Mark,
The thing is, besides pawpaws, I have never grown any fruit tree that grows this slowly. I cannot graft on my last year’s jujubes as tgey have a few puny branches, not enough to amount to anything. But my trees were small to begin with.
Maybe, others may have more growth on their jujubes.
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I’m over achieving by having new trees and growing seeds. I’m planning on the big koolaid stand.
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I think there are some people that have invested in the koolaid company… I also have to admit to trees and seeds!
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I put 3 in the 4" rootmakers, and some in 5-gal boxer bags. I am hoping the juju are pretty drought-tolerant (my weakness in small pots is failing to water) but also that the pots/bags let the roots warm much faster if put on the south side of the house–tomatoes in bags grew way faster than those in the garden, certainly.
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I kill the one seedling I have had with wet soil.
Ha ha ha! I’m looking forward to some photos and updates from everyone! And kool-aid recipes!
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Ha. All that love (mostly the humor, though) got to me…I’m in the handful that planted SC and HJ this year, so if I can get any scion off a 10 year old tree then I’ll send you some. Just remind me. This whole thread has been really fun, what with all the “kool-aid” references and such. Our little Ju-Jube club is the best sub-group on Growing Fruit! 
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I have 1.5 feet growth of SC last year, but not much on HJ. My HJ produced around 30 edible fruits, but SC only produced 1. I think I should give HJ more energy on growing instead of fruiting.
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I have found they do not like wet…in fact I have had to tell my hubby “No More Watering!” 
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There is a Koolaid thread too with some pictures…I don’t know how to link to it…
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Most of fruit trees do not like their feet wet. It would apply to seedling, too, I guess. I underestimated the potting soil I used. It held water too well. Lesson learned.
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Seeds (spiny juju) are very cheap at treeseeds
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curious what larva ate it. Where we’re at, pill bugs will do the same thing to seedlings, but for some reason, will not touch suckers from old rootstoc
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He used to look similar to this one:
(forest tent caterpillar…supposedly taking over East Texas)
But now he looks like this one:
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violence erupts, and hell hath no fury…
on a serious note, i hope these 'pillars find the foliage of older jujus more unpalatable.
our seedlings seem to be vermin-magnets (apart from sowbugs, as roaches seem to like them too).
foliage of older trees seem relatively immune to insects/larvae, and only fall victim to leaf-cutter bees and the occasional locust
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That was a little gross but a whole lot of funny! haha. Be careful, though, some animal rights person will condemn your cruelty and violence. haha. Talk about something just being a greasy spot on the road! Well done, K8
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Too funny. The fact is though, animal rights people are just like us, but they just drink another flavor of kool aid. When they drink ours, they’ll see the light. 
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Noooooo! So much damage for such a small critter, Kate!
So happy to see your new HJ from EL is looking so fabulous!
Hooray! 
And thanks for the tip on not watering too much!
I totally agree! We are the BEST! 
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