My Edible Fruit Trees: Jaboticaba Trees QLD

Jaboticaba - small leaf

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Full sun to part shade. Frost tolerant to -3C when established but protect from frost when young. Water well to encourage maximum crop yield. Do not over fertilise, although a small amount of slow release/organic fertiliser or organic matter such as compost mulch is fine. Prefers acid soils.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Jaboticaba Small Leaf Seedling (Seedling)

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Photo taken Jan10.

Nov 10th-30th 2010 fruiting period.  First tray of seeds (flesh off) put down 4/12/10 & 2nd batch of seeds are still fermenting the flesh off.

Planted: 1997

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2007 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Costada (Seedling) ^8/10

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Red Hybrid (Seedling) ^8/10

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Scarlet (Seedling) ^8/10

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Scarlet

Planted: 2018

Jaboticaba (Seedling) ^7/10

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Only new to my garden (sept 09) Growing well in the pot new shoots. Wil fertilize with the rest and prune if necessary.

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Jaboticaba

Planted: 2010

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Jaboticaba

Jaboticaba

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Like the yellow, but more common black fruit from the trunk of tree. Mine is not looking good after a neighbouring tree fell over, pulling this half out of the ground and drying it out. I have since put it in a pot with a bucket of water but I am unsure it will make it. Half its leaves are dead.

Height 70 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Jaboticaba

Comments: - Slow growing

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Jaboticaba

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I like the taste of the fruit and it doesn't seem to get attacked by fruit fly and such.

Pollination: No

Question:

It has never fruited and I'm wondering how long I have to wait or whether it needs something.

Jaboticaba

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Just a little seedling. Tough!

Pollination: No

Jaboticaba

Jaboticaba (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Love the intense grape-like flavour, and a very pretty small tree, delicate foliage. Mine won't be fruiting for a while. The one on the south side of my house is doing slightly better than the one on south-west. In my previous yard, the tree is almost 2m tall and still hasn't fruited after 6 years...but it will be worth it one day.

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Occasional organic liquid fertiliser

Jaboticaba (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - It seems truely exotic to grow grapes on a trunk. I can't wait till it gets over its planting shock. I have clay, rocky atrocious soil and hope it makes it.!!!!!

Planted: 2010

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pest Control: none. I have lovely magpies that seem to take care of most chomping critters

Jaboticaba ^10/10

Fruiting Months September and October

Planted: 2003

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Jaboticaba ^10/10

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Still in the pot.

Planted: 2009

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

Jaboticaba

Jaboticaba (Grafted) ^9/10

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Small neat looking tree. Fruit makes nice eat and also good to eat. In a good season it will fruit 3-4 times in summer.

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 1994

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1998 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cook poo

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control:

net

Organic Status:Organic

Jaboticaba

Fruiting Months September, October, November

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Jaboticaba

Jaboticaba (Seedling)

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Delicious fruit, sort of grape like in taste.  Can fruit several times a year, with only short time between flowering and harvesting.  May be many years though before tree starts bearing. Planted early Feb. and has grown 2-3 inches on most tips in 2 1/2 months. I planted in a mound over an under-ground spring - so far so good!

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus feed and Seasol -used sparingly

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Nil required yet.

Organic Status:Organic

Jaboticaba (Seedling)

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Atrractive tree, compact; looking forwards to making jam when it fruits as the Jaboticaba jam we have tried was amazing

Planted: 2003

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Jaboticaba (Grafted) ^7/10

Fruiting Months July and August

Planted: 2006

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Nothing so far

Jaboticaba ^10/10

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Jaboticaba is a terrific fruit tree for the home garden for many reasons.  It has an abundance of luscious fruit cannily hidden from scavenging birds as the fruit grows on the branches.  It is a particularly good "grazing" tree for children.  The fruit is sweet and juicy - between a grape and a lychee in flavour - and is not something you will find at the fruit shop.  It makes a wonderful screen so would be a great tree to share with the neighbours.  The branches are not so visible but have an attractive white bark.  It needs very little maintenance and the fruit seems to be untroubled by fruit fly or any other pests.  I have never pruned mine and it is a lovely dense shape,

If there is a negative it is the fact that it may take a few years before the first crop but it more than makes up for that once it starts to bear with heaps of fruit in spring and autumn.  There is also a short time between blossom and fruit.  Mine are still green but will be a beautiful dark purple within a couple of weeks.

Another bonus is that a bowl of freshly picked fruit is always a welcome gift.  Many people have never tried them but when they do they are hooked.

I wouldn't be without a jaboticaba in my garden.

Comments

Good info Brizzie!

Looks really nice. Would you consider selling a few pieces of scion wood from your already fruiting Jabo next time you prune the trees so that I can graft onto my 2 year old? Here in cold Melbourne, this is taking even longer than average fruiting age. Thanks Pra

Jaboticaba (Seedling) ^5/10

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Dec 2012........Have had this tree for about 8/9 years now.........and I am just getting my first crop now.  We had quite a dry spell (few months), and as soon as the rain came, it was covered in flowers, and yesterday I picked about 20 fruit the size of  20 cent peices.  I bit into the first one, and there was a very bitter taste.......but that's just the skin, and once you are inside, the pulp is delicious!!!!  The pulp seems to hold on to the seed though, so you don't get much from each fruit........but the seed is lovely to suck on.

This tree on a bank in part shade, and I never feed it........it just gets leaf litter from an avocado further up the bank.

Great tree, and very easy to look after.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: mulch. Seaweed fert.

Pest Control:

None as yet, as it hasn't

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

Looks really nice. Would you consider selling a few pieces of scion wood from your Jabo next time you prune the tree? Here in cold Melbourne, this is taking even longer than average fruiting age. Thanks Pra

Jaboticaba ^6/10

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Have not tasted the fruit yet. My tree is in the ground for nearly four years now and I hope it starts fruiting soon. Grows well.

Planted: 2007

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Jaboticaba (Seedling) ^6/10

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Jaboticaba ^8/10

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Growing well.

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring