leatherback
The Treedeemer
Let's share our experiences on growing jabuticaba outside the tropics!
Jabuticaba outside the tropics!
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penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
Year one, inside, did pretty well.
Year two, outside for summer, died. I believe it had a root problem. Had too many other plants to care for and it suffered.
All I have. Expensive trees, I will stay with my ficus.
Year two, outside for summer, died. I believe it had a root problem. Had too many other plants to care for and it suffered.
All I have. Expensive trees, I will stay with my ficus.
LittleDingus
Omono
Welp, this thread is off to a depressing start 
I've been considering getting one of these too...any positive experiences out there??
I've been considering getting one of these too...any positive experiences out there??
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Bought one as a full sized plant from a market. Chopped back and rootreduction to meet sanitation requirements.
In fall it got home. Planted in a pot and by April it looked great:
A cleanup and wire in summer gave a great image:
I wired and pruned it when I brought it inside in fall. Interestingly: Instead of pushing buds on the pruned and wired branches, it popped new branches on the trunk. This week I removed the wires AND the new branches. Lets see how it response.
Winter position last and this year: South-ish facing window, on top of the radiator.
In fall it got home. Planted in a pot and by April it looked great:
A cleanup and wire in summer gave a great image:
I wired and pruned it when I brought it inside in fall. Interestingly: Instead of pushing buds on the pruned and wired branches, it popped new branches on the trunk. This week I removed the wires AND the new branches. Lets see how it response.
Winter position last and this year: South-ish facing window, on top of the radiator.
coltranem
Chumono
I have 3. All fairly small. The two oldest I have had for 3 years. They spend the summer outside and come in when it gets below 40 F. Inside I put them under a grow light in my basement. The temps stay low to mid 60s F. Humidity is over 50%. They have grown well for me but the material still needs lots of work.
This one I am trying to ground layer to improve the base.
This one I am trying to ground layer to improve the base.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Clicio
Masterpiece
Well, this is what happens when you defoliate one of those...
leatherback
The Treedeemer
What A Beast!
The brazilian puts all non-brazilians to shame with his brazilien grape!
The brazilian puts all non-brazilians to shame with his brazilien grape!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Clicio
Masterpiece
But yours is way younger than mine.
It will get there for sure.
BTW are the lower branchlets left there to thicken up the base?
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Yes. But they are SO Much weaker than the rest of the tree, I am pretty sure they will never make an impact so am contemplating removing them
trigo
Mame
I don't know why, but jaboticabas new branchlets are really floppy, if you want them to get stronger wire them with the tips upwards and you will see them really grow.
trigo
Mame
Beautiful jaboticaba clicio, is it sabara?
Clicio
Masterpiece
leatherback
The Treedeemer
grower or variety?
trigo
Mame
Variety, Sabará has a darker bark color and smaller leafs
Purchased a Jaboticaba (maybe three or four years old) from a local greenhouse two months ago. Brought it home, wired it and did a little trimming. In Montana so too cold to be outside now. It is on a sliding glass door on the south side of the house and receives lots of sunshine. House is never cooler than 67 degrees at night and 72 during the day. Watered it when the top starts to look dry. Rotate the pot after each watering. Mist it at least twice daily. Have it setting in a rock tray with water to hopefully add a little humidity. Bottom of the pot is elevated out of rocks. It seemed to be doing fine and even a little new growth. In the last few days it has started dropping leaves. The bottom branch has none left and it is starting to lose them everywhere. Leaves have no yellowing or brown but are dark green. I was not aware of the tap water issue (which was always not pure cold, lightly warmed) so I watered it throughly a day ago with distilled water to try and clean out any thing in the soil. I have a small humidifier coming next week for additional humidity. I am very concerned about the tree. I have a three year old juniper so thought I would try a new species. The Brazillian grape intrigued me. Any suggestions to help would be greatly appreciated. Really hoping it can be saved.
Leatherback's care post has me hopeful it will bounce back. Seeing what his stump developed into is impressive. Just wish it wasn't still four months before it can go outside. First pic is right after I got it and 2nd pic is today. Sloppy wiring as I was trying to keep it loose.
