How soon do they start fruiting generally?
This question came up earlier and I had said 4-5 years. But Katy sees fruit much quicker than that, partially from her sunny climate and partially due to the varieties (So seedlings seem to take longer than most from her experience and that is what I started with years ago). She also probably treats her potted trees better than I do as well, as I tend to neglect them more once I am outside and working on other stuff.
I intended to leave the lights on for about 12 hours per day. But, I think it has been more like 14-15 most days, as I forget to turn them off. I used to have a timer, but it stopped working a year or two ago.
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No she doesnātā¦ā¦
I think the leaves on yours look pretty normal. Mine tend to grower taller and not as bushy but they look great.
From what Iāve seen in the past, my potted plants (often tomatoes) get tall and leggy when I have less light. So if my plants are thicker/bushier than normal, then the light system I setup must be sufficient. Maybe better than sufficient if it is making them bushier than the Texas sun 
Several years ago, I realized that the amount of sun making it through even a South facing window wasnāt really enough. This comparison really drove it home.
The jujube seedlings I am growing now arenāt using any grow lights- just a bunch of normal LED bulbs at the highest lumen levels I could (cheaply) find.
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I put my seedlings in some afternoon shade for a while which might make them leggier but I canāt keep them watered enough to keep from getting sunburned in the āTexas sunā. But much of my intention is to grow them for rootstocks and if I can get long straight trunks then I have a better product.
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Weāve had a very warm winter and the weather here is in growing season mode. I have a few jujube seedlings that are showing fuzz and even green tips. Should I graft them? I have a shed I could put them in when we have a frost/freeze. I canāt believe at this time that Iām seeing green on a jujube.
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Yeah, our weather here also warming up pretty quick that all my garage stored mulberry, Kaki persimmons are starting to push green buds.
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Sounds like it is time. Early spring. Itās felt early here too, with most of the 2nd half of Feb being pretty mild and highs for the next 10 days ranging from 46-61F. But nothing as advanced as what youāre seeing.
I did transplant a jujube a couple weeks ago and saved some of the roots that broke off. Iāll probably graft and pot them sometime in the next week or two. Since I setup the light rack, Iāve actually got a bit of space around the sliding doors, so I can always put another half dozen pots there for a month or two until it is consistently nicer out.
I saw another jujube site on Facebook with a couple of varieties Iāve never heard of before.
Has anyone heard of Golden Choice or Sweet Frost? Or ordered from that nursery?
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Somebody did order from them.
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TyTy related.
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Ok, that doesnāt sound encouraging. I guess Iāll just keep an eye out for those varieties in the future, but given that I donāt see them anywhere else, they could just be other cultivars renamed.
@BobVance
Any TyTy-related nurseries is a big NO to me and hopefully, everyone else, too. It could rename dead sticks and sell them to you as new cultivars.
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Trees from TyTy could literally be anything. Peaches could be apples. Jujubes could be hawthorns. Cherries could be crab-apples.
If thy show up alive and of the same species you ordered, it would be a miracle.
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That would be funny if it wasnāt so true!!
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I grafted 4 today. It being March just made me feel better about it!
Iāll probably start grafting soon. Normally I wait for April, but itās been a pretty warm spring.
Many of my seedlings under the lights have been doing fine:
But most of the seedlings in the smaller āpotsā have been dying. Looks like they didnāt hold enough water to go between waterings. If I did it frequently enough for them, it would have left the bigger pots too wet. So, today I went through and removed the small pots. Anything still alive in them (a couple jujubes and a pepper) got moved into bigger pots.
The smallest Iām using now are the large-ish yogert containers (24 oz), with 1 gal pots being on the upper end.
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Those seedlings look exciting to graft to/handle in general. 
Maybe not to āhandleā, as many of them have tiny thorns
Some may end up as rootstocks, but that is their backup profession for when/if their fruit quality has been found lacking. All of them are open pollinated, but Iāve been keeping track of at least the known parent for each one.
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Anyone in the Pacific Northwest seeing any signs of life on their trees yet? I know they are late to bud out, but I transplanted both of mine about 6 weeks ago and having a hard time determining if they made it or not. Some branches snap off dead but others still have a nice burgundy colour and arenāt shrivelled. Scratch test is green but not as vibrant as Iād expect so Iām not very optimistic.