Thai Jujube Live Plant – Grafted Tree – 2-3 Feet Tall – 3 Gallon Pot

Overview

Introduce a taste of the tropics to your garden with the exquisite Thai Jujube live plant. Also known as the ‘apple of the tropics,’ this unique fruit tree offers a delightful blend of crisp texture and sweet flavor, reminiscent of a fresh apple. Our grafted jujube tree is a live plant specimen, standing proudly at 2-3 feet tall and shipped in a 3-gallon pot, ensuring a robust start in your landscape. Originating from Southeast Asia, the Thai Jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana) is celebrated for its rapid growth and abundant fruiting, making it a highly rewarding choice for both novice and experienced gardeners. This particular variety is known for its prolific production, often bearing fruit within just two to three years of planting. Experience the joy of harvesting your own exotic fruit with this exceptional Thai Jujube live plant.

The jujube fruit, often referred to as manzana or manzanita in Spanish, is a significant commercial crop in countries like Thailand, Vietnam, and India. While it thrives in tropical climates, it can adapt to various warm temperate zones, becoming a valuable addition to many home orchards. Its bush-like form and weeping habit create an attractive silhouette, adding ornamental value even before the fruit appears. This grafted jujube tree ensures genetic purity and robust performance, providing you with a reliable source of fresh, homegrown jujubes for years to come.

Key Benefits

Adding a Thai Jujube live plant to your garden offers a multitude of benefits, from its delicious fruit to its ease of care and ornamental appeal. This versatile tree is an excellent investment for any gardener looking to expand their fruit collection.

• Prolific Fruit Production: Enjoy an abundance of sweet, crisp, apple-like jujube fruits. This variety is known for being an extremely prolific producer, ensuring a generous harvest once established.
• Early Fruiting: Unlike many fruit trees, this grafted jujube tree can begin bearing fruit at a young age, typically within two to three years, allowing you to enjoy your harvest sooner.
• Unique Flavor and Texture: The fruit boasts a delightful texture and flavor often compared to an apple, making it a refreshing and exotic treat for snacking, desserts, or culinary creations.
• Drought Tolerance: Once established, jujube trees are remarkably resilient and can tolerate periods of drought, making them suitable for various climates and water-conscious gardening.
• Low Maintenance: This tree is relatively low-maintenance, requiring minimal care once settled. Its adaptability makes it a great choice for gardeners seeking rewarding results without extensive effort.
• Ornamental Appeal: With its bush-like growth and graceful weeping habit, the Thai Jujube live plant also serves as an attractive feature in your landscape, providing both beauty and bounty.
• Versatile Culinary Uses: The fresh fruit can be eaten raw, dried, or used in jams, jellies, and desserts, offering diverse culinary possibilities right from your backyard.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Thai Jujube live plant is straightforward, ensuring a healthy tree and abundant fruit. These trees are known for their resilience and adaptability, making them a joy to grow. For optimal growth and fruiting, selecting the right location and providing consistent care is crucial. The grafted jujube tree prefers a location that receives full sun, meaning at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day. Adequate light is essential for fruit development and overall tree vigor.

When it comes to watering, young trees require regular moisture to establish a strong root system. Once mature, the Thai Jujube live plant becomes quite drought-tolerant, but consistent watering during dry spells, especially when fruiting, will ensure a more bountiful harvest. Aim for well-draining soil; jujubes do not like soggy roots. A loamy or sandy loam soil enriched with organic matter is ideal. For fertilization, a balanced fruit tree fertilizer applied in early spring and mid-summer can promote healthy growth and fruit production. Pruning should be done in late winter or early spring to shape the tree, remove dead or crossing branches, and encourage air circulation and light penetration, which are vital for a healthy grafted jujube tree. Monitor for common pests like aphids or scale insects, and treat with organic pest control methods if necessary.

The Thai Jujube is generally hardy in USDA Zones 9-11, thriving in warm climates. While it can tolerate some cooler temperatures, protection may be needed in areas prone to hard freezes. Growing jujube at home is a rewarding experience, and with these tips, you’ll be well on your way to enjoying fresh, homegrown fruit.

Size & Details

This Thai Jujube live plant is a vigorous specimen, measuring approximately 2 to 3 feet tall from the base of the plant to the top of its foliage upon arrival. It is carefully nurtured and shipped in a 3-gallon nursery pot, providing a well-established root system ready for transplanting into your garden or a larger container. The tree exhibits a bush-like growth habit with a natural weeping form, which adds to its aesthetic appeal. Expect a moderate to fast growth rate, quickly developing into a productive fruit tree. This grafted jujube tree is designed for early fruiting, often beginning to bear its delicious apple-like fruit within its second or third year, offering quick gratification for your efforts in growing jujube at home. It’s an ideal size for starting your home orchard and will continue to grow and flourish with proper care.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this plant get? A: This Thai Jujube live plant is shipped at 2-3 feet tall. With proper care, it can grow into a sizable bush or small tree, reaching heights of 15-30 feet, though it can be kept smaller with pruning.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: The grafted jujube tree is shipped in a sturdy 3-gallon nursery pot, ensuring its roots are well-protected and ready for planting upon arrival.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Thai Jujube live plant is primarily an outdoor fruit tree, best suited for warm climates. In colder zones, it can be grown in a large container and moved indoors during winter.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: This fruit tree thrives in full sun, requiring at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily for optimal growth and fruit production.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, growing jujube at home is relatively easy. Jujube trees are known for their resilience, drought tolerance, and low maintenance once established, making them suitable for beginners.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your Thai Jujube live plant will arrive carefully packaged, healthy, and hydrated, ready for planting. We take great care to ensure the plant’s safe journey.
• Q: How long until it blooms and fruits? A: This grafted jujube tree is known for early fruiting, often producing fruit within 2-3 years of planting, though some may fruit sooner depending on conditions.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: Thai Jujubes are best suited for USDA Hardiness Zones 9-11. If you are in a colder zone, consider growing it in a container and providing winter protection.
• Q: Can I use the fruit in cooking? A: Absolutely! The fresh fruit from your Thai Jujube live plant is delicious raw and can also be used in various culinary applications like drying, making jams, jellies, or even wine.
• Q: What is the best soil type for this tree? A: Jujube trees prefer well-draining soil, ideally a loamy or sandy loam. Good drainage is crucial to prevent root rot.