Repotting Jabo help

[Tortuga]

I have some nice 5 year old jabos havent repotted in a while. They dry out fast even now in the winter.

Would it be okay to up-pot to something 25% bigger now? I know it’s winter. The reason I ask is they stay in a cool greenhouse during this season never getting below 43f

[brian]

In my opinion the major risk of "pot too big" is excess water, which jabos are quite tolerant to.  If you aren't disturbing the roots I expect it would be fine.  I keep my trees at 55F so I do not have much cool weather experience, others here might

[Coconut Cream]

I repotted three Jaboticabas in October in Florida and all three showed some signs of stress for a couple of weeks in relatively ideal conditions (rainy, humid, hot, partial shade). They went from 7 gallon to 15 gallon pots. Where you are located it might be more prudent to wait until the days start to get longer and temperatures warm up since you are so far outside the sweet spot for them. If you run into a problem then there is much less margin for error.

Whatever you decide, make sure to use a good potting mix with peat moss and pine bark fines for acidity.

[Tropicaltoba]

This fall I went from a 15gallon to a 25 gallon which sits in a 2” saucer that I don’t empty? And overflows when I water weekly.. Right now the tree has 20 fruit forming and is about to reflower like crazy. I only disturbed the outer 1” of the roots when I repotted. My soil temps are always >65f, air temps may dip down to 50 and I put a a bunch of cedar mulch in the bottom of the pot so the substrate won’t rot when sitting in water.

I think soil temps are super important for container plants. I used to water with cool water in the winter 50F, and most of my plants suffered, mango and citrus really bad. Things seem much happier now the water is 80-85F.

[Jaboticaba45]

You'll be a ok~
I repot all times of the year.
They can take cold and flood like a champ.
I would not worry.

[Tortuga]

This fall I went from a 15gallon to a 25 gallon which sits in a 2” saucer that I don’t empty? And overflows when I water weekly.. Right now the tree has 20 fruit forming and is about to reflower like crazy. I only disturbed the outer 1” of the roots when I repotted. My soil temps are always >65f, air temps may dip down to 50 and I put a a bunch of cedar mulch in the bottom of the pot so the substrate won’t rot when sitting in water.

I think soil temps are super important for container plants. I used to water with cool water in the winter 50F, and most of my plants suffered, mango and citrus really bad. Things seem much happier now the water is 80-85F.

Interesting. How the heck do you get temps like that in the winter?

[Tropicaltoba]

I cheat, 4 season gh.