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thanks to @castanea for this “SweetTart” sucker(on its own roots, that is :+1:)

juju aficionados seem to be just like jujube trees-- they seem to enjoy giving-- and giving more than they take :slight_smile:

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Nice! That just makes me feel good to see it making it.

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What the fruit looks like -

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why couldn’t i click “like” more than once?

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The Aunt Adm. rootstock graft and the Chico graft could not handle the -20F this past Winter and died. I was crushed but my Honey Jar jujubes lifted my spirit up.

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sorry to hear that @tonyOmahaz5, and just glad that hj’s resilience means you have at least one cultivar that will overwinter with little dieback even after frigid conditions

below are three jujus(hj, shanxi li, and ga-866 supposedly on their own roots from jfae) that are a bit uplifting, having survived getting baked inside the UPS truck, and a winter d that seemed to have succumbed to the traumatic florida-to-vegas ground shipment.

hoping the winter d merely underwent a self-induced-autumn as most jujus do when deprived of moisture. The stems still have some degree of turgidity, and not wrinkly(at least not yet)so there;s a chance may still be alive and that it will just leaf out from dormant nodes.

below is the solo photo of the moribund winter d. The foliage looks green but are all of a crispy texture that crumbles or falls off when touched… :frowning:

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Hi,
My sincere thanks to those who replied.
At this point I will plant these in NY, in the best sun on the lot and hope for the best.
However your comments and other information on this website lean me toward getting two more jujubes to plant in Gainesville. Though I think these are good specimens of So and Lang, and are growing well in their pots right now, it seems that there are better varieties and the self-rooted approach also seems interesting.
Thanks again!

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Darn it.

Hope you’re WD survives! Mine looked a bit worn but I put it in the ground after a few days in the shade and it’s producing a bit of new growth. Maybe yours will be as vigorous.

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Raf,
Those look like good sized trees. Hope your WD will wake up after a siesta.

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Thanks, Tony. I think I have a lot of seedlings in the yard. Gotta make sure they are indeed mulberry seedlings.

good luck and keep us posted!

Well, you guys have done it. Between this thread and the huge one Mua started on jujubes, I was forced to buy jujube seeds off of Ebay so I could start growing some rootstocks. Here’s a question I haven’t seen answered in either thread: can a person prune the thorns off when dormant pruning? I realize that’s not feasible for large mature trees, but if I’ve only got a dozen young trees I might try it.

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safer to snip off the thorns once the thorns have hardened(turned red/brown). Thorns usually start green and succulent and cutting them while green may cause problems, being open wounds. Jujus generally get less thorny with age and height. The higher the branches are borne, the less spines. Tiny suckers/seedlings are often spiny-- maybe nature’s way of defending against would-be grazers.

btw, i hope the seedlings from ebay were chinese jujubes(Ziziphus jujuba), as there are many species of jujube seeds being sold online. There’s probably no ill will with the business. It is just that juju seed importation involve multi-sources/subcontractors who are merely clueless, so mistakes occur all the time. If you are handy with uploading photos, pls feel free to post as many photos on this thread so we can do a positive identification. Any species other than jujuba would set you back ~2 years of waiting, and that would be so demoralizing!

keep us posted!

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As @jujubemulberry said it is difficult to get the correct seeds off the internet. I’ve even bought from reputable sources and been sent seeds for Indian Jujube which are a tropical plant. The seeds look very similar. If you find a source selling the correct seeds many will want to use them!!!

The more I learn of jujube trees the more they amaze me. The seedlings are quite sticklers and I have yelped in handling them but they do get easier to deal with as they get older.

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Here is a link to some jujube seeds from the same seller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/50-De-Hulled-Chinese-Date-Ziziphus-jujube-Tree-Seeds-/253978314424?nav=SEARCH

I bought the last listing of 25 seeds. The link is for 50 seeds. The seller has been on Ebay for 10 years with no negative or neutral reviews, so that’s reassuring. When I asked her where she sourced her seed from she said that she got her seed directly from China and was selling the extra that she wasn’t using. I’ll try to post pics tonight so you and @jujubemulberry can tell me of there are any obvious red flags.

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The site looks good. Hopefully you get the real deal. I noticed at the bottom of the page it gave instructions for planting and talked about scarifying and stratifying. I have never had to stratify juju seeds. I have eaten the fruit and planted the seed with excellent germination rate. Just FYI. Do you have any seedlings up yet?

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This is a picture of my jujube seeds I received. Tonight I planted 2 seeds per bucket in seven buckets in my seedling row, so no seedlings yet. After they get some true leaves I’ll try to post a picture to see if they are consistent with everyone else’s jujube seedlings.

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ok, will wait for the seedling photos. Jujube seeds of different species kind of look alike. Seedlings are a bit easier to tell apart with some degree of certainty

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@Ahouse422 I had seeds of ziziphus jujuba from china. I tried twice with them and nothing. I bought them from aliexpress (that time it was my only option), some was named giant hetian and big ass chicken egg. But all was in pits, after cracking I saw that all were empty.
Hopefully you will have success, those do not come from china. Although that link from ebay looks almost identical like on aliexpress.