Wee lil’ jaboticaba

[Eckhoffw]

The Friends School of St. Paul, MN. Has an annual spring plant sale. It’s a crazy event. First come first served to a huge array of plants over 3 days.

Even though I got there the second day real early, most everything I was looking for was gone.
Went home with some annuals for my wife, and this. Since I’ve seen these used as nice bonsai, I grabbed it up.

Day of purchase, it looked a little sparse.

Fast forward to recent: filling out nicely.
I hope to give it the right care wintering it indoors.

 

[pandacular]

What are your plans for it? It's already looking like a pretty nice little shohin!

 

[Clicio]

The Friends School of St. Paul, MN. Has an annual spring plant sale. It’s a crazy event. First come first served to a huge array of plants over 3 days.

Even though I got there the second day real early, most everything I was looking for was gone.
Went home with some annuals for my wife, and this. View attachment 501998Since I’ve seen these used as nice bonsai, I grabbed it up.

Day of purchase, it looked a little sparse.

Fast forward to recent: filling out nicely.View attachment 502000View attachment 502001View attachment 502002
I hope to give it the right care wintering it indoors.

@leatherback has a very nice Jaboticaba that he winters inside. He lives in northern Germany.

 

[Eckhoffw]

What are your plans for it? It's already looking like a pretty nice little shohin!

As of now, I’m just going to let it grow with occasional prunes and up-potting in the future.

 

[leatherback]

Cool! We need a jabuticaba growers thread!

@leatherback has a very nice Jaboticaba that he winters inside. He lives in northern Germany.

It is a bit bare at the moment though. Pruned it back to branch stumps 6 weeks ago and it has been cold and raining ever since.
Did I mention I probably have managed to root cuttings of it?

 

[milehigh_7]

Love love love, a very cool species!

 

[Eckhoffw]

My Little guy has almost completely shed its leaves.
I don’t believe it got too dry, but it’s possible.
We will see.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Well it jumped back with some new leaves a couple of months ago. After it started to fill out, I took the plunge and got it out of the 4” nursery can. We will see how it does.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Does anyone have some recommendations on how to get this guy healthy again?
Growth has been at a standstill, and as you can see leaves our pale green to white.

I’ve fed it acid loving granules, and have begun only using rain water.

Thank you!

 

[Bavarian Raven]

I have a few indoors - growing in an attempt to get them to fruit (in canada ). During the winter, when I bring them inside, they dont need much light at all to survive and even put out a few flushes of growth. Window light is more than enough.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Photo update after small prune today. I’m leaving it bushy to push thickening, but had to snip away some shading long growth.

 

[Eckhoffw]

Another trim up.

 

[Dabbler]

cute little tree!

 

[Eckhoffw]

Got a little artsy-fartsy with the cool sunlight coming through the backdrop.
The little guy seems to be doing pretty good.

We’ll see how it winters this year.