Please find for sale 10+ Jujube Red Chinese Date [Ziziphus Jujuba] seeds.

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Ziziphus Jujuba, is native to Southern Asia but has become popular around the world. These small round fruits with a seed-containing pit grow on large flowering shrubs or trees (Ziziphus jujuba). When ripe, they’re dark red or purple and may appear slightly wrinkled. Due to their sweet taste and chewy texture, they’re often dried and used in candies and desserts in parts of Asia where they commonly grow. In alternative medicine, they’re widely utilized to improve sleep and decrease anxiety. Personally I think the fruits taste delicious - sweet but with a citrus tang. Given their vitamin content, I think they have the potential to be the "next superfruit" if supermarkets can find reliable sources.

The plants can be grown just about all over the UK as it is hardy down to -15 to -20c. However it needs full sun in a sheltered south facing aspect and needs well drained soil, ideally sandy. If your soil is not suitable, the plant can be grown as a container specimen for a sunny patio.


Seed Germination

1) Under a warm tap, rub off the flesh until you are left with the hard stone which resembles a large olive pit.
2) Scarify the seeds. Using a metal nail file or similar, rub off a little off the hard outer casing. Alternatively, carefully snick off a small part of the end of the stone.
3) Soak for in warm water for 24 hours. 
4) Sow 2cm individually spaced 10cm apart in pots/trays of good quality compost (ideally 50% compost and vermiculite or horticultural sand.
6) Cover with plastic dome or film but ensure air holes to reduce rot risk
7) Place in warm place (20-25c) but out of direct sunlight
8) Ensure compost does not dry up
7) Seeds usually germinate in 3-4 weeks depending on conditions
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There are plenty of variations on the above - check out some of the videos on the web.


Olly's General Guide to Seed Sowing!

I love sowing seeds and it runs in the family - dad, granddad and finally my great-granddad for whom the hobby helped him get over his experiences in the Great War. I still get a big kick when I see the first seedling poking through from a new plant that I have never sown before or been successful at. However, even the most experienced gardeners draw "blanks" from time to time. Whilst I sow all the seeds that I sell so I know that they are viable, some are trickier than others and problems can arise so here are some tips to make "blanks" few and far between:

1) Don’t Rush! Tempting though it is when that packet arrives in the post to simply bung the seeds in some compost!

2) Google and YouTube are your friends! Take some time so see the methods other people use to germinate the seed. 

3) Think Nature! What conditions do seeds face? For example a seed from a tropical plant will fall to the warm, wet and dark jungle floor. A seed from the mountains of Europe will fall to the floor in Autumn, then have to endure months of freezing temperatures before germinating in the spring. So as growers, what we are trying to do is to simulate the conditions that the seeds will naturally experience and there are plenty of tricks that can be done to short cut the processes somewhat.

4) Good compost pays dividends. The best investment you can make is to purchase three bags - one of potting compost, one of vermiculite and one of horticultural sand. With these three bags I can make up whatever soil type a particular seed likes (although for most seeds I find a 50/50 mix of compost and vermiculite works just fine) 

5) Rot is your enemy. The single biggest danger to seed germination is rot - either before or after "damping off" the seeds germinate. To reduce the risk, ensure you have good free draining soil mix and that it is moist but not wet. Unless the seed variety absolutely requires it I prefer NOT to cover my seeds trays with plastic bags, Whilst germination is often faster this way, it greatly increases the risk of rot. I prefer to place my seed trans inside a watertight plastic tray and water from the bottom - airflow over the surface reduces the risk.


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