Growing a Jaboticaba Tree, in ground, in Phoenix, AZ! Zone 9B!

Welcome back to The Green Yard! It is the end of October in Phoenix and we are still having some days in the 100's. Our fruiting and flowering trees are loving the cooler weather and putting out a lot of new growth. In this video I go through my experience with one of our oldest (3 years) but smallest trees, our Jaboticaba. Jaboticaba is also know as the Brazilian Grape Tree and is native to Brazil. It creates a unique, blackish/purplish fruit that grows directly on the trunk of the tree. Jaboticaba's grow incredibly slow and it takes many years for them to reach maturity. Our Jaboticaba is 3 years old and this is the first year it's grown a significant amount. They also require a lower soil PH (5.5 to 6.5) so I amend our alkaline soil with agricultural sulfur. The tree itself need an established microclimate with cold protection in the winter (until it reaches maturity) and afternoon shade in the summer. I have found great success with heavy mulching and feeding this tree with fish emulsion once a month. Other gardeners have gotten fruit in the Phoenix area but their trees are significantly older, over 10 years old. I can't wait to update you all in the next few years on the success and growth of this tree. If you have any questions please comment below. For more great green content you can follow us on social media:
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[@marcwohlleban3990]

Nice looking Jabo!

[@thegreenyardaz]

Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! I appreciate the positive words, I'm hoping it continues to thrive and someday I get fruit.

[@dantelim2458]

I like your yard🌲

[@thegreenyardaz]

Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! I really appreciate the kind words! I can't wait for it to become more mature and productive.

[@organicgrow4440]

Thanks for sharing, nice fruit forest. I’m in a sort of 9B, 3 of my seedling Jabuticabas fruited (not much) from age 5 consistently, bountiful now age 10-13y, Sabra & Grimal

[@thegreenyardaz]

Hello @organicgrow4440, thank you for watching and commenting! I appreciate your kind words about our fruit forest, it has been a lot of work but it's definitely starting to pay off. That is awesome to hear that you started getting fruit around age 5 and more abundance at age 10-13. I can't wait for ours to get that old so we can finally get some fruit!

[@VirginiaFruitGrower]

Nice collection of fruit trees. Good luck with your jabo

[@thegreenyardaz]

Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! I appreciate the kind words, I'm hoping to eventually get fruit. It sounds like here in Phoenix it can take 8-10 years.

[@TouchGrassGardening]

Tree looks great. In my experience my 2 jaboticabas are fine with the winter cold of the Phoenix suburbs (down to 25F in my yard) completely unprotected. I think if you're in the city, you'd be fine without winter protection!

[@thegreenyardaz]

Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! Thank you again for the advice, it was very helpful

[@StevenWhetten]

How often do you apply your sulfur? It would be cool to see how you do that

[@thegreenyardaz]

Hello @StevenWhetten, thank you for watching and commenting! I try to apply sulfur every three months for a total of four times a year. This year I have only managed to do it twice so far. I think that is a great idea for a future video and I will work on putting that out sometime in the future! Let me know if you have any other questions.