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Posted by batrachian (My Page) on Mon, Nov 16, 09 at 13:41
| As first time gardener in Houston, I bought a Jujubee tree this May and planted it in my back yard. Firt a couple of weeks, all flowers fell off and I did not see new leaves grown during the summer. Starting last month, leaves started to fall off and now they are all gone. I am just wondering if it is normal for JuJeBee to lost all the leaves in fall or if there is some wrong with my tree. |
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RE: JuJuBee
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| Your tree is deciduous so it is normal for the leaves to fall off in Autumn. Also, since the jujube is a fruit bearing tree the flowers are normally expected to fall off after a very short time. I have provided link to an article I found that talks about the jujube tree. I don't think you have to worry about it, sounds like it's doing fine according to the information in this article. Cheryl |
Here is a link that might be useful: Jujube Trees
RE: JuJuBee
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| Wish you were up in the Fort Worth area - Weston Gardens in Bloom have some Jujube trees in their demo gardens. Here is what one article had to say: "In the orchard, one row of three jujubes (joo-joobs) was planted along with a row of peaches and a row of plums. The peaches and plums are gone, but the row of jujubes is not only still healthy, but jujube is coming up everywhere. Highly popular as an orchard tree 50 years ago, the fruit fell from favor, and would have passed from our landscapes, except that it is so drought-resistant, well-adapted, and attractive to wildlife. It is a small tree, usually under 20 feet tall, with very shiny dark green leaves and dark rough bark." In the link below, click on "plant search" in the right, enter "jujube" and you'll find a couple articles about the trees. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Weston Gardens
RE: JuJuBee
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| What kind of Jujube did you get? I have Li and GA-866, but it's still early to say much about them. I do know that jujubes tend to sucker quite a bit, which is why I don't want any too near the house...I have enough land to put them on. And also they don't require a lot of water or such good soil. |
RE: JuJuBee
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| My parents bought one of these years ago and the seller told them it was an olive, so that is what Mom insisted to me it was for years. Then my sis saw an article in the Texas Co-Op Power magazine and correctly identified the tree as a Jujube. They have since suckered all over the property, quite a ways from the original tree. We tasted the fruit this fall for the first time, not particularly great. But not an olive for sure! Seeing how they pop up all over, don't want to get one here. |
RE: JuJuBee
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| I bought two jujube li trees. wanted to plant them close to one another. 7 ft to be exact. Can they be trained at a young age? or better a distance away from one another? |
RE: JuJuBee
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| My Lang is tall and lanky w/ out much spread, I think two could be maintained close to each other (of course there would be some pruning). My guess is you could do it with Li, though 10' might be better. The Ft Worth Botanical Garden has some huge jujube trees, I suppose they must be seedlings and not grafted varieties like the Li. As for earlier posters: Texazgurl: I suspect those must be random seedling or rootstock, which give tiny fruit with an interesting flavor, but not really intended for eating. But true! Rootstock fruit do look like an olive. Barkingdogwoods: I don't think jujube was ever popular, much less highly popular, nor the fruit ever in favor. Though I suppose it got a better reception in TX than elsewhere. Superior eating varieties are now available. |
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