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Richard
04-25-2014, 05:50 PM
Here's a closeup of blossoms on my Li Jujube:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=55885&size=1
barnetmill
04-25-2014, 06:45 PM
I have two of jujube now planted and hope to buy and propagate more of them. Florida is kind of not as much avant-garde as is california with non-mainline american fruit. So jujube is not something that you find normally for sale around here. We have an increasing asian community from diverse countries that are all familiar with jujube and so with time there should be a market for them. apparently jujube also dry well and keep very well when dry. Not so many diseases and the most critters other than birds leave them alone. I notice fireants will go for them when they fall on the ground. IIRC Fortunately California and the west coast does not yet have fireants; thank god for that.
Richard
04-25-2014, 07:24 PM
The Li cultivar is self-fruitful and outstanding. The jujube plant contains cyanotoxins in the form of cyclic peptide alkaloids and so pests leave it alone for the most part. On the otherhand, the fruit should not be eaten until ripe.
barnetmill
04-26-2014, 07:11 AM
The Li cultivar is self-fruitful and outstanding. The jujube plant contains cyanotoxins in the form of cyclic peptide alkaloids and so pests leave it alone for the most part. On the otherhand, the fruit should not be eaten until ripe.
Apparently jujube has a role in asian medicine. Apparently IIRC it is the fruit of the wild type that is used. The sprouts from the roots can used to grow the smaller fruit that is so used and it does not taste good.
Richard
04-26-2014, 10:16 AM
Apparently jujube has a role in asian medicine. Apparently IIRC it is the fruit of the wild type that is used. The sprouts from the roots can used to grow the smaller fruit that is so used and it does not taste good.
It is true that the wild species and plants grown from seed (or root sprouts of same) have smaller fruit. The cultivar "Li" is of asian origin.
merce3
04-26-2014, 04:13 PM
i saw one of these today at a local event. tastes great.
luisport
07-04-2017, 12:12 PM
I have one Li and one Lang jujube. It's the first year on the ground and they are full of flowers. It seams Li is getting with a lot of small fruits... lets see if they stand!
Li jujube tree
https://s15.postimg.org/k1qwax24n/li_jujube_tree.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/k1qwax24n/)
Lang jujube tree
https://s1.postimg.org/4y730pul7/lang_jujube.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/4y730pul7/)
aruzinsky
07-13-2017, 09:02 AM
Is this the source of the gum used to make the original Jujube and Jujyfruit candies? When I was a child in the 1950s, when I bit down on a Jujube candy, my teeth stuck together so much that I could barely open my mouth. Sadly, this no longer happens with the modern version which no longer contains jujube gum.
Richard
07-14-2017, 12:37 AM
I believe you'll find that true "Li" will out perform "Lang" in a few years.
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