How to prune li jujube

Late winter to early spring, before buds break. Train young trees to a central leader or open-center form. On established trees, remove crossing or crowded branches and thin any dense clusters of secondary branchlets. Head back long shoots by one-quarter to stimulate lateral fruiting branchlets. Remove any suckers from the base promptly — jujube sucker vigorously.

Annually. Li Jujube is a vigorous, upright variety that benefits from annual dormant-season pruning to maintain an open structure and encourage new fruiting wood. Jujubes fruit on current season's growth on secondary branches (branchlets) arising from one-year-old wood. Thinning and light heading back each year keeps fruiting wood renewed and prevents overcrowding.

Train young trees to a central leader or open-center form. On established trees, remove crossing or crowded branches and thin any dense clusters of secondary branchlets. Head back long shoots by one-quarter to stimulate lateral fruiting branchlets. Remove any suckers from the base promptly — jujube sucker vigorously.