Jackfruit Season - Harvesting & Packing

It's Jackfruit Season!!!!!!! 🥰 In this video we show you how we select the Jackfruits for harvesting and packing to send to our agent in Melbourne.
The process got interrupted by a cheeky cassowary who decided to come through the fencing and into the farm. Never a dull moment! 🤣
Follow us on
Instagram - / meadowcroftfarmqld
Facebook - / meadowcroftfarmqld
#jackfruit #tropicalfruit #harvest #farming #farmlife #queensland #agriculture #australia #countrylife #womeninag #vegan #vegetarian #cassowary

[@sarah_farm]

seeing you be upset about the noodles but then immediately going to improve them is amazing and inspiring to me! i would've given up but you didn't and i really respect that! I love your videos. And it's an honor to have you visit our channel, we can discuss more about our experiences in harvesting and building farms.

[@babulhassan9784]

I love jackfruit from bangladesh

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

Yes jackfruit is just the best

[@krsvanan]

Nice video

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

Thank you 😊

[@Ivesy85]

I must say guys your videos are making me want to try jackfruit again. I have tried it a few times it was ok but not in the same league as durian, thinking I should give it a go again. Any recommendation on best varieties? I hear j33 is very good as well as one coming from fruit forest farm called Malibu however these are not available locally.

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

If you have the space why not, I believe someone in Cairns sells j33, maybe ask on Oz rare fruit fb site.

[@Blue1Sapphire]

I was wondering if it would be more profitable for u to open the fruit and take out the edible parts and place them in small size plastic containers and sell them ready to eat at a farmers market or develop your own list of private or commercial customers. This way u get a better price and get to keep the flesh for mulching or composting purposes.

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

It is something we have looked into, especially for packaging green jackfruit, but the cost set up, a building, equipment, and all stainless steel benches would be a significant outlay.

[@johnny_lest]

Hi! I would like to ask if how do you clean jackfuit after harvest and where do you store it before packing?For educational purposes only. Thank you so much in advance!

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

We clean our fruit in water with 10 percent bleach (this is permitted organic treatment) and then it goes into a cold room set at 11 degrees. This will slow down the ripening of the fruit so that it isn't over ripening when it gets to market.

[@johnny_lest]

@@meadowcroftfarmqld8577 Thank you so much for replying. Please upload more videos like this because its important and beneficial especially to us (students) doing research. Stay safe! Hoping for the best of your KZbin channel!

[@linguasolutions]

Do you hand pollinate the jackfruit flower to produce fruit?

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

No, we just let nature do its thing.

[@chaselex]

I bought a jackfruit that is 27 pounds but it is still spiky and it does not smell very much. Will it ripen up or will I have to eat it green

[@chaselex]

It does sound hollow when tapping

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

It should ripen in 2-3 days if it is going to,

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

Yes the sound goes from high pitched to a dull empty sound as they ripen.

[@andrewhill1391]

Wish I could get mine to look like that too much mold around my ones at the moment 😕 😪.

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

Where about's are you Andrew?

[@andrewhill1391]

@@meadowcroftfarmqld8577 Hi guys have 10 ten tree on our acreage land in the Western suburbs of Brisbane. Hoping the problem is just with my male flowers, not sure whether female fruiting flowers can develop mold as well?

[@meadowcroftfarmqld8577]

@@andrewhill1391 if it's the male flowers that are turning brown and going mouldy that is normal, female flowers usually begin to develop a few weeks after the males.