Jabuticaba care?
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Clicio
Masterpiece
Nope, time is the correct answer. They bloom and show fruits after 10 years or more, from seed. Some take as long as 18 years.
But if yours is an air layer or from a wooden cutting, it may flower soon.
My big one is quite old, but unfortunately no fruits yet. Patience and faith in the nature.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Mine had fruits when I bought it!
Clicio
Masterpiece
So it will happen. Here they flower in the Fall.
Santa Rosa Tree Guy
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I live in Northern California, Sonoma area where temperatures drop a little below freezing and frequently daily frosts during the winter. I have grown several Jabuticabas outdoors for 10 years. Even the coldest years did not produce more than a few cold-burned leaves. I have taken cuttings and rooted them easily as well. But for you, I'd recommend draping Frost Cloth over them and keeping them close to a building.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Almost time to get this inside. Just a few more days. People say these can take light frost, so a few more days outside should be ok..
Clicio
Masterpiece
It's on the way to become an wonderful bonsai, Jelle. Congrats, now let's hope for the fruits!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Trimmed, wired, partially defoliated and moved inside today..
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Today was a scissors day..
trigo
Mame
you are trying to develop those lower branches? i would remove them if this was my tree, in nature jaboticabas are more like broom style or flat top.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Complete lack of taper in the trunk, so I thought I would let these develop a few years and aid lower trunk thickening.
Do you have any images of this species as it grows naturally?
trigo
Mame
Taking in consideration what i've seen around here in brazil, with more developed material, jaboticabas are really hard to get taper using suckers on the base, you are probably going to get a bulge that you will have to cut and heal, getting inverse taper on the process. The more commom aproach here is to use sacrificial branches on the top of the tree, cutting them after getting the desired thickness and carving in the cut to get the desired taper. They can close really big wounds.
I do have some pictures:
trigo
Mame
one option you have is this:
the wound will be big, but they do close, that way you can get a really nice taper. if you want to thicken up the base, or get a better nebari, i would let the top 2 branches grow freely to the right and cut them where i marked after.
the wound will be big, but they do close, that way you can get a really nice taper. if you want to thicken up the base, or get a better nebari, i would let the top 2 branches grow freely to the right and cut them where i marked after.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Do remember my effective growing season is 4-5 months per year.
trigo
Mame
well, better try to avoid large wounds then... but i would still remove those bottom branches, i don't think they will serve you any good to thicken up the base and if they get thicker you will have wounds to close when you remove them.
I just got a jaboticaba for the sweet price of free 99. The only thing is, is that it looks pretty pitiful. What are your fertilizing regime? I know they take alot of water but what about their tolerance to different fertilizers? Would high nitrogen be a bad idea? I basically want to maximize growth as much as possible.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
mine gets fertilized as much as my other bonsai and it grows quite well. Indeed, nice and wet.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Do you keep it in full sun in the summer? I have a small greenhouse that I keep most of my trees that are in early development. The high heat/humidity keeps my trees pushing pretty hard. I figured the high humidity will be good for growing this jabo, I plan on putting it into a large pot to maximize growth and I will be putting it in a 50% organic, 25% lava, 25% expanded slate. I'm in wnc in the U.S. which is zone 7a. Max temp we get in the summer can reach low triple digits but we stay at nearly 80-90 percent humidity. Do you think that is too intense for full sun or should I invest in some shade cloth? Sorry for all of the questions but I can't seem to find too much on the specifics of care.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
I do but it is not always happy when we get wind on top
