Thread: Breadfruit

Update

This I believe is the male flower.




And this is the female flower which develops into a fruit.

Originally Posted by Begbie

Update

This I believe is the male flower.




And this is the female flower which develops into a fruit.

Hmmm...

Coming along nicely, Begs.

Cheers!!

Loves the rain. Branches sprouting all over.

Great!. I'm not much of an horticulturalist but I wonder if it's a good thing to be fruiting so early? High potassium soil, perhaps. You may need to stake the tree as the fruit may weigh it down at this early stage of life.
Oh, I see you have .
I'm as excited as an expectant god-father

Originally Posted by Begbie

Within the last three weeks it's woken up, produced leaf buds and now has flowered.

Begbie, where did you secure your breadfruit locally?
Difficult to maintain the first year or two?

I'm looking to plant a few for experimental novelty.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

I'm looking to plant a few for experimental novelty.

Do that HuangLao. As informed in the OP and comments this is a good staple food and shade tree.
You may have to wait a few years, although Begbie's tree is fruiting already, so maybe not such a long wait. It's definitely a long-term investment though.
A couple of our trees were at least 30 m high, so your grandkids will benefit.

Originally Posted by Maanaam

Originally Posted by HuangLao

I'm looking to plant a few for experimental novelty.

Do that HuangLao. As informed in the OP and comments this is a good staple food and shade tree.
You may have to wait a few years, although Begbie's tree is fruiting already, so maybe not such a long wait. It's definitely a long-term investment though.
A couple of our trees were at least 30 m high, so your grandkids will benefit.

Yeah, they are slow growers, yet hearty once established. And propagate naturally.

Little is known about the nutritional benefits of breadfruit.
Could easily fit into today's fashion of so-called "super foods".

Thai call it Sakeh, ton sakeh is the the tree.

There are loads of different ones on the world, maybe the one grown in thailand isn't so nice?

I have a similar fruit from Indonesia, artocarpus sericicarpus aka pedalai. Is in the same family and the tree looks the same.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Begbie, where did you secure your breadfruit locally?
Difficult to maintain the first year or two?

I'm looking to plant a few for experimental novelty.

So HL how are the breadfruit that you planted doing?

Originally Posted by cando

Thai call it Sakeh, ton sakeh is the the tree.

There are loads of different ones on the world, maybe the one grown in thailand isn't so nice?

I have a similar fruit from Indonesia, artocarpus sericicarpus aka pedalai. Is in the same family and the tree looks the same.

Yeah, the variety of breadfruit that does well here is of the Indo-Malay type, whereas the broader Pacific variety are not as easy to propagate on the SE Asian Mainland.

Originally Posted by Begbie

So HL how are the breadfruit that you planted doing?

Still looking to make the first plunge.

Originally Posted by Begbie

So HL how are the breadfruit that you planted doing?

I have been thinking to revive this thread with a question about how yours is doing.
If you want some recipes, just ask.

No fruit in the last six months. The tree is fine though, very bushy.

Well i don't know anything about breadfruit but if you go to the parkingdeck of Central Chaengwattana in BKK you'll see a huge one in the garden of the house nextdoor.

Also in my area i know some tree's and i've seen them in Hua Hin above the swimmingpools, also the Mandarin hotel in Pakchong has a huge one above the terrace. I wonder what they do if it has fruit and all guests are have breakfast underneath.

I guess it's worth to order all seeds you can get (on the tropicalfruitforum.com) and see which one grows here.

Taken in about a month ago.