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

Overview

Experience the joy of growing your own exotic fruit with the Thai Jujube live plant. Often referred to as “manzana” or “manzanita” (meaning apple or little apple in Spanish) due to its crisp texture and sweet flavor, the Thai Jujube is a highly prized fruit tree. This particular offering is a grafted tree, ensuring robust growth and earlier fruit production. Standing 2 to 3 feet tall and shipped in a 3-gallon pot, this grafted jujube tree is ready to thrive in your garden or a large container. Originating from regions like Thailand, Vietnam, and India, the jujube tree is celebrated for its abundant harvests and relatively easy care, making it an excellent choice for both experienced gardeners and enthusiastic beginners looking for a unique and rewarding fruit-bearing plant.

The jujube tree, with its attractive weeping habit, not only provides delicious fruit but also adds ornamental value to your landscape. This resilient fruit tree begins bearing fruit at a young age, typically within two to three years, quickly rewarding your efforts. Its prolific nature ensures a generous supply of fresh jujubes, perfect for eating fresh, drying, or incorporating into various culinary creations. Discover the satisfaction of cultivating this fascinating and productive fruit tree.

Key Benefits

The Thai Jujube live plant offers a multitude of benefits, making it a valuable addition to any garden or orchard. Its unique characteristics provide both aesthetic appeal and practical advantages:

• Prolific Fruit Production: Known for being extremely prolific, this tree will provide abundant harvests of delicious, apple-like fruit, ensuring you have plenty for fresh consumption and other uses.
• Early Fruiting: As a grafted tree, it typically begins to bear fruit at just two to three years of age, much sooner than seed-grown trees, allowing you to enjoy fresh jujubes quicker.
• Unique Flavor and Texture: The fruit boasts a crisp texture and sweet, apple-like flavor, making it a delightful and healthy snack directly from the tree.
• Ornamental Value: With its attractive bush-like form and weeping habit, the grafted jujube tree adds a distinctive and beautiful touch to your garden landscape.
• Adaptable Growth: While originating from tropical regions, jujube trees are surprisingly adaptable and can thrive in various climates, provided they receive adequate sunlight and proper care.
• Drought Tolerance: Once established, jujube trees are relatively drought-tolerant, making them a good choice for water-wise gardening.
• Versatile Use: The fresh jujubes can be enjoyed raw, dried like dates, or used in preserves, desserts, and other dishes, offering culinary versatility.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Thai Jujube live plant is relatively straightforward, ensuring a bountiful harvest with proper attention. Jujube trees thrive in full sun, requiring at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight daily for optimal growth and fruit production. They are quite tolerant of various soil types but prefer well-draining soil. A sandy loam or loamy soil enriched with organic matter is ideal. Avoid heavy clay soils that retain too much moisture, as this can lead to root rot. When planting, ensure the graft union (the swollen area on the trunk where the scion was joined to the rootstock) remains above the soil line.

Watering should be consistent, especially during the tree’s establishment phase. Water deeply once or twice a week, allowing the top few inches of soil to dry out between waterings. Once established, the grafted jujube tree becomes more drought-tolerant, but regular watering during dry spells will encourage better fruit development. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced fertilizer, or one slightly higher in phosphorus to promote flowering and fruiting. Pruning is best done in late winter or early spring while the tree is dormant. Focus on removing dead or crossing branches and shaping the tree to maintain an open structure for good air circulation and sunlight penetration. This also helps in managing the tree’s size and encouraging new growth that will bear fruit. Understanding how to grow jujube successfully involves these key practices, ensuring a healthy and productive tree for years to come.

Size & Details

This Thai Jujube live plant is a vigorous grafted tree, standing approximately 2 to 3 feet tall from the base of the pot to the top of the foliage. It is shipped in a robust 3-gallon nursery pot, providing a well-established root system ready for transplanting. Jujube trees typically exhibit a moderate to fast growth rate, especially in warm climates, and can reach mature heights of 15-30 feet, though they can be kept smaller with proper pruning. The weeping habit contributes to its graceful appearance. Expect this tree to begin producing fruit within two to three years of planting, offering a quick return on your gardening investment. The plant will arrive healthy and ready to be acclimated to its new environment, whether planted in the ground or transferred to a larger container.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this Thai Jujube live plant get? A: This grafted tree is currently 2-3 feet tall and can reach a mature height of 15-30 feet, though its size can be managed with regular pruning.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: The Thai Jujube live plant is shipped in a 3-gallon nursery pot, providing a healthy root system for transplanting.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: Jujube trees are primarily outdoor plants, thriving in full sun. They can be grown in large containers outdoors on patios or balconies in suitable climates.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: For optimal growth and fruit production, the grafted jujube tree requires at least 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? Is it good for beginners? A: Yes, jujube trees are relatively low-maintenance once established, making them a good option for beginners interested in learning how to grow jujube.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your jujube tree will arrive as a healthy, live plant, carefully packaged to ensure its safe journey and ready for planting.
• Q: How long until it blooms and produces fruit? A: As a grafted tree, it typically begins to bear fruit within two to three years after planting.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: Jujube trees are quite hardy and can tolerate temperatures down to about 0°F (-18°C) once established. We recommend checking your specific USDA hardiness zone for best results.
• Q: What’s the minimum temperature it can tolerate? A: Established jujube trees can generally withstand winter temperatures as low as 0°F (-18°C), though protection is advised for younger plants in colder zones.
• Q: What kind of fruit does a prolific fruit tree like this produce? A: This tree produces delicious jujubes, which have a crisp texture and a sweet, apple-like flavor. They are excellent eaten fresh or dried.