Indian JUJUBE tasting - Florida's best tasting "apple"! 🍏 🍎 🍏

[@tropical-fruit-Florida]

Definitely the top fruit during Florida winter time.

[@Danfoodforest]

Starfruit fruits all year You are right about the papaya taste during the winter compare to the summer fruits Have a wonderful week

[@growpuravida]

oh I wish our star fruit fruited all year, that would be so sweet! 😻 hopefully as our trees mature they will get more strong and will bloom better... Do they taste the same throughout the year?

[@kritishghimire8495]

I have been binge watching your videos. This song got stuck throughout the episode. A good one to hum.😂 Cheers to the happy life. 🌼

[@growpuravida]

Very happy to see you here Kritish. My wife recorded this song..we have a separate channel for meditations as well.

[@kritishghimire8495]

@@growpuravida thank you dada, for informing about the other channel, I found it. I can peacefully rely on you in this wonderful journey ahead.

[@VirginiaFruitGrower]

I've seen Indian jujube but have never tried it before. Unfortunately I don't think I can grow it in the ground here. Glad to see you back 🙂

[@FruitTreeAddict]

Great video. I have one too here in central Florida and I love them!

[@lyonheart84]

The indian and thai jujube fruit are so large compared to the common chinese jujube 😱😱

[@growpuravida]

Yes they’re really big! Some are as big as a small apple

[@jeffery8928]

What variety of bamboo is that behind you? What varieties do you grow? Thanks.

[@growpuravida]

Landscape vs Food Forest. Episode 1: Timor Black Bamboo kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5aWh3yrobWBjcU

[@pn3940]

you can cut it short and train it to grow horizontally. fruits can be picked within hand reach.

[@growpuravida]

true, depending on your space, the tree is easy to trim.

[@coreypagano]

I just tried this for the first time when I went to Excalibur nursery last week. So good. Need to put one in the yard now. What kind of bamboo is that your next to?

[@growpuravida]

This is timor black bamboo, produces edible shoots. We made a video about it a short while ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5aWh3yrobWBjcU

[@coreypagano]

@@growpuravida thanks!

[@growpuravida]

you are welcome!

[@phoebekosaketh4316]

I been wanting to grow one I live up North but I want to grow in pot and when I move to Naples or Ft Myles I will bring it with me LOL I love them so hard to find up here even in Asian store I don’t see them selling the fruits.

[@growpuravida]

The tree grows so fast that it’s better to buy it when you move. If you buy it now and wait several years, it will get so root bound in the pot that it might never grow a proper root when you plant it in soil. We learned it the hard way, now we try to buy either very young trees in small gallon size, or plant from seed.

[@phoebekosaketh4316]

@@growpuravida Thank you I didn’t know that I thought I get a heads start and when I put it in the ground it will fruit sooner.

[@growpuravida]

yes, it goes for most vigorous growers, especially the ones with a strong tap root. When you choose a tree, check its growth rate. Some plants, like jaboticabas, for example, can live in pots for years and be pretty happy.

[@jolus6678]

Does this have to be grafted? I see seeds being sold by a reputable seller, but I don't know if it's worth growing from seed since they'd be on their own root.

[@growpuravida]

The Ziziphis mauritiana or Indian jujube sold here in nurseries in South FL are grafted to a wild thorny jujube variety. There is another more common jujube, the Chinese jujube, Ziziphus jujuba, that grows better in a bit colder climates. The rootstock uses a wild variety as tolerates the highly alkaline soil here. But i have heard people do airlayers too. I myself did two airlayers a few months ago and have not checked yet of their success. Will let you know if they succeed or not.

[@jolus6678]

​@@growpuravida , It's odd because I just did some reading on Indian jujube. All the articles claim the tree prefers neutral to alkaline soil. Also the University of Florida says it's considered potentially invasive and that wild specimens of Indian jujube have been documented growing in grasslands in Miami-dade, Broward, Glades, and Lee counties.

[@dlghenderson2837]

I have one that started from seed two years ago. It is miserably thorny. It's only the thornless that produce fruit, correct? Where do I find a branch like that to graft?

[@benjamin7627]

😂 the song

[@growpuravida]

glad you liked my wife's "art" 😹

[@jerrychen8032]

do you need two different variety to pollinate? or Indian Jujube is self-pollinate? thanks

[@growpuravida]

Self-pollinating, we only had one tree at that time

[@pn3940]

wish I can find some seeds so I can grow here in houston.

[@growpuravida]

Try Tropical Fruit Forum buy sell trade

[@pn3940]

@@growpuravida thanks for the info.

[@khanghuynh144]

Can we graft Indian jujube to Chinese li jujube ? Where can I buy Indian jujube scion thanks

[@growpuravida]

a wild thorny variety is used for rootstock, it's very suitable for Florida soil and doesn't mind high alkalinity/limestone.

[@AbidAli-bv2gl]

Where Can I get Jujube seeds/PlanT

[@growpuravida]

You can search through Tropical Fruit Forum sellers, that's where most good varieties in our garden come from.

[@reinahughes4849]

Can you please sale me some cutting please like 2litte sticks

[@growpuravida]

Sorry i’m not selling now

[@mariaarreola7499]

Hello, do you know where I can find one of those trees. Thank you goddess

[@growpuravida]

Depending on where you are in FL you can ask around at local nurseries, let us know your location and we can guide you. In FL they need to be grafted to a wild variety of Ziziphus.

[@tenchi216216]

Do you sale seed or cutting?

[@growpuravida]

Not at the moment

[@titanoverbite4005]

You sell cuttings

[@growpuravida]

We do some sales of plants or seeds through the Tropical Fruit forum' buy/sell page if we have extras of something but not as a permanent inventory

[@jasemsaaedy2491]

I need some cutting please do you sell them

[@growpuravida]

not at the moment

[@jasemsaaedy2491]

Please I need some I live in Australia it’s the time for it here

[@growpuravida]

Try Tropical Fruit Forum: tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?board=2.0 - there are great growers in Australia, like Mike T who know seemingly everything about tropical fruit.

[@gabbygarcia1618]

Do you have to peel the seed inside before planting it? or can you plant it as is?

[@growpuravida]

You can plant as it is, but here in Florida, the wild variety jujube seed is planted and then a better variety is grafted onto it. Wild variety jujube grows better in FL alkaline, sandy soil, has better resistant to pests.