Increasing numbers of aborigines began cultivating jelly figs. In the wild, the plants grow up large trees, but for the cultivated plants the farmers erect concrete pillars for them to climb. Unobstructed by the shade of the forest trees, the plants receive ample sunshine, so they fruit earlier and more copiously than their wild cousins.
如今人工種植的愛玉樹逐漸增加，有別於野生愛玉纏繞大樹，農民則自製水泥柱供愛玉攀爬，少了森林濃蔭遮蔽，日照充足，水泥柱養出的愛玉採收期竟比野生種快速，數量更多。