Potted jujube trees on the balcony are easy to grow and carry good meaning; next year you'll harvest a basketful of fruit

When I was little, my family lived in the countryside, where you could grow anything in a courtyard. Besides the usual vegetables, you could also plant some figs or pomegranate trees, and the tree that grew best back then was the jujube tree; usually by autumn the branches were laden with jujubes, and when autumn came you had to knock them down with a bamboo pole. Nowadays, gardening friends who want to relive that childhood feeling can grow a potted jujube tree on the balcony.

How to grow a potted jujube tree on the balcony

A potted jujube tree on the balcony carries a very good meaning: "jujube tree" sounds like "early success", meaning to become accomplished early in life. Although a potted jujube tree is not as good as one grown in the ground, it takes up no space, and if you care for it well it can produce quite a lot of jujubes.

What kind of nutrient soil to use for a potted jujube tree

Gardening friends can buy a potted jujube sapling on the market and then master some basic care knowledge. First, choose soil suitable for jujube tree growth. To make the jujube tree grow faster and bear jujubes the year after planting, you can choose fertile soil, then use some nutrient soil along with leaf mold, pine needles and gravel, so the jujube tree can grow well.

How to fertilize a potted jujube tree

A potted jujube tree does not need the same fertilizing as one grown in the ground, because the pot has less space and the tree absorbs more nutrients, so you can apply fertilizer once every half month, using chemical fertilizers such as compound fertilizer. But there is one drawback: the soil easily becomes compacted, so you can apply some decomposed manure, or fermented soybean fertilizer, which is also a very effective organic fertilizer and very practical for growing jujube trees.

With a potted jujube tree, be sure to pay attention to watering; you can water 2-3 times a week, since after all the jujube tree does not like a humid environment. You can place the potted jujube tree on the balcony, which is even better for exposure to light. Then, once the hot summer has passed, it is exactly the peak season for potted saplings, so hurry and grow a pot, and next year you will have more jujubes than you can eat.