Scarlet Jaboticaba - first real fruiting. 

Yes Eri , I can sit in front of my fruiting jabos and stare at the fruit for ages. They are a beautiful fruit. This is what you have to look forward to, hopefully soon!

Thanks Johnny.

Cheers Pepe, I always watch your videos, they are a good source of information. I am just an amateur fruit tree grower, but I love it.

Hey Paul, that's awesome. Nothing says welcome to a fruit lovers home than a bunch of jabos.

Won't take long Gareth they are pretty precocious.

Yeah Neil, they are a cool colour, actually ready to eat when there is still a little green on them.

Taste good too.

Yeah Brett, sorta glad my ancestors got shipped outta the UK in chains.

We have a native bee called a leaf cutter that cuts a piece out of the leaves to plug their little den for the night. They love jaboticaba leaves!

@@dougs_urbanfarm Thanks for that info. I just thought it was caterpillars.

Have a multi grafted one for you in the works Andy.

@@dougs_urbanfarm thanks mate! I don't care what they say, ya a good bloke.

The scarlet Jaboticaba fruits most of the year, so has about 4 rounds of fruiting. They are very sweet, it's the one I recommend if people are only going to grow one variety.

Hey Ben I have 4 of them in bags and 2 smaller ones in pots, not for any reason, they were just in these b4 I figured out where to put them. The red hybrids and scarlet are naturally smaller jabos and these are only about 4 years old. They have actually grown through the bottom of the bags so they may stay there now.

These started fruiting at 4 years and by the 6th year is fruiting very well

Hey Crystal, most jaboticabas are very sensitive to fertiliser and it burns the leaves a bit, but they push out new leaves as they grow. I have been pushing mine as i wanted them to grow fast.

@@dougs_urbanfarm Thank you for answering back. That info on them being sensitive is probably what caused it then since I had tossed some citrus fertilizer on it. Much blessings🦋

Hi Gladys this scarlet Jaboticaba is about 4 years old and this is the first real lot of fruit. It is a seedling, the fastest fruiting is red hybrid and it has a very nice flavour, I do love my Grimal jabos but they take about 6-8 years to fruit.

Yes mate they do grow true. There is not much variation in seedlings,at least in the few hundred I have grown.

I have not tried costada yet, but the scarlet is very nice and sweet. Scarlet and red jaboticaba are the favourites of most of my friends and visitors.

Thanks mate is that good grow up in the pot?

I would say scarlet with red hybrid coming in second. I still haven't tried pingo de Mel yet, that's meant to be even sweeter

Hey Daniel this seedling tree is about 4-5 years old. The fruit are very sweet and delicious!

Just seedlings.