Plinia sp. Peluda de Alagoas, an early bearing variety of Jaboticaba (Grimal)

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Do I really need another jaboticaba....oh well...yes , you can never have enough , OK , this means I am in the market for seeds ....anyone

Luc!

I'd be surprised if you don't already have this one!

if not...I will find some seeds...but most likely they won't be available until March-May

[luc]

Lack of space Adam , that's why , but I am starting to grow in big containers like you.

[edself65]

I agree with Adam! The size and quality of the Grimal is superior to other Jaboticabas in my opinion! I wish that I could've got the grimal years ago instead of the Sabara types! One of my favorite plants!

I don't always eat Jaboticabas but when I do I prefer Grimals! Ha ha

Ed

[FlyingFoxFruits]

lol...eat jaboticabas responsibly.

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I agree with Adam! The size and quality of the Grimal is superior to other Jaboticabas in my opinion! I wish that I could've got the grimal years ago instead of the Sahara types! One of my favorite plants!

I don't always eat Jaboticabas but when I do I prefer Grimals! Ha ha

Ed

[Mike T]

My small grimal thrives on neglect and I just picked these and there are plenty more. Better than sabara? You bet it is and it began fruiting properly at 4 I think.

[Mike T]

My tree has a santa spirit by fruiting soon before xmas.

[Tomas]

Hi Mike,

They look really good! Do you get 1 or 2 crops per year on your Grimal? Perhaps all jaboticabas only give fruit once a year. I don't even know that.

Tomas

[Mike T]

Tomas the grimal fruits at least twice a year but the sabaras fruit at least 4 times a year in my yard.

[edself65]

2 grimala in the hand are way better than 4 sabaras in the bush!

[Dangermouse01]

Here is a picture of my Grimal, about 6 foot tall, no idea how old it is.

It has not fruited yet.......but it has alot of these little white bump thingies along the trunk. Future flowers?


DM

[FlyingFoxFruits]

dangermouse,

looking good!  very close to fruition...maybe you'll get some this spring...looks like a plant from Pine Island.  It's older than it looks...probably close to 8yrs now...mine fruited at that same size last year.

it's hard to tell if those are flowers...but mine is making small flower buds now, so the timing is right for blooming...but the trouble is, they leaf out at the same time too!  the new leaves have buds that are like a spear, the flower buds are more ball like, and clustered.

[Mike T]

Mine has its first flowering at the size of the potted specimen.Fruit did not stick until the following year and it did not get 'festooned' until a year after that.They are a little more deciduous than sabara and seem to enjoy be treated mean (no water or fertilizer) so long as the good times follow.Flower buds are pretty distinctive and fruit get clustered around the trunk at soil level and out along branches to quite thin twigs.

[emegar]

I bought this jabo from Ben Poirier here in CA earlier this year and he had it labeled simply as "Giant Jabo" in reference to the relative size of its fruit in comparison with Sabara. Are its leaf shape and color a match for Grimal?

[FlyingFoxFruits]

ya that's the Grimal.

I bought one from Ben a few years ago...because I thought it might be a different variety.

it turned out to be the same....but I'm still happy to have another Grimal.

I bought this jabo from Ben Poirier here in CA earlier this year and he had it labeled simply as "Giant Jabo" in reference to the relative size of its fruit in comparison with Sabara. Are its leaf shape and color a match for Grimal?

[emegar]

Thanks Adam. That is good news!

[FlyingFoxFruits]

emegar

btw...I like your baby plinia edulis in the background!  Did u get seed from www.fruitlovers.com ?

[emegar]

Oh yes.  I don't always order myrtaceous species, but when I do, I prefer www.fruitlovers.com

[FlyingFoxFruits]

lol, order myrtaceous seeds responsibly!

[fruitlovers]

Thanks for the plug guys! Plinia edulis (cambuca) is an awesome tree and fruit. I want to report that it has its ups and downs. Last year the tree produced over 2000 fruits. This year it made only about 250 fruits. I fertilized it the same, or maybe even more this year. OK lets see how much it pumps out in 2014?

[Mike T]

If I eat any more grimals today I will be ill.They produce big crops.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Mike,

do u notice the seeds are typically smaller than sabra?

also the texture of the pulp is thicker than sabara...somewhere in between vexator and sabara.

[Mike T]

Hang on Saff I'll race to the trees and eat one last handful of both..........

Going to be ill...Anyway sabara is sweeter but less complex and both have very small seeds maybe about the same but grimal has an abundance of flesh. The moisture content is about the same but it is more of a slurry in sabara so yes you are correct.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

the grimals are trying to flower...but the blooming cycle is being drawn out by our warm rainy winter weather.  I'm hoping it stays above freezing so the fruits are decent....this will be the first year that all of my 15 gal trees have put on significant bloom.










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[Tomas]

Nice to see Adam! How old are they?

Tomas

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Nice to see Adam! How old are they?

Tomas

Thanks Tomas!

They're about 9-10 yrs old I think.

When I got them, they had been root bound, and needed attention...so it was like taking a bonsai tree, and trying to get them to fruit.

I bought them as 3 gallon plants..and they were already about 7 yrs old when I got them...here is a picture from 2011 (if I'm not mistaken), back when I got them....I had just stepped them up from 3 gal pots, into 7 gals.

they've come a long way baby!