Apple, Pawpaw, and Jujube care help

[yoderjac]

Both of these young trees are going to produce their first fruits this year

 

[catscratch]

Tigertooth?

We must have very different climates according to the jujube gods. I've never seen anywhere close to that many fruits on mine.

 

[yoderjac]

Yes, it is tigertooth. I bought bare root TIgertooth from Just Fruits and Exotics in Florida year a go. Those trees are full size and have been bearing heavily and reliably every year. It did take a while for them to start producing. These two trees are much younger. They came from root sprouts from the original trees. I dug up the sprouts with a little bit of root when dormant. I put them in 3 gal RB2 rootmakers for a season then planted them at the retirement property. This is the first year they are producing.

I'm in zone 7a. I as skeptical at first. I see most jujube producing in different climates than mine, but once the trees were old enough they really started producing heavily. The trees at the farm get zero care.

 

[RGrizzzz]

@yoderjac , you never mentioned what the pH of the soil is. Penn State offers soil testing and recommendations for fruit trees. It's pretty cheap. Add it to your to do list. I'd bet your trees will benefit from some lime.

 

[yoderjac]

@yoderjac , you never mentioned what the pH of the soil is. Penn State offers soil testing and recommendations for fruit trees. It's pretty cheap. Add it to your to do list. I'd bet your trees will benefit from some lime.

pH here is generally low. Before I planted the trees, I planted a food plot and amended with 4 tons/ac. Or soil is heavy clay, so lime moves slowly through the soil.