Growing Jamun in Monsoon: Easy Steps for a Healthy, Fruit-Bearing Tree

Grow Jamun in Monsoon: Easy Steps for Healthy Fruiting Tree

June to September period is the monsoon season and as such the period offers optimal planting environment when it comes to growing a Jamun (Indian Blackberry) tree due to the adequate rains and favorable temperature. Having great tasting and sour sweet fruits, Jamun tree is best known to have many health benefits and having your Jamun tree grow would be an experience on its own. This is a simple way of growing your tree so that it will eventually reward you and produce purple products.

Right Choice of Start

You can also grow Jamun tree through a seed though it will involve a lot of waiting as it may take you 8-10 years to get fruit. To go fast (usually 4-6 years) it is strongly suggested that you use a good nursery grown grafted sapling. Choosing your sapling will require an eye on a healthy plant with lots of green leaves that show no traces of pests or diseases.

Location –

The Jamun trees love the sun and should get 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day at the least.  Select an area in your garden which gets a lot of sun during the day. Note, these trees become pretty big (up to 30 meter tall) and broad canopy wise, so be sure that it has sufficient space to develop to its maximum (without interfering to other plants or buildings). When planted in a pot, use a big pot (preferably one that is 18 inches deep and wide) with proper drainage holes and keep it in a balcony or the terrace where there is adequate sunlight.

Soil and Planting: The Monsoon Advantage-

The Jamun trees are versatile and do best in alluvial soils with a moist well-drained soil that has slightly acidic to neutral pH (6.0 to 7.5). Avoid excessively heavy clay, or light sandy soils. Before the monsoon comes in full swing get your planting pit ready. Excavate a hole that would be twice the length and width of the root ball of the sapling usually 1x1x1 meter.

Time of Planting

The best time to plant is during the monsoon season. Rain during this season makes it very easy for you to plant a new sapling because you will have less manual watering to manage and the rainfall will make it much easier for the sapling to establish roots. Place the sapling in the center of the pit gently. Be careful not to damage the roots of the sapling. The root collar (where the roots start to touch the stem) should be level with the ground. Pulled back the soil you had prepared and back filled around the root collar, being careful to gently firm the back fill around the base of the tree to prevent air pockets.

Monsoon Maintenance of Saplings-

While there is natural irrigation during the monsoon it is important to monitor the moisture of the soil. Jamun trees do not like attention from too much water and with that too much water at the overt level can stay too long to promote root rot. Do not let the trees stand in water but also not let them get dry. During good steady rain you will not need to worry about irrigation but if there is dry spell of any significant duration (2-3 days) during the monsoon period then when you do water – do so deeply, every 3 – 4 days, allowing the top soil to dry out but not to getting too dry before each watering.

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As a young tree, Jamun tree you may or to apply fertilizer (a balanced fertilizer such as N.P.K 10:10:10) two approx once every 2 months in growing season (accessible only in Monsoon months) from beginning of season in June to end of Monsoon season September. After your tree is mature enough one application per year should be suffice.

Prune the tree’s dead diseased and crossing branches regularly to improve growth and aeration. If you follow these straightforward steps you will achieve theft of growing a reasonable healthy and producing Jamun fruit tree for shade, aesthetics, and depletion for many years.

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