Jaboticaba Owners, your fertilizer suggestions please

[Ali Bubba]

Hey guys. So after a year straight of my Jaboticaba throwing a fit and browning and then dropping all of its leaves to the point where I largely gave up on it and left it for dead, it finally came around and flushed out all new healthy growth and is even starting to back bud. At this point, I need to fertilize it badly as the leaves are all very light green... I haven't fertilized it in ages because it was so unhealthy, and the last time I did made things worse. I don't care to do anything else to piss it off, so any suggestion on your feeding protocols would be much appreciated.

 

[trigo]

What i observed with my jaboticabas is that they don't like osmocote or other chemical fertilizers... i fertilize mine with fish emulsion and biogold pellets, or bokashi that i make myself. Fish emulsion once a week and biogold or bokashi once a month.

 

[Ali Bubba]

What i observed with my jaboticabas is that they don't like osmocote or other chemical fertilizers... i fertilize mine with fish emulsion and biogold pellets, or bokashi that i make myself. Fish emulsion once a week and biogold or bokashi once a month.

Appreciate your input. I've found the same... I use Dynamite on most of my trees, but that doesn't work with my jaboticaba, instant brown tips.

 

[revelup]

I'm in Florida too. My jabos get fert once a week with MG. Most of my problems with these trees has always been a lack of proper watering. They like to be wet all the time. I'm sure you know of Dragon Tree Bonsai in Stuart but in case you don't Robert is very knowledgeable about these trees and has tons of them for sale.

 

[Theo Smith]

Hey guys. So after a year straight of my Jaboticaba throwing a fit and browning and then dropping all of its leaves to the point where I largely gave up on it and left it for dead, it finally came around and flushed out all new healthy growth and is even starting to back bud. At this point, I need to fertilize it badly as the leaves are all very light green... I haven't fertilized it in ages because it was so unhealthy, and the last time I did made things worse. I don't care to do anything else to piss it off, so any suggestion on your feeding protocols would be much appreciated.

Hey neighbor! I’ve noticed the browning is related to watering. Mine will develop brown tips if they go without watering for a day if the conditions are right, or wrong in this case . I had to leave town so, I placed them on a misting table with overhead micro sprayers, on a timer set to rainforest mode. I came back and they were sprouting bronze shoots everywhere! (Had me smiling and waving like Bob from the Enzyte commercials.)

FWIW I have a client in WPB, from Brazil that has two landscape specimens. He also says they’re a thirsty species. They just started flowering last month, pretty cool.

I use Osmocote Plus on them and it’s okay. But, since I’ve increased the water I’ve noticed chlorosis, going to give foliar applications of chelated liquid iron. It’s worked in the past. Please share any successful approaches/solutions you find.

 

[Theo Smith]

I'm in Florida too. My jabos get fert once a week with MG. Most of my problems with these trees has always been a lack of proper watering. They like to be wet all the time. I'm sure you know of Dragon Tree Bonsai in Stuart but in case you don't Robert is very knowledgeable about these trees and has tons of them for sale.

Agreed, proper watering is tricky with these. Also agree that Robert Pinder is a great man and I feel lucky to learn from him.

Sincerely,
Not Robert Pinder

 

[Carol 83]

I think @Clicio has some, maybe he can throw his 2 cents in.

 

[Ali Bubba]

I'm in Florida too. My jabos get fert once a week with MG. Most of my problems with these trees has always been a lack of proper watering. They like to be wet all the time. I'm sure you know of Dragon Tree Bonsai in Stuart but in case you don't Robert is very knowledgeable about these trees and has tons of them for sale.

I got this tree from him about 7 years ago and grew it out...it's prolly around 10 yrs old now. It did wonderfully for years and years in WPB and then just started throwing an endless tantrum when I moved an hour north. Robert said he thinks it's the change in water and I believe he's right. I've always watered profusely, but PSL has hella hard water and they don't seem to like it at all. It started to perk up again after I left it with him for a couple of months and then just went into a rage/death spiral when I brought it back home. That was about 7 months ago. It finally came around about a month ago. I guess it finally adapted to what's available. He also mentioned that they don't take kindly to being moved around too much or heavy root pruning.

 

[Ali Bubba]

I think @Clicio has some, maybe he can throw his 2 cents in.

I hope so... I've seen a pic of one of his jaboticabas, it's amazing.

 

[Ali Bubba]

Hey neighbor! I’ve noticed the browning is related to watering. Mine will develop brown tips if they go without watering for a day if the conditions are right, or wrong in this case . I had to leave town so, I placed them on a misting table with overhead micro sprayers, on a timer set to rainforest mode. I came back and they were sprouting bronze shoots everywhere! (Had me smiling and waving like Bob from the Enzyte commercials.)

FWIW I have a client in WPB, from Brazil that has two landscape specimens. He also says they’re a thirsty species. They just started flowering last month, pretty cool.

I use Osmocote Plus on them and it’s okay. But, since I’ve increased the water I’ve noticed chlorosis, going to give foliar applications of chelated liquid iron. It’s worked in the past. Please share any successful approaches/solutions you find.

I sure will man. I'm gonna be experimenting with the organic ferts and see what happens, I'll post results.

 

[Clicio]

Thanks, @Carol 83 for calling my attention.
As @trigo has just wrote, I do use Biogold and fish emulsion on mine, they love this combo.
But Jabus are very, very thirsty. I water mine twice a day from late spring to mid autumn, and keep watering them once a day during the winter.
Of course they are native here, so they thrive in our climate.

 

[Ali Bubba]

Thanks, @Carol 83 for calling my attention.
As @trigo has just wrote, I do use Biogold and fish emulsion on mine, they love this combo.
But Jabus are very, very thirsty. I water mine twice a day from late spring to mid autumn, and keep watering them once a day during the winter.
Of course they are native here, so they thrive in our climate.

Thanks for the input, I appreciate it.