An Amazing Desert Adapted Fruit Tree 

Hi this is Aditya, commenting from Kerala, India! We've tons of Jujube here, including in my own farm and we love it. Since you already are harvesting so many fruits, may I suggest you let more of them ripen to just when they are getting wrinkly, and then havest andd start to freeze them. Once you have enough, thaw them out one time and make a jam or a compote with it. If properly canned, they will stay stay good a long time, and they are yummy. We also cut them, add salt and sugar (sometimes chilli powder), and sun dry them to make what can easily be called jujube candy! They're absolutely delicious, but I've stopped making them because people in the house just end up eating the candies before they are even fuly dry and I don't get any!

The best jujube I've had the pleasure of tasting was very much like a Mars bar / nougat. It was a Shanxi Li and pretty dry, but somehow still airy. This video comes at a great time because I have JUJUBE FEVER after tasting fruit hanging in an alley, and now I must have some trees! Never heard of the Admiral but clearly it has the most important trait in my yard: It wants to grow here.

What a beautiful tree! I love learning about all these different plants on your channel.

I must say the little dates taste very good. And they provider great shade and lots of wasps

Prickly Pear Cactus and Peruvian Apple Cactus would be good additions to your farm too. I stir fried some nopales with some pork last time and it was delicious. We Chinese love the dried jujube, we often use it in either sweet or salty soup.

JUJUBES ARE GREAT 👍

In Asian cooking we add it to soups and stews to add more flavor!

Me: Ju-Ju Bee. I bought a Lang, then found out 2 were needed to pollinate; I let a sucker grow up and only that got fruit. But, now have a Shaunxi Li and the sucker needs to go. Mulberries, bought a dwarf, and got two seedlings, shish! But, also got an Arbutus unedo (European madrone/strawberry tree) that I hope does well. If they're like our madron, they'll love our gentle summers and low humidity.

Hi Duane and Lori! Nice to see you both. I planted my first Indian Jujube last month and it was the same size as your trees when first planted. Amazing how yours grew so quickly and hope to have a similar experience!

Excellent video. this is my favorite one(jujube ). In chania, they have 10000 cultivar and US only 100 . China is top Jujube producing county in the world. 2nd Australia. Chania released one of the best variety called Dali winter jujube this year, You have 4 trees. Which one grow side way and mostly thorny. Would mind to sell seeds. In china , It has more medicinal value such as root , bark, leaves , seeds and Timber all usable.

So when you fall off your edge you'll land where I'm at mohave valley AZ. 🤔 I'm literally learning that, after long searching growing might be the passion/hobby I've looked for. I'm new.......in fact that's why I found your YT channel. I've literally been watching since 8AM 092022, since the kids went to school. It's 2AM the next day. Haha My wife is the one who actually was the one who started this...hmm, Jumpstart in me with wanting to begging this journey with her by starting cherry tomatoes and watermelon for our littles. History lesson over lol I would be so bold to ask where how, what, and maybe a day in the life of yall to get the life style that is presented at the beginning of this exact video in my wife's and my future. All respects, Future Gardening family.

I've recently started watching your videos and am developing my garden. It's nice to see what others in the area are planting and the results they have.

Jujubes are my favorite fruit tree and I’m trying to get one to add to our collection. Thank you for sharing.

Loved the video. I have no intentions of growing these trees but was great to watch. Loving the endings. 🤣🤣

Hello you two, I enjoyed this video, I am glad that it was not bitter tasting. I am glad you're getting fruit off of those trees, and they have grown quite fast. Keep up the good job on your farm. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH.

Wow. Thank you for sharing 🙏 keep up the great work 💪

Mate, you should be a food critic. Excellent explanation of taste and texture, and your outtakes are so much fun

just found your channel .. thank you..

So Nice! Love ❤Jujubes we grow 5 species of them. They are great dry to 💚🌿🌳

Thanks for the video.

Thanks for sharing

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how well is the aquafer doing? Heard that the main aquafers are shrinking

Lots of water required? Able to preserve like in a jam or jelly?

HI from Mesa AZ

Here's a couple other ways to eat/use jujubes. One, I discovered cooking them like a root vegetable in the oven is pretty good. I take various root vegetables like sweet taters, beets, carrots and these and mix seasoning with balsamic vinegar and bake. Cooked they don't taste as mealy. Next, I fermented some to make vinegar and was astounded at the wonderful flavor. You just follow apple cider vinegar recipes.

Soup taste good with jujube

I remember it being called both the cinema and the movies back in the 60's. The "movies" term came-in back in the 30's when Edison developed motion pictures...and then the "talkies" came in. Boy did that impress Howard Hughes to change his epic film mid production.

I've never had a jujube. I think I need to try one out.

Just found your channel and I honestly haven't heard about jujube. That's a beautiful tree.

My neighbors! We definitely would love to try growing jujubes on our property. Jujube wine?! Definitely unique, I'm sure it's delicious 🥂

I've been thinking about getting some myself after hearing this from you guys makes me wish I would have got them already. Have a great weekend and keep up the great inspirational videos we definitely appreciate it!!!

If its taste like apples I wonder how deer would like it? And if they taste like they are fermenting when there wrinkled. I wonder what they would do like a hard cider. Especially with a honey/ apple taste. Hummm apple mead? How do you think they would do in the fl. Heat with our water? My sister wanting to add to the fruit trees more than just the wild natural ones here.

Even tho I won't be growing a lot of your fruits I still love your videos and presenting me with new knowledge

Nomads of the desert would need something they could grow and harvest soon after planting, as they might not be in the same location too long.

haha, i love the way you explain the flavor. I think it's hard to explain unless you really do try it

Great.

I have several neighbors who have Jujube trees and have sampled a few what I think are different varieties. One type seems to have an almost Vanilla Custard flavor, honey sweetness with Vanilla undertones, delicious ! And they do have some thorns, so beware when picking them !

The growth rate on those trees is crazy...!

LOL..i have 2 in my backyard. I planted one back in 2009 and one in 2011 and never thought they would grow as tall as my house (2 stories).

Jujebe is a very popular desert fruit in india too. In India its very popular with the name of "Ber".

Don't forget to mention that they are very invasive. I started with one and my whole yard has been taken over by these trees and I live in an acre. I have to be digging out the small ones to keep them under control.

can u please do more of the close up picking of the fruit its so satisfying to watch,,,

korean they love dried jujube you should dry them cook with chicken make tea with pear in the winter

The best jujubes are living in China, and there so many kinds of them, at least more than 100 different jujubes in the Middle and East China such as in Shandong, Hebei, Henan Pr., China, and in Xinjiang China, which has the biggest jujubes.l am growing some jujube trees in New England area because they are very hardy.

Hi Duane and Lori can u guys making a video talking about spraying fruit tree against all pesticides plz means when it’s the best time to spray and what kind of chemicals work better for fruits tree thanks

The trees seem to grow much more upright than your traditional scaffold-type fruit. Is that central-design done deliberately so that the trees have their own internal shade (like you'd do for a fall-harvest apple). Didn't know if you pruned it that way, or if that's just been their natural growth. This Ant Admire variety seems pretty thornless too (since you were deep into the branches for filming). Looks interesting, and I have a spot for something like this!

Pakistan and India has the vest tasty jujube fruit.

I had a jujube tree that had so many thorns and never fruited. I didn’t notice any thorns on yours. Are all you trees thornless?

Cinema...yes, here in the UK.

I love the flight-over in your video . In fact, I keep expecting an explanatory commentary accompanying it. Surprise me one day. The next birthday is in April next. These trees are magnificent. I've never heard of these until these past few years and had to wait for your videos to get a closeup of them. That are indeed an interesting tree and fruit. Perhaps an alternative to the date palm. I wonder if you have ever seriously thought of planting date palms? Perhaps in a Miyawaki forest in that mysterious back patch that always pops up in the video. Re the FBI flightovers?! I have just watched a documentary on the decreasing world wide water supplies featuring in particular the major cities in desert regions LA, Las Vegas, Phoenix. Maybe they plan on doing mandates on water in these areas. If they encouraged fruit trees plus as in a Miyawaki forest or followed the guidelines of Geoff Lawton and greening the Desert instead of cultivating sterile green lawns in these cities and surrounds, the trees would set up their own microclimate and form rain clouds. I hate to think what some feeble brain in these departments of burocracy are brewing up. It seems nowadays, anything goes. Praying for you both and for those in the flight-overs.

Beautiful tree 🎄🌴

Perhaps Jujubes are best consumed in other forms: chutneys, cooked down into spreads, candied...?? Thoughts?

Good video! I’m in the east valley and have Li, G-866, and Honey Jar jujube trees. Li got better with age (fall crop best), G-866 is good but shy bearer for me, and Honey Jar is caramel-apple good and more “juicy” by jujube standards. I have Thai Giant Indian Jujube too. Larger, and more juicy. Tastes like a low quality green apple but still good (very airy texture) and produces in dead of winter here so that’s nice.

In Guyana 🇬🇾 we call that “doungs” lovely fruit. We eat them before it’s dried

interesting! jujube is one of my favorite dry fruit with sweet and some bitter taste. also i maked jujube syrup from dry jujube and upload a tutorial video in my channel.

You should try it before turning brown , like when it has yellowish kind of colour

Hellooo..I subscribed already..nice your videos

They use jujubes in china in teas and every kind of Chinese deserts, so most households have a jujube tree in the garden of arid region households. The tree grows in dry and desolate regions in china, similar to the paulownia tree.

It is called zall in Chinese, is one of the most important food in China, not only fruits, preserves fruits, or dry fruits.

I love these fruits. Ate a lot of these growing up. They taste best with a Little rock salt sprinkled on them. Sometimes they have little boring insects in them. They are called Ber in India, scientific name Ziziphus Mauritiana Lam.

Hi what you call jujubes are called bare in India. They have been here since last millennium they have been grafted to lot other plants to give different taste and texture with different shapes and sizes..

This fruit is called Berry ( بیر ) in Pakistan & India and this kind of berry is a unique kind of berry

I live in Parker az and would love to learn how to grow these

My Li Jujube tree was the same, is it possible you are mixed up on which variety you harvested from? Even so, if you get enough they make a great apple pie type filling.

is it just me, or your background sound reminds me of harvest moon soundtrack xD

south texas, north mexico, is a wild apple, nacuitle is the name in nauatle.

Hi there. Where do you buy your jujube trees? I live in Green Valley AZ and would like to try to grow jujubes. Thanks

I received a couple that I was told were Asian pears. While disappointed that they weren’t pears I was surprised to find the small fruit plentiful and flavorful.

We have a lot of it in Yemen , and we called it "Sader"

It's called BER in India. Redily available all ovar I dia plustar the deserted Indian regions. There are different varieties though. Mythology says Lord Ram loved BER too.

Do you grow any dates or date palms? Could be great in your climate!

Jojube or manzanita ( little apple ) as is know in north of Mexico , very popular in rural areas , ance you sow one the next years there will be lots of them.

how much water do you give them ? and how often? drippers ? or buckets ?

I have a red date tree here in western Maryland zone 6 . It produces huge amounts of fruit.

I'm from the Philippines and what we have here is the large green variety which originated from other Asian countries. I haven't seen any red variety yet in my country like the one in your farm, i hope i can grow it here soon.

It is called Doungs trees.

Hi Duane and Laurie, I wanted to plant some different varieties of jujube in my backyard. From where I can buy it? The online ones are charging $100+ for shipping.

How much water do they require? I live in a southern New Mexico desert with very limited water supply.

I’m also in AZ, where did you buy these?

we have wild ones in my home town.

Do you have a problem with birds or fireants being arracted to the fruit? Will this grow in north phoenix, or will that get too cold for it? We get freezing temps up here usually every dec or jan

I just got jujube seeds. Can i start them indoors now? I live in the high desert Ca.

Hi, nice video, we have lot of them in Kuwait, and better quality and better taste. i wish i can send you some.

🤩 Is that Tiger tooth jujube?

This tree called Bairy and the Fruit called Bair in Punjab in Pakistan and india but Asian Bairy bear much more fruit and the quality, taste , size and colour is much better too . A very little quantity is used to dry it and eat it as dry fruit .

just pick them in the later stages and let them totally dry out on a tray. then store in ziplock bags or jars and they will last a long time. you can use them in this dry form in soups. it adds flavor and sweetness to the broth. just look up recipes if you are curious. you can also throw a few in a cup of hot water and let them sit for a bit then drink as a tea - flavored with whatever else you prefer like sugar, honey, other fruits, tea, etc. when it rehydrates in hot water, it takes on whatever flavor of the broth/tea so when you eat it afterwards it's quite good. off the tree it's just meh lol.

Do I need 2 of them for cross pollination?

In Pakistan we call baer we have more than 5 or 6 vraetys

En el sur de España se dan salvajes, con los frutos más pequeños, se llaman azufaifos.

If you have an electric excavator and solar you could have a look at the height map of the land and install water catchment facilities (ponds and weirs) would help you with the pioneer plants. Please make some close ups of the interior of fruits you are showing next time.

Hi Duane and Lori just wondering when you prune your trees do you sell or give any cuttings from them

How you guys get your water from....

ARE THEY SWEET?

In Germany, we say "Kino" or "Kinotheater". But i do not think that they would offer them as candies. How deep are the roots on the Jujube-Trees?

When I was a kid in the late 60's on a road trip vacation I was eating Jujubes Candy and beef jerky and got car sick. 🤮 GODD TIMES

Do you have any plan to dig a pond to harvest rain water!?

Can I grow it in my country?? My country has a humid, warm climate influenced by pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon circulations and frequently experiences heavy precipitation and tropical cyclones. Bangladesh's historical climate has experienced average temperatures around 26⁰C, but range between 15⁰C and 34⁰C throughout the year.

Can you list some sources of Jujube rootstock? I live in central Texas

I have been thinking off and on about getting one of these trees. But I have never tried them and have heard that they have lots of thorns. Reading the comments, some mention other juju's; do they need 2 to produce fruit?