I wanted to have more than one varieties of jujubes, but didn’t want to buy more trees. I already bought 2 jujube trees this year. Anyway, I got 7 sugarcane
cuttings from Walmart last month. I didn’t expect them to be rooted, but I guess all they need is time and rooting hormones?
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I think you’re confusing Honey Cane with either Sugar Cane or Honey Jar.
Walmart does not sell jujube cuttings either rooted or not rooted. They might sell grafted jujube trees in some stores but I have never seen them.
I meant sugarcane. I couldn’t think of the variety. But I did purchase 7 cuttings at Walmart.
Do you have photos of these cuttings?
I’m confused why Walmart would sell jujube cuttings, but I googled it and although I can not find a product listing for them, I found a page on Walmart.com with tons of reviews from people who bought them… Truly bizzare. Looks like perhaps Costa Farms is selling via Walmart.
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They let third parties sell things on their marketplace, like Amazon does. You need to hit a bunch of checkboxes if you want to actually be buying from Walmart or know what’s at your local store (unless it was stolen and they didn’t do inventory in a year).
I didn’t spend a lot of time but I did find a couple of jujube trees (Moon Light advertised as sweet and early harvest that looks like Masssandra and Winter Jujube -Dongzao-), dried jujube fruit, jujube seeds, a jujube seed removing tool, and a jujube decorator that looks like it would slice—similar to a boiled egg slicer. Most of all these looked to be shipped from China—even trees and fruit.
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I didn’t take a picture of the cuttings, but I went to my account and look at my purchase history. See pic!
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It would say “Sold and shipped by Walmart” if they were the seller. It’s whoever (in China?) “US Retail Department” is.
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If these are shipped from China how easy would it be to get Witch’s Broom started here?
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Controversy aside, jujube are notoriously difficult to root, but that cutting looks like it’s having no trouble. I wonder if the very thick diameter of the cutting is what made it so successful.
I’d take cuttings from my jujubes to give this a try if only they would grow. After many years they’ve not gained any size. I guess their reputation for growing on poor dry soil didn’t account for how poor and dry the soil is where I planted them. lol
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Congratulations on your rooting success and hopefully it is a true sugarcane. You can look at it grow for a couple of years and dig up some big roots and clone more Sugarcane trees.
Tony
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That’s great! As @k8tpayaso mentioned, do you know where the cuttings originated? It’s scary to me to think of the possibility that new diseases could be spreading via Walmart third party sellers direct from China…
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I don’t think it was in China. When I got them, they were folded in still very wet napkins. If they were in China, then the napkin would be very dried. Although, the seller got a Chinese name.
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Very interesting. Are the scions still available at Walmart site? I would like to order couple just to tryout
I don’t see them listed anymore as I ordered them in October time frame.
You’re lucky. What did you do to root the scions? Did you use bottom heater? Did you use root hormone? What’s the soil mixture?
Root hormones and regular potting soil.
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