I could not remember if I bent the old lateral (circle in black). This is Shanxi Li. It flowers a lot but hardly set any fruit.
Thank you so much for taking time to explain. I probably will end up head cut the top to stop each tree from growing too tall. May trim a bit off the end of laterals as you suggested with yellow short lines.
People have anyone planted z.spinosa for rootstock? I got a lot of seeds last year, sowed them and most of them sprouted. Some grew more some less. However I checked them today and they are all dead. Totally dry to the root. Same case with my friend.
I expected to get a lot of rootstocks but unfortunately nothing
How could that be, especially since it wasnāt a cold winter? And they should be more resistant than jujube anyway
I finally see some green tufts on my various jujube. You should see growth soon too! Like others have said, they are the last thing to leaf out here, even later than persimmon.
Not sure what could have happened. Did they die during the winter? Weāre they for sure Spinoza? I have lost a few seedlings but never all of themā¦except the time I was growing tropical jujubes. I think you had posted photos of them though hadnāt you?
sad to hear that @lilke
and really curious-- were those seeds from me? More often than not, when you plant them indoors(where night temps are not too low) over the winter and they sprout and leaf out vigorously indoors, then you take them out when it gets warmer, the relatively cool nights of spring induce a temporary and short-lived dormancy.
i hope the roots only āappearā dry, and not really dead
Wow 4-5 weeks later than peaches. Thatās late. It does sound about right because Iām starting to see signs of life from my jujubes now.
My persimmon is actually further along than jujubes.
When i was going to cut scions just by looking i was sure my 1st year jujube branches were dead once i cut into them they were green and still alive. My second year growth was a "healthy haha"grey and the first year growth was very red and dessicated looking. I think jujubes are very dormant and all the water is out of them and they appear dehydrated when they are not dead.
@k8tpayaso Iām not sure either. Yes, over the winter but dont know why. The seeds is from Cliff England so Iām sure they are spinoza. Very thorny plants. Iāll post a few photos to see what this is all about. @jujubemulberry Raf, as i wrote to Kathy seed is not yours. I may have one jujube from your seed, but Iām not sure. You were sending me the seeds of the fle fleur variety 2-3 yrs ago. But then my mobile phone was stolen and I lost notes so I donāt know if is it from those seeds or a chinese from the internet. Hope it is a living plant and time will tell what it really is. Besides that i have one sucker. Both are at my sisters place cause my plot is quite crowded and there are better conditions for growth (more sun,much better soil). I couldnāt check them because i hurt my foot so i couldnāt move much. None of them were inside or poted, all were outside in the ground.
Here are the photos.
Than must be the same thing with this,there is no other logical explanation. I was so happy with lots of seedlings
From now on Iāll search for jujube seeds only.
I put in a couple So Contorted from Just Fruits and Exotics last weekend. Iām really pleased with how attractive these little trees are. Theyāre in the sunniest spot on my property so hopefully I donāt have issues with fruiting.
For me the first jujube tree which started to show some signs of life was lang already 10 days ago so even before persimmons (except nbt which was maybe 1 week earlier than lang).
The rest of persimmons and jujubes starting to leaf out right now
So i am really looking forward that i will finally taste fruit from my jujubes. (I already tested few last year when i planted themā¦ But ā¦ Really few and i expect that this year it will be much much better )
Another great thing is that jujubes are definetely the best looking fruit trees on my garden with their shiny leaves and also no diseases in my area:-)