I’ll have to figure out some sort of plan for next year! I hoped jujube wouldn’t need spray.
Density of fruits, Sherwood and Dae Sol Jo >Sihong >Orange Beauty.
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Interesting. Dae sol jo was less dense than Orange Beauty for me.
if misery loves company, might provide you with some consolation that stinkbugs/leaf-footed bugs do attack jujus where am at, and the effects on the fruits are similar to what happened to yours
the simple solution, at least here, is to just wait till trees get much bigger, or to plant more trees,
jujus fruit so much here that there will be way more than enough for all comers(humans, birds and stinkbugs)
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In your location, are there varieties that are affected more or less than others? I have a wild jujube in a completely different area, and it wasn’t affected at all. I thought that was interesting…but, with my poor memory, I finally remembered that I had sprayed a bit to repel the great grasshopper apocalypse of 2020 from some nearby apple whips…and I hit the wild jujube just for the hell of it – I had such a high density of grasshoppers that they were eating fruit on that tree.
from recent memory, birds and stink bugs do seem to converge on HJ more, probably due to its thin skin, but have seen them attack other cultivars. Wild type jujubes are either too sour, or too bland, but have seen some being eaten by birds(don’t remember stink bugs doing that though)
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below is a self-rooted R4T3. We just posted our DIY treatise re: the process on this youtube video
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Nice informative video, love the guitar music on the background!!!
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Hi Jujubemulberry,
I was on Youtube and went here and joined the group and tried to find the way to PM you regarding scions of jujube for zone 7B (Staten Island, New York).
Let me know if you can see my message…
Thank you and greetings!
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You made it here! When you want to tag someone use @jujubemulberry and it will notify us that we have been spoken to. 
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just sent you a pm, it will appear as a green little dot on your icon at the upper right corner of forum webpage. Just click on your icon and it will scroll down the messages sent to you or replied to you and just click on each of them.
i see you’re from new york. I don’t remember sending stuff to new york before so you would be a great case study. My folks/friends who live there live in the concrete jungle…
Does anyone have China Yellow? The photo below is an old photo. I left my tree behind in California.
The first few years it had fruit it was boring and I ignored it for years. The last year or two I revisited the fruit and it was quite good, in a slightly different kind of way. I would like to grow it again in this new climate.
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wish i played ‘surrogate’ to your orphan trees before you left cali …
sure reminds me of the time Shirley was telling me about Mr Meyer’s juju collection …
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I had so many things to do before we left and no time to do many of them. We had sold our house and had to be out and had to be in Missouri for the new school year for my son. I had been in the same house for 30 years and had accumulated more stuff than you can imagine. I took 100s of potted trees with me but left 100s of potted trees behind including many jujubes. I left behind Goose Egg and Hulu. I gave away at least 30 or 40 pottted trees of various kinds but didn’t even have time to organize and give away the others. I was hoping until the last minute that I would be able to take more with me but it just didn’t happen. I also accidentally left behind at least 20 hand pollinated chestnut seeds of crosses that can’t be done again for many years. And I still don’t have an inventory of what I brought with me.
still have your sweet tart, which, of course is on its own roots. Tell me if you want it back. It didn’t grow much being potted, but it did bear fruits. I can always take a couple root cuttings to ensure i have at least one clone and ship you the original, larger specimen
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Thank you. I doubt it would mature fruit here. When did yours mature fruit?
they matured late august to late sept. They were not at their prime though due to overcrowding of the pots. Fruits were tiny like wild-types, but were already good despite of(truly tart and sweet). I anticipate for them to be bigger and better planted in larger pot or directly on ground(we are planning on moving to another property ourselves). Already a serious recession and job losses where we are at for several months now, but your fellow californians are still trickling in to to buy properties here, so no downward movement of home prices. At least not yet…
anyway, pm me your address as soon as you’ve situated your family in your new home. Am sure you’re much preoccupied getting everything sorted
Hello Jujubemulberry, just wanted to say thank you for the insightful perspectives youve been posting on your thread. I have a degree in botany with years of practicall experience since my teens and have to say never come across anything more novel than your theoretical assertions regarding perennial lifespans. While I cant say I agree with everything youve posted, it does not mean I disagree with them either, and thats what makes your comments impossible to disregard. You are onto something that is not on any textbook out there.
Also have to say the music and witty presentations make this thread so multidimensional. Plus the dimension of time involved with your seed-grown cultivars.
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Forgot to say I am currently in Las Vegas area visiting my mom and she has an empty yard. It is why have been browsing through garden forums and ended up here. Looks like I will be loading her yard with jujubes and mulberries!
It is beautiful I agree
@tonyOmahaz5, how old are your Honey Jar trees?
@k8tpayaso, how old are your Li trees ?
Sorry for the lumped up questions. Just realized the forum does not let me post too many separate responses
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