Jaboticaba: is this normal?

[Midwestfruitjungle]

I just brought in my sabara inside for the winter a few months ago and it has never dropped leaves like this before. I had sprayed it with neem a few months ago but it is starting to drop leaves now. Will it come back?



It gets some sunlight and it isn’t watered heavily because it is inside

[W.]

None of my jaboticabas have ever acted like that when I've brought them inside for the winter. It looks like a root problem. Specifically, it looks like it is not being watered the right amount. I would check the soil to make sure it is not staying too wet.

[NateTheGreat]

Looks like a water uptake issue. Could be from waterlogged soil, underwatering, or too much salts/fertilizer in the soil. Probably the latter. I had that issue with some after a repot, basically didn't grow for over a year until I repotted them in a better mix. They did recover. Jaboticabas are tough.

[Midwestfruitjungle]

It may be from the water I used for a while. I didn’t realize the creek water I was using was a pH of 10! But it didn’t start acting like this till a month.