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Olive Trees & Jackfruits

HenryPHenryP Posts: 52
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Evening All,

Just a quick one here; I was wondering whether to overwinter my young olive tree indoors? I'm down in Cornwall and we rarely get frosts, it's actually the rain I'm more worried about.

On another note, I have a jackfruit tree, which seems to grow leaves just as quickly as it loses them - Any advice on what is going on here would be very much appreciated!

Thanks in advance for any help!
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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Moving the olive pot against a sheltered, ideally south-facing wall should be more than sufficient if you rarely get frosts. In fact, my potted olives regularly come through severe frosts and temperatures down to -8c. Winter wet is the killer, so make sure the pot is lifted off the ground on pot feet or bricks so any excess rain can drain through and it should be fine. Sorry, can’t help with the Jackfruit!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • HenryPHenryP Posts: 52
    Amazing, thank you @Nollie !
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    I visited Sennen a few years back after the "beast from the East".  A lot of plants normally hardy had suffered.  Many Torquay palms had been killed outright.  

    I think wind, even a warm SW one, will be more of a problem than rain.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited October 2022
    I googled Jackfruit, and this is what I got: 
    Climate: In order to grow jackfruit, you need to live in a tropical or subtropical climate. Jackfruit will only thrive in hot areas. Those that live in USDA zones 10-12 can grow the jackfruit tree.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    There is such a thing as a heated greenhouse you know!

    Cast your mind back to Victorian kitchen gardens and the pineapple craze. Plenty of tropical fruit can be grown if you provide the right levels of heat, light and humidity. 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    If you have a heated conservatory, the jackfruit might be OK in there.
    Personally I wouldn't give it houseroom and I definitely wouldn't heat a greenhouse for it - I tried it once - Yuk!
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    It’s an extremely popular meat substitute, tastes like chicken! But so does snake and I’m never eating that again, having being forced to do so once at a diplomatic dinner 🤢 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    But then jackfruit needs to grow into a huge tree before it can fruit. I doubt whether a jackfruit tree will reach maturity in UK, even in a greenhouse.
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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Nollie said:
    There is such a thing as a heated greenhouse you know!
    Cast your mind back to Victorian kitchen gardens 
    Different times, different costs, different social classes.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    But still available today and you don’t have to be landed gentry to have a conservatory or greenhouse or heat it either. Anyway, Henry for asking for advice on leaf drop on his Jackfruit not the reasons why you shouldn’t grow one!

    I suspect lack of humidity, Henry, do you mist it with water regularly? Any tender tropical plant should be under cover and in indirect light during winter, but be careful of central heating, which will dry out the leaves.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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