LONG Jabo season

[gnappi]

This year has been an exceptionally long fruiting season (2+ months) for my Sabara. Anyone else?

[Galatians522]

Mine has not started yet (unless you count the half dozen fruit a month or so ago). Its full of bloom now, though. As a matter of fact, its so full of bloom that you can smell it half way across the yard. I never realized how nice they smelled before. At first I thought my wife had a new perfume or somthing.

[Mike T]

While many jabs have multiple fruitings a year if the weather is right sometimes sabaras have a prolonged flowering or repeated flowering before the last crop is ripe. Its not unusual.

[Central Floridave]

Ditto for me.  I've had 3 months for fruits.  3 different flowering times and they are flowering again currently.  we had a lot of rain this winter.  I have a ton of new growth on my younger trees as well.   

My problem is, of course, with anyone else growing fruit, is that the critters eventually figure out there is free fruit!   Plus, there has been a ton of different birds in my yard this spring.  They raid the trees as well.  I'm eating jaboticaba daily but competition has been fierce! 

[roblack]

Sabara hasn't got going here yet, but red is on 2nd crop.

[Chris Lee]

Same here for me in west Broward (Davie) I have a couple of Sabara's about 10 years old that have been fruiting for (2+ months )  I also have five Sabara's that started fruiting last month that are only 3-4 feet tall. I'm quite surprised since I thought they are only about 4-5 years old. I did give them each a handful of Azomite and some Hollytone when I up-sized them into 25 Gal pots  three months ago

[RS]

Yep, Sabara fruited from Dec-Feb here in Central FL and just put on another massive bloom. Bought 10'x20' plant netting last year after losing all fruit, which has kept the critters away.

[RS]

It's actually really nice because it doesn't all ripen at once, plus the fruit keeps a long time, and can be eaten at various stages of ripeness from shiny/firm to dull/soft (with a miracle fruit is nice too!), or picked slightly early and will ripen later.

The netting I got (AgFabric) held up great outside for the 3 months it was fruiting, kept away the raccoons/possums/squirrels/birds, and probably provided some cold protection too for the few nights we had in the low 30's this year (lot of 40's lows which didn't seem to faze it).

 

[Greater Good]

Mine has not started yet (unless you count the half dozen fruit a month or so ago). Its full of bloom now, though. As a matter of fact, its so full of bloom that you can smell it half way across the yard. I never realized how nice they smelled before. At first I thought my wife had a new perfume or somthing.

The fragrance is wonderful

[Greater Good]

Yep, Sabara fruited from Dec-Feb here in Central FL and just put on another massive bloom. Bought 10'x20' plant netting last year after losing all fruit, which has kept the critters away.

I'm blessed, a nesting Mockingbird in my Jaboticaba chases away any bird that comes near it