And has got quite a story
This is the first fruit of this tree and it took 17 years for that, since it was planted in 2006. There is quite a story on it. In my place, during Savitri Brata, the in-laws bring everything for the celebration. I wrote a post on the occasion some times back. It includes all kinds of fruits, apart from everything else - kind of a big gift for their daughter at her husband's house. So much so that, some people send a full truck load of fruits and other gifts during early few years at least. So the seed of this jackfruit originates to that time - the lady's father was allocated a big govt quarter having many trees and he gifted a jackfruit along with everything else. It was one of a kind - the crunchy and most delicious type that tastes like a real fruit (unlike others which are soft). So my mother decided to put a seed and then plant it. And you can see the result after 17 years.
So now we have got three varieties on our backyards and I have decided to eat them as much as available - they are the natural healers of any stomach problems.
This big one was however gifted to our neighbor here - the relationship is being strengthened - he also likes it very much.
Coming back to my garden, I have given one more try to restore it.
It was a lot of work to clean up all the old plants, and then make the pots ready and plant new ones. But finally I was able to complete it.
Given that they are now at everyone's reach, its more challenging to prevent people to take the flowers. In fact, there have been already few instances where I have heated arguments with few ladies. One of them went beyond my imagination - she deliberately took a lot of curry leaves every couple of days and the problem started when I told her to get it from market, if she needs that much. Or if she wants it fresh, then plant her own tree. I don't know what one would do with so much (one stem would suffice for couple of days at least), but that argument escalated so much so that, the management had to intervene. Initially she lied saying she takes only couple of stems, but then I said, I have the CCTV footage, and image of the plant from every few days. I even count the stems😜 and can tell how much she is taking. Then she was so scared that she started escalating to the management justifying that it is in a public area so she can do anything. Imagine the situation - there are some people (especially ladies) who are so focused on their individual needs that they forget the basic conscience. I was thinking to tell her that I would take away everything she has in the corridor😁 to teach her a lesson. After all that also is a public space in a society. But then the president (an elderly person) advised me to just leave it, and don't give her any importance. She already has a screwed up brain - better to stay away.
Do you notice small black fruits in this curry leaves plant ? They are seeds and burst automatically - that is the reason you see many small curry leaves plant near one big plant.
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