The Moment of Truth!!! Lang Jujube Harvest and Taste Test | Li vs. Lang
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After a year in the ground, it's finally time for my Lang jujube harvest and taste test! I compare the Lang jujube to the more popular Li jujube. Our kids have LOVED harvesting and eating jujubes, which taste great across their stages of ripening. The jujube is a very drought and heat tolerant plant (thank goodness, with the temps we had this year!), and do great in many climates. The Li and Lang jujube produced an excellent crop this year, and we're excited to share with you!
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We have been growing chestnuts for 30+ years and selling them to the local Asian market.
About 6 years ago, the new man they hired handed me some jujube and said. "you grow these" I looked into them, and asked around and people said they didn't really grow well around here. I told them what I thought next delivery. Then the guy called the owner over and he said "you come see my house tree"
Well, his tree was loaded with probably 500 fruit and was in about 100 sf of space. It looked to be 15 yrs old or so. A Li, of course.
So, at 60 years old, I finally started planting them. We got a small crop last year and it's pretty exciting to have a new addition to the other things we grow. Wish I had started them 30 years ago. Have 11 grafted now and maybe 25 growing as root stock for grafting.
What a great tree to plant. Great family too.
That's so cool! These are like a little wonder fruit
I am actually having my jujube desert now while watching your video. I usually made paste from the dried jujube (rehydrated), and I use it as a sugar substitute for baking and desert. So yummy!
Sounds great! Our family is probably more addicted to Jujube than anything else in the orchard
How do you make this?
Li and Lang are hardy to around -15F or more in zone 6b kansas full sun. Some others like Sugarcane and HoneyJar may be a bit more hardy and have taken around -22F undamaged further north. You have nice trees thanks for raising awareness!
These are amazing and versatile trees! My recommended low maintenance fruit for growers in colder regions. Hardy down to Zone FIVE!!!
Your kids are so darling! It’s awesome they eat fruits that’s not so common.
Yes they are! I love the variety of interesting fruit they get to try. Jujubes are hard not to love!
I loved seeing them in this video too! So cute!
Your kids are SO ADORABLE 😍
Thank you! We love them lots
Jujube grows well in many climates, from the hottest places around, hardy down to -5 degrees! If your local nursery doesn't carry jujube trees, you can consider mailed options like this one: amzn.to/3ku8Bsn How was your jujube harvest this year?
in China, we boil dried ones in the winter with things like Tremella fuciformis, supposed to be very good for your health and good for women.
Out of stock ! I really want a couple of trees
We just moved and have a Jujube tree in our yard amongst some other unique trees. When do you harvest? We are very happy to have stumbled upon your channel!
That is awesome! Jujube is usually a late summer/fall harvest for us
@@TheBusyGardener Thanks so much! We have the same mountains in our backyard so I’m guessing it will be the same for us! 😉 We appreciate the guidance!
Wow,like watching you and your kids picking and eating jujubes.
We love that fruit!
Your Jujube trees look great! I am planning on planting my jujubes soon. I got them from the Nursery in January and they are bare root but in pots already (no leaves yet). I Plan to prune/cut them to 20 inches from the ground also like you did but I am tremendously petrified at the thought. Would you please make another video showing the growth habit of your jujubes. I would like to see the way the branches grew (and from which node of the tree) it grew from. I am hoping your sharing of the way your trees grew will give me the confidence in pruning my jujubes. Thank you in advance. God bless and take care always.
Make the cut, Lise! This initial pruning cut is best done as the trees are young, vs. the stress it would add to a mature tree. I've got some other jujube vids which should help you gain the confidence! Here is a vid of when I first made the pruning cut on the "Lang" jujube: th-cam.com/video/tS2M6chPEhI/w-d-xo.html
Mind blowing and amazing
great fruits, I'm planting from seeds! thanks for the videos, watched the other video too.
Awesome! It'll be neat to see what kind of characteristics your planted-from-seed jujubes have. Thanks for watching!
Hi busy gardener. I bougth a lang jujube for the north of France. The climate is similar to south england. When was the harvesting time for you? Do the Lang jujube are too much acid when not fully matured (some green left)?
Congrats on your tree! The "Lang" needs a pollinator (like "Li") to reliably set fruit. For us, harvest time begins in September. I haven't found immature fruit to be especially acidic. More like unripe apple in my experience.
thank you for your aswer. I bought a Li and i ll put it very close (1m) to the lang one (close to as you did). Best regards,
@@rorororo1849 Fantastic! Happy growing
would love to know how they compare to honey jar..
This is my favorite fruit ever :)
They're so good. We're obsessed!
how sweet is it? Compare to other fruit. You have very cute kids.
Interesting to see you picking them with any green or unwrinkled. I love them when they're wrinkled and brown on the inside, but don't care for them a ton if there's any tint of green on the inside.
The kids seem to grab them at all stages, lol. I prefer them firm and brown (before they wrinkle), and a bunch of the ones that weren't on pruned branches remained on the tree till then. I like them as sweet, but as juicy-ish as possible.
@@TheBusyGardener I've refined what I look for a little. I like them the best just after the whole thing softens up. They don't necessarily need to start to wrinkle. If they dry to much, they start to get hard, at which point I don't care for them as much.
I just sent some home with my GF last weekend, and she said her Aunt like's them best when they're green and juicy. I don't know if my trees are different, but every single one I've had that wasn't brown and soft had a slight green tint to the inside, had and unripe flavor, and weren't very juicy to me.
I want to plant a jujube tree. From your review, Lang jujube tastes better than Li. Is Lang jujube a self pollinated tree?
"Li" is self fruitful, and "Lang" requires a pollinator. "Li" pollinates "Lang"
im asking about jujube invasiveness because i want to buy one for my yard and i have alot of other fruit trees
Question: have you done much grafting with this plant?
Nope! I haven't grafted any of it. I AM propagating a few cuttings to see how they do
@@TheBusyGardener Have you been able to get the cuttings to root?
if you were to plant only one jujube variety, which one would it be?
i'm trying to collect as many votes as possible before committing and buying a tree, cos they're oh so expensive in australia 😅 (they're usually $120 plus post, so i don't think i'll buy more than one tree to try)
Li jujube is your best bet if you're only going to plant one. It's self-fruitful, has excellent fruit, and I've seen it respond very well in our climate.
Li is better than Lang
Hi, I just bought two 15 gal jujube trees (sugarcane and ga866). I don't have a big backyard, I'm wondering how far does the 2 trees has to be away from each other? Or what's the closest distance I can plant them from one another? I also bought a fuyu and saijo persimmon trees, 2 guava tree. I want them all planted towards the back fence. Which is probably about 60 linear ft. I would love your inputs. Thanks
You normally want cross-pollinating trees as close as possible (or as close as your landscape layout/design allows). I've got my jujubes planted 3 feet apart, from trunk to trunk. I don't see any issue planting those trees at the back fence line, as long as you keep anything which needs its neighbor's pollen planted near (ideally next to) each other.
@@TheBusyGardener thank you for your response. Now I'm more confident 😌. BTW I have bunch of dragonfruits too, started after I saw your video. Thz brother.
Jujubes have two types of branches, annual (that fall off in the winter) and permanent. The fruit only grows on the annual ones, which by their nature can only be "this year's growth". But permanent branches can also be this year's growth, yet the fruit won't form on them, only other annual branches. So it's not completely accurate to say that jujubes grow on this year's growth. They grow on annual branches. :)
That’s interesting. I hear they are tricky to trim.
We growth jujube tree varity that size is smallest than this and dried on tree
Hello fresh jujube tree in July
Exciting! 😃
Tasty...Can we get a more specific description of the flavors, Dad, lol? Okay, the girls describe it as sweet, juicy, and crunchy. Thanks, kiddos! 😆
The kiddos adore these kinds, even when they haven't got the vocab 😂
I have Lang , GA866, and honey Jar jujube tree on my garden
I'm seriously going to get a couple more jujubes!
@@TheBusyGardener with honey jar and sugar can jujube gives fruit earlier than others and is very sweet and crunchy
Does it grow in tropical countries?
Are there a lot of thorns?
Yeah, a BUNCH of thorns. The thorns on "Lang" are especially long and unforgiving.
The birds have really been attacking mine this year not happy about that. I might have to pick a lot prematurely before they get them all. Also did the taste test with my Li and Lang I really prefer Li. Seems a little more crunchy it’s the texture that gets me
If it's not one thing getting eaten, it's another! My Pomegranates are getting beaten up by the birds and followed up by rats/squirrels. Ugh! As far as jujube taste goes, I'm finding myself partial to Li too. ALthough I noticed that our Li got more tasty a couple years in, so I'll keeping my hopes up for Lang.
Not sure if anyone will see this, being a year and a half old video, but I have a question about jujube trees. I've seen online that trees should be given 30' space from structures and 50' space from underground water lines. Does this apply to trees intended to be kept smaller, maybe in the 10' to 15' max range? Or is this for trees that are left to grow unchecked? I wouldn't think a tree that's kept small due to pruning would extend roots out that far to be a problem, but am being cautious. Thanks to anyone that reads this!
Generally speaking, a smaller tree isn't going to extend roots to maximum distance. That said, some species are far more invasive and spreading than others. Google any type you're considering planting near vital structures!
How long you grow that Lang jujube tree?
About a year and a half so far! Here was an update video we shot: th-cam.com/video/J3jDojtTB4Q/w-d-xo.html
Great video👍👍👍
Thank you! 👍
i read somewhere that the jujube tree is invasive and throws suckers do you find that to be true
Yes. The root system will travel and new trees will grow. They can damage property, water pipes, sewer lines, concrete foundations....... really eff up your property.
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Does it grow in Massachusetts?
+Tinrath so Jujube is hardy down to USDA zone 5, so depending on your specific zone it could grow!
I make a ginger, jujube and lemon tea. Very healthy and full of goodness. Google the recipe.
That sounds yummy!
do you know if the can grow in pots
Jujube (like most trees) can grow in pots, and the larger the pot, the better. My recommendation is to plant trees in the ground whenever possible
ok thanks for that
How many years jujube bear fruit from seeds
Not sure!
Would be interesting to see the actual seeds after you finish eating them. There are so many types of seeds for Jujube - wish growers would share detailed images of the seeds - preferably clean and dried seeds. So many videos - hardly any real good images of the actual seeds.
I'll keep that in mind this next season
PEAR share 2:25 ==> ziziphus jujubee . Wonderfully .
How many feet do yours grow a year
I don't know, depends on the year. As it's gotten more established, definitely a few feet a year
This depends on the variety and rootstock. The rootstock is usually a random seedling so it may be hard to predict. My honey jar has stayed at around 5 feet tall after 10 years and I haven't pruned it. My Sherwood has shot up around a foot or more a year, requires a ladder to pick from, and I regularly prune its growth.
how to prune the jujube tree please
Hi Van, had a recent results of jujube pruning: th-cam.com/video/XCx8Fnb5bbA/w-d-xo.html
Our Li is pear shaped vs. our Lang is round like an apple. Judi
That's so weird! Any chance they've been mislabeled??
@@TheBusyGardener The labels are still on the trees so - yes - it is quite possible they were mislabeled. Thank you for your input. These trees are so beautiful even without the enormous amount of fruit they are now putting out - I would keep them just for their beauty (but I am glad they are producing). I thought of a recipe to try with these plump fruits - cut in half - take seed out - cut in half again - blend with honey & sprinkle on some Coconut flakes - eat & enjoy. Will be doing that today. Judi
@@judithstorck5195 Agreed on the beauty of that tree! Did you try the recipe? How did it turn out?? They're not quite ready yet, are they?
I heard lang jujube must be brown and ripe to be eaten and doesnt taste good otherwise, while Li jujube can be eaten crunchy or ripe.
Lang can be eaten in the same way as Li and gets sweeter as it ripens brown. I haven't noticed much difference in this respect
@@TheBusyGardener Good to know then :)
Can I get some seeds of Jujube from Bangladesh?.I will pay shipping cost
I don't ship anything, I'm sorry!
Jujubes taste better red, green are not that good, have you try the sugar cane ?
I haven't tried sugar cane yet. I prefer them when they are green with brown spots, to fully browned for full sweetness
@@TheBusyGardener i bought some at Chinese store they are really big like the size of an apple, but not that juicy and sweet, idk which ones they were Make-jujube, Model-unknown, lol
The sweeter varieties can be eaten when turning from green to yellowish and before browning. For example I eat my honey jar variety (similar to sugar cane) when it's yellow and it's sweet at that stage. Li will taste good when only slightly brown. On the other hand my Sherwood needs to be more than half brown to taste good and I think the same is true for the Lang.
انا مهندس زراعي واريد ان احصل على شجرة من العناب اريد نوعين ارسل لي هدية الى بلد العراق املك شجرة عناب واحد برية ثمارها صغيرة جدا
Not a good one
You've got to be talking about the video, because the fruit is GOOOOOOOD! 😂