６月28日に配達された冬棗の苗が、当初の２倍の樹高にまで育ちました。
The winter jujube that arrived on 28th June this year has since doubled in height.
配達当時はこの↓状態でした。６月末だというのに、恒常的な枝がまだ１本も出ていなくて心配でしたが、その後、第１節と第３節から恒常的な枝が伸び始めました。
This is how it looked when the plant was delivered. Even though it was the end of June, there was not a single permanent branch yet. However, a few weeks later, new buds started to appear on the first and 3rd nodes and they became permanent branches.
６月28日（28th June 2025）
主幹の第１節と第３節から伸びた枝はV字型に広げて、それぞれの分岐した枝が更に直立の新梢を出すようにしました。
Those permanent branches were spread into a V shape, so that each branch's limbs would in turn grow new little twigs standing upright.
その結果、枝葉が密に育っています。
As a result, the branches are looking dense now.
これは第１節から伸びた主枝。
This is the permanent branch coming out of the first node.
これは第３節から伸びた主枝。
This is the permanent branch from the 3rd node.
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ちなみに、冬棗の着果率は低いことで有名だそうですが、将来こんなふうに実が生ると嬉しいです。そのためにには毎年の環状剥皮など、いろんな方法がとられるようですが、私はなるべく自然体で行きたいです。
According to articles published in China (machine-translated into English), winter jujube is a variety known for its poor fruit setting. I would love to see my tree looking like this sometime in the future. In order to improve fruit setting, farmers employ various methods, including annual girdling (ring barking). However, I prefer to keep it natural as long as I can bear to wait.
