Deformed New Leaves on Young Jabuticaba

[JonM]

Hello, this is my first post in this board. I have a Jabuticaba which is around a year old. Recently, it has stopped making new flushes of leaves for a relatively long period of time after putting out new growth at a regular pace. I therefore put a few beads of complete fertilizer to the soil around the plant. It later made an extensive flush of new but deformed leaves, though not all leaves exhibited that characteristic. A few deformed ones even turned brown and fell off. Does the Jabuticaba need a period of dormancy even in a fully tropical climate? What should I do?





 

[nelesedulis]

hi!

Probably excess phosphorus in the substrate, but do not worry, do not kill the plant, you can leave the seedling in the shade to acclimate better, leaving only a few hours of sun a day.

Yesterday I did fertilization with phosphorus in my jabuticabas and some may soon have leaves as well.

Another rarer cause here is mite attack, but it also does not cause much damage to the plant.

Good farming!

[huertasurbanas]

Hi JonM, is that species myrciaria coronata or another thing?

[JonM]

Hi JonM, is that species myrciaria coronata or another thing?

From what I remember it was labeled the common Myrciaria cauliflora. This is a seedling I bought from the late local fruit guru Prof. Coronel's collection. It seems to me there is only one species of Jabuticaba in the country, or is it just me. What I just noticed in the plant is that new leaves are not an intense red or salmon color like what I saw in other Jabuticabas in this forum. New leaves are green, with only a little bit of salmon color that quickly disappears.

[arvind]

i dont think its myrciaria califlora.i suppose it is myrciaria jaboticaba

[huertasurbanas]

Yes, it looks like some of my supposed sabaras or coronatas. Leaves are not red because is is not so much cold in your area!

[JonM]

Yes, it looks like some of my supposed sabaras or coronatas. Leaves are not red because is is not so much cold in your area!

I find classifying Jabuticabas to be quite confusing.

hi!

Probably excess phosphorus in the substrate, but do not worry, do not kill the plant, you can leave the seedling in the shade to acclimate better, leaving only a few hours of sun a day.

Yesterday I did fertilization with phosphorus in my jabuticabas and some may soon have leaves as well.

Another rarer cause here is mite attack, but it also does not cause much damage to the plant.

Good farming!

I have removed the beads of fertilizer that have not dissolved into the soil and I leached excess fertilizer in the soil with water in the pot. Thanks for the information.