Breadfruit trees can be propagated by seed (if you have a seeded variety), root cuttings, air layering, and even stem cuttings. The breadfruit is most often propagated by transplanting suckers which naturally grow from the roots of the parent plant. Propagating breadfruit can be really easy.

How do you take care of a breadfruit plant?

It requires 150 cm to 250 cm annual rainfall with a temperature of 20°C to 33 °C. In the initial stages of the plantation, partial shading helps to grow fast and later stages they thrives best under full sunlight conditions. These trees grow on wide range of well-drained deep soils with good organic matter.

Where did breadfruit come from?

Breadfruit originated in New Guinea and the Indo-Malay region and was spread throughout the vast Pacific by voyaging islanders. Europeans discovered breadfruit in the late 1500s.