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- Posted by bhawkins 8A Dallas (bobhawkins695@gmail.com) on Mon, Jan 5, 15 at 19:05
| Wow, these are neat! I wish I knew chinese. But I see limbs being tied down, recommendations as to height, high density planting, scoring of limbs, a lot of the pruning looks like apple tree pruning..I'll watch again! |
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| A lot of that is for commercial production, not for home use. The pesticide use is very extensive. They can have more than a double chemicals used on Jujube trees. I figure with the high density planting, the trees would probably be replaced in about 10-15 years or so. Old wood is not productive... |
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| Don't jujube fruit on new wood each year? Is it just that the oldest branches don't put out much new wood, thus not making much fruit? I also noticed that some of the pruning left (and shortened) several shoots coming from close to the rootstock. Is this designed to create a shrub/bush, rather than a tree. I was wondering about this the other day, as my So is really just a bush, rather than a tree. I'm curious how hard it would be to do that with some other cultivars. So is supposed to be more dwarfing, so it could be easier than with others. I suppose one option would be to use a So interstem... |
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| Tony, Do you have good harvest for jujube in your zone 5 area? Tom |
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| Tom I got about 90 fruits from my 5 yrs old LI last season. I should get some fruits from the Lang, Sugarcane, and Honey Jar this coming season. The Tigertooth, So, Shanxi Li, Shihong, and Winter Delights are newly grafted this past summer. Tony |
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