Planting calendar

• West coast · Monsoon · Jun, Jul

  A guide: KAU advises planting at the onset of the monsoon showers.

• South peninsula · Monsoon · Jun, Jul, Aug

  A guide: plant once the rains have wetted the soil; TNAU gives June-December for Tamil Nadu.

• East coast · Post-monsoon · Oct, Nov

  A guide for the Tamil Nadu coast, where the main rains come with the north-east monsoon (TNAU gives June-December).

• East India · Monsoon · Jul, Aug
• Northeast India · Monsoon · Jul, Aug
• North plains (Indo-Gangetic) · Monsoon · Jul, Aug

  A guide: plant early in the rains so roots settle before the first cold nights; protect young plants from frost.

• Central India · Monsoon · Jul, Aug
• Northwest arid · Monsoon · Jul, Aug

  A guide: marginal here; plant only where young plants can be watered through the summer and covered on frosty nights.

Sources: TNAU Agritech Portal, Horticulture: Jack (soil, climate, propagation, planting season, spacing, pit, irrigation, bearing age, harvest, pests); Kerala Agricultural University, Centre for e-Learning (CELKAU): Jackfruit, land preparation and planting (pit, spacing, graft joint, staking, late-evening planting, never exposed to drought or frost); Kerala Agricultural University (CELKAU): Jackfruit, climate, soil and season (warm humid climate up to 1,000 m; water table; plant one-year-old grafts at the onset of monsoon showers)

This article was prepared with AI assistance and checked by the GreenEye team against the sources shown in each section.