How Many Years Until Winter Jujube Bears Fruit? A Detailed Explanation of the Fruiting Timeline

Winter jujube is currently a high-quality cultivated variety among workers, also known as frozen jujube, Yanlaihong, apple jujube, rock sugar jujube, etc., and it is approved for planting in Shandong, Shaanxi and other places in our country.So how many years until winter jujube bears fruit?

1. How many years until winter jujube bears fruit?

Winter jujube generally bears fruit after 3-4 years of planting, and its fruit all ripens in early to mid-October, with extra-late-maturing varieties delayed until late October. The main varieties include: Chengwu winter jujube, Lubei winter jujube and Xuecheng winter jujube, long-strip jujube, donkey teat jujube, and so on.

2. What are the winter jujube planting techniques?

1. Site selection and land preparation

Choose garden land with sufficient sunlight, open terrain, deep soil layers, loose and fertile soil, good drainage, and certain irrigation conditions. Before planting, dig planting holes 80-100cm long, wide and deep, apply 40-50kg of farmyard manure and 1.5kg of phosphate fertilizer per hole; the fertilizer and soil must be mixed thoroughly, then water after backfilling.

2. Seedling selection and planting

For jujube saplings, choose healthy, pest- and disease-free, strong saplings with well-developed root systems, drought tolerance and strong adaptability. For planting, the number planted per mu is generally about 55-110 plants, and the planting density is 2×3m or 3×4m. Winter jujube has relatively high requirements for light conditions, so when planting, it is best to set the row direction to north-south.

3. Fertilizer and water management

Winter jujube trees need a large amount of phosphate fertilizer during growth. During planting, 0.5kg of superphosphate and 25kg of organic fertilizer can be applied per sapling. From late May and late June to early July and early August, apply chemical fertilizer once each as a top dressing. In autumn, apply farmyard manure, using 50-70kg of farmyard manure and 0.5-1kg of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer per tree. The watering times for jujube trees are before budding, before flowering, during the young fruit swelling stage, and before overwintering, and each time they must be watered thoroughly. In the rainy season, drain promptly.

4. Pinching and fruit thinning

In late May, before flowering, pinch the jujube heads; in early May, pinch the secondary branches; before flowering, spray 10% Liuyangmycin 1000 times + 10% nicotine emulsifiable concentrate + thiophanate-methyl 800 times to control pests. In July, during the young fruit stage, thin the fruit: for vigorous trees, keep one fruit per jujube hanging shoot, and for weak trees, keep one fruit per three jujube hanging shoots; this can reduce fruit drop.

5. Pest and disease control

The pests and diseases of winter jujube trees include black spot disease, fruit rot disease, jujube leaf roller, beet armyworm, spiders, etc. In addition to spraying pesticides for control, the work of clearing the orchard and pruning diseased and dead branches and leaves cannot be omitted.