Jujube
Ziziphus jujuba
MediumSecondary
Production
A wildly underused fruit tree that thrives in fierce heat and drought yet shrugs off cold winters too. Thorny and suckering, and it needs a long hot summer to fruit well.
Tolerances & traits
- Strata
- Medium
- Lifecycle
- Secondary
- Soil preference
- Sandy, Loam
- Soil pH range
- 5.5 – 8.5
- Min. temperature
- -20°C
- Min. rainfall
- 300 mm/year
- Wind tolerance
- High
- Frost tolerance
- High
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Irrigation needed
- Low
How to manage it
Exceptionally drought- and heat-hardy fruit tree that also tolerates cold winters; thrives where other fruit fails. Little pruning needed; remove root suckers to contain spread.
Watch out for
Thorny and suckers freely from roots, can spread beyond where planted. Needs a long, hot summer to fruit well.
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