31.

Jackfruit J31
 Fruit Size Medium (8-12 kg).
Fruit Characteristics Elongated to roundish, 45-55 cm long. Green skin, moderate thickness, a lot of latex, spines closely spaced, big pulp units.
Flesh Characteristics Medium thick flesh, yellow, crispy, sweet, strong aroma with fine texture. Flesh recovery 31-35%. 
Notes Previously known as NS1. Dual purpose cultivar suitable fresh as well as canning.

These are the older clones, and I have access to scions from my previous little farm. Also it gave me the opportunity to learn Jackfruit grafting. Thank you to them.

As I shall be moving into the newer clone, the Honey Jackfruit Range. Starting off with Tekam Yellow J33. Had planted 4 back in August 2013. 1 wasn't doing well and was relocated back in October 2013. 3 of them are producing scions which am already using. The 1 that was relocated is still recovering with minimal growth and I can't harvest any scion from it yet. After many tries, I manage to clone it. Clone Number 1 was planted in the field on 13th Jan. It replace the Avocado that had died, with a location by the roadside, I figure it should give me easy access to harvest more scion from her. This location we have planted Avocado twice and was never successful, so hopefully it's more suitable for Clone Number 1. Should have a couple more which shall be 'taking' soon. Was doing a projection that should I produce about 15 more clones of J33 then I should have endless supplies of scions later part of the year. This shall be my top priority.

The relocated Tekam Yellow, still recovering.

Honey Jackfruit Tekam Yellow, already contributing scions.

Another contributor, Honey Jackfruit Tekam Yellow.

Jackfruit J33, contributing scions.

Jackfruit J33 Tekam Yellow, Honey Jackfruit
 Fruit Size Large (12- 25kg).
Fruit Characteristics Elongated, yellowish green skin, dented shoulder.
Flesh Characteristics Medium thick flesh, yellow, crispy, very sweet.
Flesh recovery 31-35%. 
Notes Long shelve life, suitable for export. Very popular for fresh consumption.

Other clones of Mastura, CJ3 and SongSang Red. Due to the drastic change in weather, am only left with 1 X Mastura, 1 X CJ3, and another very weak Mastura, in ICU, most probably shall not make it. As these are still in a very infancy stage, still in poly bag, I don't expect them to be able to produce scion in the near future. It shall be another 9 months to go. May work on acquiring more of these on my trips home.

Clone Number 1 Tekam Yellow.

Too small and need time to grow.

 More heavy rain forecast till 25th Jan. Decided to move the 2 Jackfruit plants to the ICU.

Jackfruit at ICU.

During the transfer, quite some water had drained off. When parked at ICU, water drained within minutes. I already cleared some soil from the colar and replace with rice husk to create a faster drying day before.

I am Number 2, the second J33 Tekam Yellow clone.

I am Number 3, the second Honey Tekam Yellow clone.

Identifying Variety Of Jackfruit Trees (Artocarpus heterophyllus).

Had been trying to identify the variety of the Jackfruit tree in our Little farm. Found this chart from our Agriculture Department. It's the Popular Jackfruit varieties in Malaysia.

This is of the the tree. I had it pruned (half way) a few weeks ago. Couldn't manage to do topping as I couldn't climb up and was exhausted trying. Shall most probably complete the pruning before I go on leave.

Tree number 1.

This tree fits the description of J 32 (Mantin). Hope I got it right.
Elliptically shaped, dark green leafs, and edges slightly wavy.  
Tip of leaves are long.
As for the fruit, I've couldn't remember.
Oblong-shaped and skin color is yellowish green.
Dented shoulder.
Flesh color is orange yellow, thick, solid, less sweet and grainy, moderately coarse. 
Commented as compressed, with little straw.

Tree number 2, by the creek.

This could be J29. I see there are 2 types of leafs on this tree, roundish and elliptic.
Elliptic, dark green leaves, hairy on under the surface and edges slightly choppy. Leafs is similar to J31 but have a longer stalk.
Fruit shaped globular and skin green. (I see the fruit as yellowish green)
Dent shoulder. Flesh color orange yellow, thick, large, firm, sweet fine and grainy. Commented as compressed with little straw.


Had just purchased 4 plants of Nanka Madu (Honey Jackfruit) from a local nursery, Yeoh's Nursery. Pretty nice chap. Had these planted about a month ago, hope to abstract scion from those 4 plants later. 3 of them are doing well, 1 had almost all the leafs dropped, but new butts are growing.

New plant number 1.

New plant number 2.

New plant number 3.

Plant number 4, the not too well plant, had all the leaves dropped, except 3 leaves left. I do see new butts growing.

New plant number 4.

All the 4 new plants has the 'trade mark' of dome shape tip. So this is definitely Honey Jackfruit / Nangka Madu/ Tekam Yellow/ J33.
 Elliptic, dark green and edges slightly choppy. Some leaves have the dome like on tip end of the leafs.
Fruit is oblong-shaped and is green yellowish. Shoulder dented. Flesh is yellow, thin, soft, very
sweet and crunchy. Commented as compressed.
Let's let them grow for a while.