Purchased a Jaboticaba (maybe three or four years old) from a local greenhouse two months ago. Brought it home, wired it and did a little trimming. In Montana so too cold to go outside now. It is on a sliding glass door on the south side of the house and receives lots of sunshine. House is never cooler than 67 degrees at night and 72 during the day. Watered it when the top started to look dry. Rotated the pot after each watering. Misted it at least twice daily. Have it setting in a rock tray with water to hopefully add a little humidity. Bottom of the pot is elevated out of rocks. It seemed to be doing fine and even a little new growth. In the last few days it has started dropping leaves. The bottom branch has none left and it is starting to lose them everywhere. Leaves have no yellowing or brown but are dark green. I was not aware of the tap water issue (which was always not pure cold, lightly warmed) so I watered it throughly a day ago with distilled water to try and clean out any thing in the soil. I have a small humidifier coming next week for additional humidity. I am very concerned about the tree. I have had juniper for three years so thought I would try a new species. The Brazillian grape intrigued me. Any suggestions to help would be greatly appreciated. Really hoping it can be saved. Or is this normal?
