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jak fruit trees: multiple plantings per hole?

14 years ago

I have read that people growing jaks in their native range will plant a handful of seeds in the ground and keep the seven strongest seedlings. They then bind the seedlings together to form one trunk, supposedly they come into fruiting faster this way.

What I am wondering is could I plant out 3 or 4 grafted varieties of jak in the same hole and bind them or approach graft them into one trunk. Ideally making different sections of a single trunk produce different fruit. I do plan to butcher the trees to keep them short (8-10') for winter protection. The other thought would be to plant them in the same hole and allow multiple trunks but I think this would get too large for my space.

what do you think?

-Ethan

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ohiojay
14 years ago
Just wondering how this bind area would not become a very weak spot during any high winds. You would think that it would be prime for splitting. Interesting thought though.
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boom1
14 years ago
i thought about doing the same thing, with two varieties but leaving them more like a multi trunk tree

jackfruit seeds are naturally polyembryonic
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red_sea_me
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14 years ago
I was hoping that binding or approach grafting the trunks for most of their height (6' long grafts?) as they grew would eventually provide me with a strong single trunk? I know with conventional grafting (splice/cleft wedge)that eventually the grafts heal over and grow strong. I have a Bangkok lemon from a kind GW member, a J-30 on the way and would love to get a cheena too. (black gold maybe also?)

I think if I went with the multi trunk method, in 10 years if I was lucky, my spot would be very crowded and hard to protect for winter.
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jsvand5
14 years ago
I have my Bangkok lemon and Gold nugget kind of in the same whole. They are about two feet apart. I figured I would probably never see fruit in a pot and it was the only way to make winter protecton realistic in my area. I wonder if in the method you were reading about if they eventually prune away most of the upper trunks above the grafts which would basically make a couple trees with many rootstocks. That is the only way I could see how it would make them fruit faster. The only problem I may see happening for me is that the Bagkok lemon seems to be a very upright grower and the gold nugget seems more bushy so I may have to prune a lot to keep them somewhat equal in size and to allow both to get good sun exposure.
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rayandgwenn
14 years ago
I remembered someone wrote about doing multiple plants per hole (not jakfruits, but other types of plants).
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tropicalfruits/msg0316213324450.html

This was my inspiration for putting multiple seedlings in one hole- since you never know which one will be the "good" one!

For grafts- I figure-if you support the trunk until it develops into one real trunk, it should be ok. Then you get one GREAT tree! It is worth a try!
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