How harvesting is done in Jamun?

The seedling Jamun trees start bearing after 9 to 10 years of planting. Grafted or budded trees start bearing in 5 to 7 years. The jamun plant can bear for the life span of 60 years. Generally, Jamun fruits come to ripening stage in June- July. After full bloom, it takes about 4 to 5 months to ripen the fruits. Fully ripen jamun fruits should be harvested daily by shaking the tree branches or hand picking and collect the fruits on a polythene sheet. As all fruits do not ripen at the same time, hence it requires number of pickings.