If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Introduction To Growing Persimmons 1:12 What Is An Astringent Persimmon? 2:49 What Is A Non Astringent Persimmon? 4:21 How To Grow American Persimmon Trees 6:08 A List Of Self Fertile American Persimmon Varieties 7:01 How To Grow Asian Persimmon Trees 8:23 Pollination Constant vs Pollination Variant Persimmons 9:36 A List Of Asian Persimmon Varieties By Type 10:08 How To Grow Hybrid Persimmon Trees 11:22 How To Plant A Persimmon Tree 13:16 My Persimmon Trees 1-2 Years After Planting 15:02 How To Eat A Persimmon Fruit 16:01 Persimmon Taste Test 18:05 Where To Buy Persimmon Trees 20:02 Adventures With Dale
Okay, I find all of your videos extremely helpful. I've been gardening for years, but I always learn something new from you. Same with chickens, I've had chickens for years, but I'm always learning something new about chickens. Thank you for what you do!!! ❤️
Two of my favorite fruits are figs & persimmons, as well as chirimoya aka guanábana or soupsap. Not knowing about fruit trees can be extremely frustrating when planting and expecting fruit. We bought a persimmon from a garden center in SCarolina around 2008. It grew and now is a giant tree but only last year we had a couple of small uneatable fruit. We planted some others that my husband obtained from a friend 2 yrs back. We will see. But I have considered chopping the whole tree down. Extremely put off with the tree and how much space it takes up without any fruit. To add salt to the wound, the garden center closed about 1 yr after purchasing the tree. Maybe this year coming we will have more success after we fertilize the persimmon. Nope, do not have any idea what type it is.
Persimmon Whip Recipe - I would like to share my persimmon whip recipe, which is absolutely delicious. 2 or 3 ripe persimmons, 1 mug of heavy whipping cream, 1 ripe banana, 1 tablespoon each of organic maple syrup and honey. Put in nutribullet or blender. Then you spoon out into desert dishes, sprinkle with nutmeg, cinnamon and or brown sugar. My friends persimmon tree has ones just like in this video. They used to grow wild around here, Maryland's Eastern Shorehard to find now. I highly recomend you try a persimmon in your life. I hope you all have a fabulous day.
Oh, that sounds heavenly! Maybe I’ll try this for Christmas this year. I’m in Germany and the Turkish stores here carry Persimmons til pretty late. Maybe I’m lucky. Thank you so much!
I have a five-year-old non-astringent Fuyu persimmon tree. The fruit is great! I usually eat them when they are firm or when they just start to feel a little soft. My one tree gives me well over 100 fruit. This is a really easy tree to grow and mostly needs no care. I usually put some cow manure around the base of the tree in the Spring and that's all I do.
I guess you all don't know about the most common varieties in Spain. Here a system to eliminate the tanines from the astringent "Rojo Brillante" variety lead to a massive expansion on persimmon popularity. Now i have a astringent and a non astringent trees. The way to eliminate the tanines is to take the fruit when is orange, still firm, and put them in a container with a little liquor. You wait for 5-7 days and the fruit is sweet. Check some videos from Spain and try. Nice video by the way.
I have grown an astringent persimmon tree since 1997, the January season from a Lebanese mountains fruit trees nursery . What a tree; I would love to send you some photographs from Beit Chabab , my village. The tree is so productive and I'm pruning it this coming week, any sunny days as this week is mostly sunny.
I have a Fuyu in the backyard 😁 I also have 2 pears, 2 figs, a peach, 2 paw paws, and 4 hazel nut bushes. I'm kinda fruit tree crazy. My neighbor ended up getting a peach and 2 apple trees as a result-LOL. I thought about getting apple trees but everyone who plants fruit trees around here goes for apples. They are a dime a dozen. I have a rule. I don't plant anything in my yard that doesn't produce an edible product. I have honey berry bushes and thornless blackberries as well. Thornless blackberries and strawberries are great for beginners BTW. They are super easy to grow. They are early heavy producers as well. Blackberries require aggressive pruning sometimes to keep within bounds though. They go crazy once established just like the wild ones. I get gallons of them every year. The blackberries distract the birds from my fruit trees as a bonus.
Good morning! I don’t know how I missed this video a year ago, but it came up on my feed and I want to thank you for the bottom of my heart because it’s really hard to find a really good video for persimmons. I love your videos. I thought it was a new video at first, and I’m like what is his wedding ring 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I am an experienced gardener, decades, in fact, but I aways find that other gardeners have useful, interesting information to offer, no matter the length of their experience. Even total beginners teach me things through their questions. I have been learning new things about figs, and now persimmons, on your channel. Well done! I was introduced to persimmons when an exchange student in Japan 50 years ago, and I was totally fascinated. Growing up in high, dry, cold, short-season Northern New Mexico, I had no idea such things existed - almost impossibly exotic looking orange lanterns hanging from the dark, bare branches. As a point of possible interest, I recall bright orange persimmons strung to dry under the eaves of many Japanese farmhouses. Dried persimmons are really delicious. Those hung-to-dry persimmons may have been the cultivar 'Saijo', though that is just a guess. Persimmons grow really well here in Richmond, Virginia, and I regularly recommend them (mostly 'Ichi Ki Kei Jiro') to clients. Thanks again for your work.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Persimmons are truly special fruits, and they deserve to be in wider circulation. They should be widely grown in yards all across the US, because they're so easy to grow, here, which is a rare find since so many things are challenging to grow in North America.
I have the Ichi Ki Kei Jiro (also Peach, two paw paws, Pomegranate and four apple trees. I also have blueberries, hardy kiwis, figs, raspberries, blackberries and honeyberries) that I got late last year, kepted in the greenhouse and planted this spring. Zone 6b
Dude, in preparation for planting my kaki Fuyu I watched every video I could find on youtube and yours is BY FAR the best video in every way: video and audio quality, articulateness, lack of jerky camera, excellent information fed in a steady manner, etc. etc. etc. I'm in zone 7, the Central Highlands of Arizona and I'm hoping for the best as I grew up in Los Angeles with an astringent which bore copious fruit every single year...
I just ordered a non-astringent Ichi Ki Kei Jiro persimmon from Plant Me Green. Thank you for the information and inspiration, I sooo excited now and can't wait to plant. 🙂
I planted one Jiro last week 7' tall & bought & bought 2 last night from Stark brothers, {bare root}....I'll plant them when they arrive in a few days.....i have Persimmon fever..!!!
This non-astringent Jiro crushed the Fuyu's from the grocery store. It wasn't even close. If you love the ones from the grocery store, this will blow your mind. And the astringent Asian persimmons are even better than this! These are truly amazing fruits.
Just buy my first Persimmon tree from a big box store yes 19:49 terday because it was sale and your video was so informative. Thank you so much. Wish I saw this before
I'm so happy to have discovered your content/advice as we live two hours north of you and it has given me a lot to consider!! So far this season I've planted two persimmon trees, am starting some figs in 5 gallon containers, am purchasing a Brown Select Satsuma to try and am implementing some different mulching techniques. I love your information filled videos without a lot of fluff, and Dale is great! Thanks for the inspiration! I praise God for what he lets us do with His creation :).
I moved into my current house out in the backwoods of SC in 2017, and I have about 3 wild American persimmon trees that are growing in my yard, I didn't know what they were before posting to a local native plant ID group, they appear to have a black fungus or spots on the leaves, everyone says that's normal, I don't know how they got here, all I see around is pine and oak. Maybe the seeds were dormant in the ground for years? I know the people that have lived here before me for the last 20 years and they had no idea. It's just crazy, I guess nature finds a way to keep going. I'm excited to see them grow. I thought it was a Paw Paw at first because the leaves look almost identical to me. I planted 2 paw paws so we will see. I'm so excited and if I keep going and keep things alive, I can't wait to see what this place looks like in 10 years.
Thanks for making this video. We have both a Hachiya (astringent) and Fuyu (non-astringent) and have great success. We are in zone 9. I wanted to share that I dehydrate the astringent persimmons as soon as they turn orange. It’s ok for them to be hard and astringent because the dehydration sweetens them. I can’t tell the difference in flavor between the dehydrated Fuyu or Hachiya. Our Fuyu’s never last long enough to become soft and jelly-like but I do dehydrate as many as possible and gift them at Christmas time. I have also successfully air dried the astringent persimmon in the Japanese style. That was time consuming but worth it. They lasted about a year in the fridge. We ordered a second Hachiya which will come in January. And, by the way, persimmon trees are gorgeous especially in the fall when the leaves turn and then look fantastic when all the leaves are gone and only the orange fruit can be seen. Thanks again for this video, will be sharing it with family.
I can't wait til I have enough to dehydrate. I would love to make jam out of them, too. Persimmons are beautiful trees. They're the perfect mix of tropical-looking foliage that still turns color and drops. My Giombo is starting to turn red since it's November. Very beautiful.
Hi, like what I told Ross (the fig & persimmon container trees guy) plant a Saijo persimmon. I promise it’s worth the trouble. And, if you still have some space & don’t mind seeds in your fruit, plant a chocolate persimmon. The pollinated fruits are bigger & have better flavor- even the barely ripe Fuyus. Persimmons respond better to branch bending than heavy pruning. I learned this the hard way.
Thank you sooo much for the inspiration, the information, the positivity, the honesty. We're planting 15 kaki's this fall here in Romania! We're most definitely the first in the village to do so, can't wait to see the faces of the grannies when they taste some ripe kaki's! Much love to all
That's awesome! You are going to turn some heads and blow some minds. I bet there are a lot of people that have never tasted a persimmon that are going to want to come to you for fruitwood! My advice is to get some grafted trees growing to sell to the community, because you'll have customers 😆
This was a very well researched video! Your videos are usually very educational showing the level of research expended by you in your videos! Well done! I am in South Florida. It is here but not the names you mentioned. When found, I will splurge to buy these incredibly delicious fruit!
I'd be lying if I said it didn't take multiple full "work days" to put this all together 😆 But it's worth it, because it'll be a resource that lives forever. Persimmons, especially Asian persimmons, will do well in South Florida, which is great, because it's so hard to grow things down there with the pest and disease pressure. This is one of the few low pressure "temperate" fruits you can grow.
Have dozens of American persimmons out back here. Songbirds, deer, and my chickens eat ‘em up fast. Once in awhile my dog or myself get lucky and find a ripe one before it’s gone. Small fruit but taste to me like strained peaches. I’ve tagged one male back there so I don’t accidentally kill it while thinning trees - they’re more fastigate in outline while the females are roundish. Have a young female in the front yard, but it’s under a power-line and I gotta kill it cause it’ll get too tall for that spot. Thought of replacing it with a Japanese cause they’re short enough not to foul the line up there. Bought a Fuyu at the store to try, but was very firm and not as juicy or sweet - but now seeing how your tree-ripened one turned out - changed my mind back again. You cut that thing and I said “He needs a towel!” 😂 Gonna hunt one down next Spring!
If you are thinking about growing persimmons, I highly recommend giving it a shot! I lived in Japan for 3 years and fell in love with the fruit there (it is plentiful and a fall staple there) and could not wait to start growing some when I got back to the States! It is my favorite fruit. I have two Asian non-astringents now and I'm planning on getting an American or American -Asian hybrid soon. My bigger tree is only about 6 or 7 feet tall and has already given me about 5 last year and is due for about 12 this year.
Sam’s Club had persimmons this year. I am hooked. We were at an arboretum and a native persimmon was dropping fruit. D Heavenly flavor. I gathered the seeds. I hope they grow.
Thank you for all of the time and research you put into this video. I learned a lot today! I got to try my first fully ripe persimmon this year. It was tasty! Take care!
I personally prefer the crisp and firm non astringent ones. The crispier the better... one amazing thing about persimmon trees (at least were I live) is their ability to retain deep orange fuits on the branches after all leaves are gone... sometimes it happens to ser them on naked branches covered by snow... breathtaking.
@@FrostedFlakesify sadly I was never able to find the name. The only thing I know is that it has to be a pollination-dependant one. There are some trees in this region and the production is of the astringent ones, but here and there on the branches, and differently every year, you can find some pollinated fruits that have a brown-ish pulp, sweet and extremely crunchy, more than an apple. Looking for them online I found more than one variety with brown pulp, and since the old people here planted these trees having no idea of their names, I'm still trying to figure it out. I'm sorry about my english and about the uselessness of my answer :(
This video deserves a bookmark, for sure! Great job! About 10 years ago I picked some wild persimmons fruit in the woods. On a lark, I prepared & planted the seeds. Fast forward, I have 3 trees growing. They're about 4' tall. But now I know why I don't have fruit! Looks like I'll need a male! Thanks for that!
I just bought my first Fuyu Persimmon from Greenville, NC at Carolina Seasons nursery. And I got 2 paw paws from them to take back to Ocracoke island. Thank you so much for this truly educational video. It will help me plant them alot❤
I love this. Persimmon is one of my favorite fruits. I can’t wait to have my own place and have at least one persimmon tree ❤ great information, thank you so much for sharing.
Wow, Anthony! 😃This is very comprehensive! I remember eating fresh persimmons off a neighbor's tree every year when growing up and like you said it's a taste unlike anything else....totally delish!😋 Thanks for more great knowledge on growing a beauty of a fruit.👍 Hey Dale!😃
It was a lot of effort to put this together, but it's a permanent resource that'll hopefully help people for years to come. Persimmons are something special, and they're one of the few fruit trees that are well-adapted to tolerate the climate of the US. More folks need to grow them!
Currently, there’s a pile of persimmons in my kitchen, seeds coming in the mail, and a few varieties that I just planted in my yard this fall. Couldn’t be a more timely video for me 😂
I would advise against growing persimmons from seed, because you have a very high chance of raising a random seedling with low-quality fruit. It will also take 7-10 years or longer for the tree to produce ripe fruit. When you buy grafted named varieties, you're guaranteed to get high quality fruit, usually within 1-2 years. This tree gave me ripe fruit within 15 months of planting.
You can graft Asian persimmons on them. Or dig them out while still young (it’s almost impossible to dig them out when established). People who hunt deer on their land would love to have them. Persimmon is deer candy.
My Fuyu Persimmon trees have stopped bearing fruit for 3 years then 2021 had some then this year one of 2 have only 2 fruits. Your advices are appreciated.
It is likely a cultural issue. Either the soil is unhealthy, the tree is not getting enough sun, the tree is not getting enough fertilizer, or there is some type of pest or disease issue. They should be bearing every year, and heavily. I recommend carefully checking the tree over for any pest or disease problems, add lots of compost and mulch around the base including removing all the weeds in the area competing with the tree, and prune the tree back to encourage new fruiting wood.
My mom made persimmon cookies, from the acorn shaped type, & I made some of the cookies today. Our neighbors have a persimmon tree & it fruits about every other year; or at least that's the only time I've seen fruit on it 😂. Thank you for the video VERY informative from California happy New Year to you & yours
I buy my fruit trees, bushes, and vines from Willis Orchards.... great prices (bare root, which is fine with me). After several years, and many plants later, I've only lost one (a plum tree), and that was totally my fault for lack of watering within the first year. Thank you for this video. Blessings from Zone 9, Texas.
Great intro to Persimmon! I have a Jiro and a Saijo and the latter fruited for the first time this season (after about 5 years). The Jiro fruited the season after I planted (last year) but then didn't fruit much this year - curious if it will alternate-bear? The Saijo didn't really ripen until well into December (zone 7). Jiro I obtained from Edible Landscaping in Virginia and the Saijo from a local nursery (Burke, VA). The Japanese varieties make really nice landscape trees with tropical-looking leaves for 3 seasons and the fruit hangs like ornaments after the leaves drop in winter.
Lots of information..I have had my persimion tree in Australia for4years..Finally it has small fruit on it..last season they all fell off..Yumm..that looks amazing!Im so excited4mine!!video shared!❤
Some persimmons seem to take awhile, while others seem to fruit right away. My Giombo is a notorious alternate bearer when young, and it hasn't held its fruit yet. The Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro is the opposite. It is known to fruit so heavily when young that it can break the tree, so you need to thin them. That's exactly what happened: my Giombo is fruitless after 2.5 years and my Jiro is so laden with fruit after 16 months that I needed to tie the branches to stakes to keep them from snapping.
Wow, so informative! Thanks a lot. But your trees are so close to the fence! I know you could control them and you probably don’t want them to grow too big. But since persimmons are such a great fruits you would probably regret later that you didn’t have an abundant of fruits! Not know there are so many American varieties. I grow two trees, one regular fuyu, the other giant fuyu. They both grow wonderfully and I share with friends every year, and they all loved it!
My dad has a persimmon tree the astringent kind. The fruit this year is huge. The size of beefsteak tomatoes. My dad and I both love the fruit and I bake bread and cookies with the ripe fruit. My dog sees me eating a persimmon and starts drooling because she lives them too. Others in the family have tasted persimmons that were unripe and swore off the fruit. My dad and I explain they just need to be patient. They love the baked goods though. I freeze the extra pulp for use throughout the year. A wonderful fruit. I need to start my own tree. Easy to grow and no pests. 😊
I got the fever...& bought 3 Jiro Persimmon trees in the past 2 weeks....& 2 Kieffer pears.....I'm mounting a tree stand just to the east side.....I want to eat Persimmons, pears & deer meat...
My sister got 2 Fuyu persimmon trees (both are grafted) but only one bare fruits this year. Family (mom and sister) likes their fruits crunchy 😊 I am curious about how to propagate ‘em. Watching you eat the fruit made me checking to see if there’s any drool or not ‘cause my mouth totally watered 😅 have a fantastic weekend now.
To propagate them, you'll need to buy small American persimmon seedlings (or grow American persimmon seedlings from seed), then graft on scion wood from the Asian persimmons. Asian persimmons should not be planted in North America on their "own roots." I would not try to root a cutting from an Asian persimmon tree. It's grafted only, in my opinion.
Perfect timing for sure!! I'm in the market for a fruit tree and I've heard it mentioned twice already how the persimmon tree is the way to go. I'm in zone 7a-some say zone 6. Upon some due diligence, I'll make a wise decision as to what kind to buy. Thanks so much for sharing!! I'll be sure to update you on my purchase and the progress along the way. Stay well. Btw, your taste test is what really sold me !! WOW!!
You are in an excellent area for persimmons, since all three types are growable in your zone. Persimmons are some of the lowest maintenance fruit trees out there for US-based growers. I'd love to hear what you decide.
Great video, thanks! Here in Cornwall, England we have a Nikita's Gift which we planted as a whip close to our south facing wall 4.5 years ago. It's looking very happy, is now about 2.5 metres tall and is flowering for the first time. Having eaten kaki fruits fresh from a tree in southern Spain many years ago I'm looking forward to the next best thing that we can enjoy here.
Thankyou. Planting one in Australia today. Fuyu non-astringent but I prefer them crunchy. The dried persimmons in Japan though traditionally dried are awesome too.
Excellent content as usual. Thanks. About your guidance on amending the planting hole: Isn't that what every tree expert tells us _not_ to do? We're told to plant them directly in native soil to allow them spread their roots out faster. Why make an exception for persimmon trees?
Fertilizer amendments do not alter the composition of the soil. It is strictly for nutrients. It isn’t like we are excavating a cubic yard of native soil and replacing it with peat poss or something, which would create a gradient. Adding compost and mulch to the top does not alter anything soil-wise. As for excavating the hole, you should always over-excavate and backfill the native soil to break up any hard ground to give your trees an easier time to grab hold of the soil. Transplanting trees never happens in nature and is entirely man-made, so you need to make it easier for trees to take root.
I was delighted find that our property has dozens of persimmon trees already growing, planted by deer. I plan to graft several of them with Japanese varieties. Thanks for making this vid! 👍
Someone gave me persimon seedlings. I don't know what kind they are. To be honest I haven't even tasted one. But they have grown into multi stem shrubs. Any advise? I live in zone 9b florida
@@jacquisouza5008 it is my understanding that 1 in 10 seedlings will be female and produce fruit. So, if you don’t have a lot of space, might be best to pick one stem to graft onto and prune the rest. The flavor is sweet, mellow, and refreshing
Thanks for sharing this. Your enthusiasm is so nice. In Calif we ate persimmons right off trees in late fall. That spicy jelly consistency was incredible. We baked persimmon bread too. Ate till we couldn't eat any more. Yes I have one tiny tree struggling to grow in zone 4. Maybe with your suggestions on feeding I can help it along. Cheers
Sounds wonderful. I can't wait until I have enough to cook with them. A "persimmon bread" where you basically make a banana bread but sub persimmons sounds great. I also love the idea of persimmon jam! If your tree is 2-3 years old, the tree may need either more fertilizer, more water, more sun, or a combination of all three. However, keep in mind it usually takes until Year 3 for a tree to grow. They spend their first 2 years growing roots, so if it was only planted a year or two ago, it is probably putting down roots. This video may help you: ua-cam.com/video/NhG2q-oJ-cQ/v-deo.html
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks for the follow up. I appreciate all the help I can get for this tiny struggling tree. I'll do a layer of compost and a light feeding. This spring will give it a big feeding. It does happen to be about 3 years old. I pruned it back a bit in August to see what would happen and wow did it pop. Grew nicely in response to the pruning. We enjoy all your posts. I'm into figs also so your fig topics are especially timely for my efforts also. Zone four as you know means my figs are in the house for the winter now. Cheers
Great video. Thank you. Please tell us more about growing persimmons in pots. I am in Boston. My two biggest enemies are winter and squirrels. To cope, I built a greenhouse, but now need to shuffle trees in and out, in pots. Also, please comment on pests and spraying schedule for Asian persimmons.
Growing a persimmon in containers is no different than any other tree. Select the smallest cultivars, because the more dwarfing they are, the better they perform. Websites like Edible Landscaping is good to research heights. In your climate, the only choices are probably going to be Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro for a non-astringent and Nikita’s Gift for astringent, since they’re dwarfing and cold hardy. Same rules apply as every other container plant. All trees are much less hardy in containers and need to be constantly fertilized during the growing season due to container washout. Asian persimmons don’t have many pests. Outside of an occasional Japanese beetle, I’ve never had a pest problem.
A+ video!! Thank you, thank you thank you for sharing all this well organized information! I recently tried a persimmon for the very first time. I am hooked and have been researching how to grow my own. I live near Denver, I’m looking at dwarf variety so I can grow in a large container and bringing it in the house in winter. Your video is indeed the best there is! I am definitely following your channel!
I picked up my first persimmon tree today, it’s an American verity that I will attempt to graft this winter. Everybody seems to recommend fuyu but I want to graft at least one branch of an astringent type.
We have wild persimmon around here and occasionally the weather is perfect for them to partially dry on the tree, super sweet and almost a date like texture, incredibly good.
They are very good. Wild persimmons are quite small, so if you like them, you'll go crazy for the bred cultivars. The selected American cultivars and astringent Asian cultivars will be even better. It's worth investing in.
@@TheMillennialGardenerI am planning to, hoping to find a sweet spot to put a couple in as I'm borderline for the wilds so really want to get that perfect location before planting.
Thanks for all this info. We recently moved to southwest Missouri and have 40 acres. Last month, I noticed a small tree with small yellow/orange fruit. I used my picture this app and it identified it as Diospyros virginiana. I can’t notice another tree near by but I’m new at this. If this tree needed a pollinator, would there be another tree near by?
Great video with tons of information. I recently purchased a rosseyanka persimmon from just fruits and exotics super excited to see it grow. My neighbor has an American persimmon which I tasted a few weeks ago which was my first one ever.
Thank you for this video. Been wanting a Nikita's Gift for a long time, but sold out from Starks. Didn't know what places were reputable and made order off of your recommendation.
Thank you for your informative video. My 2 Fuyi persimmon trees growing in central Florida(Orlando) are not doing well, I planted them in summer 2024, 1 is doing better than the other, the one not doing well has not giving me any new growth, the leaves were not healthy during summer, of course now the tree is bare due to winter. I can't wait for spring to see if I could use some of your tips
I must say, your videos are the best. You are very informative, I have bought, and will buy more seeds and fruit trees based on your videos. You are a joy to watch...and so is the "Candy Inspector." ❤🐶
Thank you! I'm really happy to hear that. All I want to do is encourage folks to grow more food, so that means the world. Dale sends his warm regards and would like to know if you have any extra chocolate-free candy you wouldn't mind donating 😆
I wanted to plant another fruit tree in my front yard and I was thinking about apricot VS persimmon tree and came across this video and end up getting kaki persimmon tree 😅 I like the end of the video 😂
We had a 20 foot native persimmon tree at our previous house. I had to lay sheets under it and wait for the fruit to drop! Persimmon pudding is a thanksgiving staple. The fruits are astringent until frost. Funny story. Our golden retriever would eat the fruit from the ground. Not knowing this I was scooping poop and was frightened finding these large brown things that I had never seen before. I laughed when I finally figured it out! Native persimmons are mostly seeds so watch what you plant. Hopefully Dale won’t encounter any!!!
Here in the northwest UK we have been able to buy persimmons in some supermarkets for a few years now. Very few have ripened to be jelly like in the centre, but those are spectacularly delicious. Most semi ripen, and are also very good indeed, though I enjoy them even barely ripe. I planted a little persimmon tree in my coastal garden, where it’s settled in well, and is very pretty with its yellowy-lime leaves that darken in late summer. Whether it will be able to fruit will take time, but it’s something to hope for. The variety is Tipo, but I don’t know more than that.
Maria Semedo. Great program, well appreciated, I have what I think is hachiya persimmon astringent full with seeds, can you tell me if I can seed then and then graft them and what will be the best type for new jersey with out seeds. Thank you very much.
23 years ago I planted an Asian persimmon tree at my first home. But it didn't mature before I sold that home to downsize. About 7 years ago I planted one here at my home. This year, for the first time I was able to pick 2 persimmons - today. Before the squirrels got them, and all dropped from the tree this year except these two. I picked them a bit early before the squirrels beat me to them. They are on the counter to ripen a bit. I can't wait to taste them. I've used the American persimmons for years to make pudding, but have had no access to any for years, and being disabled I'm unable to get out to find any.
What is the approximate distance between the center of your tree and fenceline? I planted an Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro this past weekend, which has an expected mature width of 8'-10'. Unfortunately, I belated realized that I only planted the tree about 2-3' from my fence and I'm hoping that you'll tell me that 2' is enough. If not, what is the minimum distance that you'd recommend? Thanks. This is such a great guide.
I’ve been watching your excellent videos for a while now, and this might be your very best! Wish I had seen it before I purchased and planted my 4 persimmon trees last fall. They have leaves but are still trying to decide whether they like it here or not. Unexpectedly one has gotten quite large, similar to the one behind you in some of your shots. You mentioned pruning- have you done a video on that? If not, if I’d love to see one. Thanks for all your great work!
If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Introduction To Growing Persimmons
1:12 What Is An Astringent Persimmon?
2:49 What Is A Non Astringent Persimmon?
4:21 How To Grow American Persimmon Trees
6:08 A List Of Self Fertile American Persimmon Varieties
7:01 How To Grow Asian Persimmon Trees
8:23 Pollination Constant vs Pollination Variant Persimmons
9:36 A List Of Asian Persimmon Varieties By Type
10:08 How To Grow Hybrid Persimmon Trees
11:22 How To Plant A Persimmon Tree
13:16 My Persimmon Trees 1-2 Years After Planting
15:02 How To Eat A Persimmon Fruit
16:01 Persimmon Taste Test
18:05 Where To Buy Persimmon Trees
20:02 Adventures With Dale
i just had two persimmons for breakfast and two last night for dinner dessert...very, very tasty...it is only seasonal in late fall
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Okay, I find all of your videos extremely helpful. I've been gardening for years, but I always learn something new from you. Same with chickens, I've had chickens for years, but I'm always learning something new about chickens. Thank you for what you do!!! ❤️
Two of my favorite fruits are figs & persimmons, as well as chirimoya aka guanábana or soupsap.
Not knowing about fruit trees can be extremely frustrating when planting and expecting fruit. We bought a persimmon from a garden center in SCarolina around 2008. It grew and now is a giant tree but only last year we had a couple of small uneatable fruit. We planted some others that my husband obtained from a friend 2 yrs back. We will see. But I have considered chopping the whole tree down. Extremely put off with the tree and how much space it takes up without any fruit. To add salt to the wound, the garden center closed about 1 yr after purchasing the tree. Maybe this year coming we will have more success after we fertilize the persimmon. Nope, do not have any idea what type it is.
@@skLuke638 Pawpaws. ;)
Persimmon Whip Recipe - I would like to share my persimmon whip recipe, which is absolutely delicious. 2 or 3 ripe persimmons, 1 mug of heavy whipping cream, 1 ripe banana, 1 tablespoon each of organic maple syrup and honey. Put in nutribullet or blender. Then you spoon out into desert dishes, sprinkle with nutmeg, cinnamon and or brown sugar. My friends persimmon tree has ones just like in this video. They used to grow wild around here, Maryland's Eastern Shorehard to find now. I highly recomend you try a persimmon in your life. I hope you all have a fabulous day.
That sounds great! Thank you very much for sharing!
@@adam_1144 you're welcome
Wow, thank you for sharing! ❤
@@Mangoberrylemon123 you're welcome
Oh, that sounds heavenly! Maybe I’ll try this for Christmas this year. I’m in Germany and the Turkish stores here carry Persimmons til pretty late. Maybe I’m lucky. Thank you so much!
I have a five-year-old non-astringent Fuyu persimmon tree. The fruit is great! I usually eat them when they are firm or when they just start to feel a little soft. My one tree gives me well over 100 fruit. This is a really easy tree to grow and mostly needs no care. I usually put some cow manure around the base of the tree in the Spring and that's all I do.
Just planted a Fuyu (my first persimmons) and I live in Houston. What zone are you in? Thanks
@@jmmalyjan4741 I'm in zone 7B. Good luck with the tree.
I just planted one too, and it's blooming already.
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Zone 9 near New Orleans.
Over 5 years growing Fuyu.
Very tasty fruit and pretty tree.
I like Fuyu persimmon tis not astringent tis sweet persimmon
I guess you all don't know about the most common varieties in Spain. Here a system to eliminate the tanines from the astringent "Rojo Brillante" variety lead to a massive expansion on persimmon popularity. Now i have a astringent and a non astringent trees. The way to eliminate the tanines is to take the fruit when is orange, still firm, and put them in a container with a little liquor. You wait for 5-7 days and the fruit is sweet. Check some videos from Spain and try. Nice video by the way.
I have grown an astringent persimmon tree since 1997, the January season from a Lebanese mountains fruit trees nursery . What a tree; I would love to send you some photographs from Beit Chabab , my village. The tree is so productive and I'm pruning it this coming week, any sunny days as this week is mostly sunny.
I have a Fuyu in the backyard 😁 I also have 2 pears, 2 figs, a peach, 2 paw paws, and 4 hazel nut bushes. I'm kinda fruit tree crazy. My neighbor ended up getting a peach and 2 apple trees as a result-LOL. I thought about getting apple trees but everyone who plants fruit trees around here goes for apples. They are a dime a dozen. I have a rule. I don't plant anything in my yard that doesn't produce an edible product. I have honey berry bushes and thornless blackberries as well. Thornless blackberries and strawberries are great for beginners BTW. They are super easy to grow. They are early heavy producers as well. Blackberries require aggressive pruning sometimes to keep within bounds though. They go crazy once established just like the wild ones. I get gallons of them every year. The blackberries distract the birds from my fruit trees as a bonus.
Good morning! I don’t know how I missed this video a year ago, but it came up on my feed and I want to thank you for the bottom of my heart because it’s really hard to find a really good video for persimmons. I love your videos. I thought it was a new video at first, and I’m like what is his wedding ring 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I am an experienced gardener, decades, in fact, but I aways find that other gardeners have useful, interesting information to offer, no matter the length of their experience. Even total beginners teach me things through their questions. I have been learning new things about figs, and now persimmons, on your channel. Well done!
I was introduced to persimmons when an exchange student in Japan 50 years ago, and I was totally fascinated. Growing up in high, dry, cold, short-season Northern New Mexico, I had no idea such things existed - almost impossibly exotic looking orange lanterns hanging from the dark, bare branches. As a point of possible interest, I recall bright orange persimmons strung to dry under the eaves of many Japanese farmhouses. Dried persimmons are really delicious. Those hung-to-dry persimmons may have been the cultivar 'Saijo', though that is just a guess.
Persimmons grow really well here in Richmond, Virginia, and I regularly recommend them (mostly 'Ichi Ki Kei Jiro') to clients.
Thanks again for your work.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Persimmons are truly special fruits, and they deserve to be in wider circulation. They should be widely grown in yards all across the US, because they're so easy to grow, here, which is a rare find since so many things are challenging to grow in North America.
How can I buy persimmons tree where order from?
He gives a whole list at the 18:30 timestamp @@MinMin-yq2di
@@MinMin-yq2diSearching internet. I just bought 2 persimmon tress online a week ago and now they are in my backyard！❤
I have the Ichi Ki Kei Jiro (also Peach, two paw paws, Pomegranate and four apple trees. I also have blueberries, hardy kiwis, figs, raspberries, blackberries and honeyberries) that I got late last year, kepted in the greenhouse and planted this spring. Zone 6b
Dude, in preparation for planting my kaki Fuyu I watched every video I could find on youtube and yours is BY FAR the best video in every way: video and audio quality, articulateness, lack of jerky camera, excellent information fed in a steady manner, etc. etc. etc.
I'm in zone 7, the Central Highlands of Arizona and I'm hoping for the best as I grew up in Los Angeles with an astringent which bore copious fruit every single year...
not even close!!!
Some of the best content on UA-cam this channel right here
Thank you! I really appreciate it!
My persimmon took 4 years to fully set fruit in zone 9b California. Well worth the wait! 👍
They’re awesome trees. California clay soil may slow them down a bit. My soil is very sandy, so roots grow easily.
I just ordered a non-astringent Ichi Ki Kei Jiro persimmon from Plant Me Green. Thank you for the information and inspiration, I sooo excited now and can't wait to plant. 🙂
I planted one Jiro last week 7' tall & bought & bought 2 last night from Stark brothers, {bare root}....I'll plant them when they arrive in a few days.....i have Persimmon fever..!!!
There's a lot of people with persimmons here in Jacksonville, NC. The Starbucks in Jacksonville has an American persimmon next to their parking lot.
Jacksonville, Florida or NC? They'd do well in either location.
@@TheMillennialGardener NC the Starbucks in the mall parking lot.
@@shekharmoona544 cool. I’ve never been there. I’ve never seen a large American persimmon tree.
Grew up eating persimmons in Utah. Absolutely delicious. Just bought 2 tree and plan to plant them this weekend.
WOW ! That was a lot of research. Thank you so very much for a remarkably well presented video.
I appreciate it.
You're welcome! I hope it proves a valuable resource for those looking to grow these amazing fruits.
I am now obsessed thanks to you!
I love the non-astringent Fuyu ones from stores.
I want to grow this tree, you read our minds and made this video! I’ll be acquiring one tree atleast.
This non-astringent Jiro crushed the Fuyu's from the grocery store. It wasn't even close. If you love the ones from the grocery store, this will blow your mind. And the astringent Asian persimmons are even better than this! These are truly amazing fruits.
Glad to see you talking about American persimmons. They really do taste better when ripe and are worth the effort.
Just buy my first Persimmon tree from a big box store yes 19:49 terday because it was sale and your video was so informative. Thank you so much. Wish I saw this before
I'm so happy to have discovered your content/advice as we live two hours north of you and it has given me a lot to consider!! So far this season I've planted two persimmon trees, am starting some figs in 5 gallon containers, am purchasing a Brown Select Satsuma to try and am implementing some different mulching techniques. I love your information filled videos without a lot of fluff, and Dale is great! Thanks for the inspiration! I praise God for what he lets us do with His creation :).
What an amazing video! Lots of work and research. Plus, your enthusiasm adds so much to the video.
Thank you! It was *a lot* of work to put this together, but it'll live on as a resource forever.
I moved into my current house out in the backwoods of SC in 2017, and I have about 3 wild American persimmon trees that are growing in my yard, I didn't know what they were before posting to a local native plant ID group, they appear to have a black fungus or spots on the leaves, everyone says that's normal, I don't know how they got here, all I see around is pine and oak. Maybe the seeds were dormant in the ground for years? I know the people that have lived here before me for the last 20 years and they had no idea. It's just crazy, I guess nature finds a way to keep going. I'm excited to see them grow. I thought it was a Paw Paw at first because the leaves look almost identical to me. I planted 2 paw paws so we will see. I'm so excited and if I keep going and keep things alive, I can't wait to see what this place looks like in 10 years.
Thanks for making this video. We have both a Hachiya (astringent) and Fuyu (non-astringent) and have great success. We are in zone 9. I wanted to share that I dehydrate the astringent persimmons as soon as they turn orange. It’s ok for them to be hard and astringent because the dehydration sweetens them. I can’t tell the difference in flavor between the dehydrated Fuyu or Hachiya. Our Fuyu’s never last long enough to become soft and jelly-like but I do dehydrate as many as possible and gift them at Christmas time. I have also successfully air dried the astringent persimmon in the Japanese style. That was time consuming but worth it. They lasted about a year in the fridge.
We ordered a second Hachiya which will come in January. And, by the way, persimmon trees are gorgeous especially in the fall when the leaves turn and then look fantastic when all the leaves are gone and only the orange fruit can be seen. Thanks again for this video, will be sharing it with family.
I can't wait til I have enough to dehydrate. I would love to make jam out of them, too. Persimmons are beautiful trees. They're the perfect mix of tropical-looking foliage that still turns color and drops. My Giombo is starting to turn red since it's November. Very beautiful.
Hi, like what I told Ross (the fig & persimmon container trees guy) plant a Saijo persimmon. I promise it’s worth the trouble.
And, if you still have some space & don’t mind seeds in your fruit, plant a chocolate persimmon. The pollinated fruits are bigger & have better flavor- even the barely ripe Fuyus.
Persimmons respond better to branch bending than heavy pruning. I learned this the hard way.
Thank you sooo much for the inspiration, the information, the positivity, the honesty. We're planting 15 kaki's this fall here in Romania! We're most definitely the first in the village to do so, can't wait to see the faces of the grannies when they taste some ripe kaki's! Much love to all
That's awesome! You are going to turn some heads and blow some minds. I bet there are a lot of people that have never tasted a persimmon that are going to want to come to you for fruitwood! My advice is to get some grafted trees growing to sell to the community, because you'll have customers 😆
@@TheMillennialGardener sounds very good indeed! We'll be trying to get that going!
Just finished drying 10lbs of fuyu persimmon , 2 trees, some very ripe, some still firm. Consistent producers in Austin, Texas.🤗😋
Very nice haul!
This was a very well researched video! Your videos are usually very educational showing the level of research expended by you in your videos! Well done! I am in South Florida. It is here but not the names you mentioned. When found, I will splurge to buy these incredibly delicious fruit!
I'd be lying if I said it didn't take multiple full "work days" to put this all together 😆 But it's worth it, because it'll be a resource that lives forever. Persimmons, especially Asian persimmons, will do well in South Florida, which is great, because it's so hard to grow things down there with the pest and disease pressure. This is one of the few low pressure "temperate" fruits you can grow.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks. I will check with those sites and hoping to get one soon!
Love this fall winter passion fruit ever since I started eating a year ago
Have dozens of American persimmons out back here. Songbirds, deer, and my chickens eat ‘em up fast. Once in awhile my dog or myself get lucky and find a ripe one before it’s gone. Small fruit but taste to me like strained peaches. I’ve tagged one male back there so I don’t accidentally kill it while thinning trees - they’re more fastigate in outline while the females are roundish. Have a young female in the front yard, but it’s under a power-line and I gotta kill it cause it’ll get too tall for that spot. Thought of replacing it with a Japanese cause they’re short enough not to foul the line up there. Bought a Fuyu at the store to try, but was very firm and not as juicy or sweet - but now seeing how your tree-ripened one turned out - changed my mind back again. You cut that thing and I said “He needs a towel!” 😂 Gonna hunt one down next Spring!
Persimmon is jello candy that hangs gorgeous on the tree in the snow!! I'm waiting my American persimmon to grow large enough to take a graft.
If you are thinking about growing persimmons, I highly recommend giving it a shot! I lived in Japan for 3 years and fell in love with the fruit there (it is plentiful and a fall staple there) and could not wait to start growing some when I got back to the States! It is my favorite fruit. I have two Asian non-astringents now and I'm planning on getting an American or American -Asian hybrid soon. My bigger tree is only about 6 or 7 feet tall and has already given me about 5 last year and is due for about 12 this year.
Crispy persimmons are my fave especially with autumn chill
Sam’s Club had persimmons this year. I am hooked.
We were at an arboretum and a native persimmon was dropping fruit. D Heavenly flavor. I gathered the seeds. I hope they grow.
Thank you for all of the time and research you put into this video. I learned a lot today! I got to try my first fully ripe persimmon this year. It was tasty! Take care!
I just bought two Giant Fuyu Persimmon trees today! I look forward to planting them in our orchard soon.
Edible Landscaping at Afton, VA, has healthy trees. My husband ordered an Ichi-Kei-Ki-Jiro last week. :D I love persimmons... and my husband! :D
I personally prefer the crisp and firm non astringent ones. The crispier the better... one amazing thing about persimmon trees (at least were I live) is their ability to retain deep orange fuits on the branches after all leaves are gone... sometimes it happens to ser them on naked branches covered by snow... breathtaking.
Hi which variety is it that you prefer?
@@FrostedFlakesify sadly I was never able to find the name. The only thing I know is that it has to be a pollination-dependant one. There are some trees in this region and the production is of the astringent ones, but here and there on the branches, and differently every year, you can find some pollinated fruits that have a brown-ish pulp, sweet and extremely crunchy, more than an apple. Looking for them online I found more than one variety with brown pulp, and since the old people here planted these trees having no idea of their names, I'm still trying to figure it out. I'm sorry about my english and about the uselessness of my answer :(
This video deserves a bookmark, for sure! Great job!
About 10 years ago I picked some wild persimmons fruit in the woods. On a lark, I prepared & planted the seeds.
Fast forward, I have 3 trees growing. They're about 4' tall. But now I know why I don't have fruit! Looks like I'll need a male! Thanks for that!
I just bought my first Fuyu Persimmon from Greenville, NC at Carolina Seasons nursery. And I got 2 paw paws from them to take back to Ocracoke island. Thank you so much for this truly educational video. It will help me plant them alot❤
❤❤❤ nearly forgot they existed, I usually don't eat them but I love dried persimmons, thank you for the reminder !
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I ordered a prok American persimmon online. I can't wait to plant it!
Congratulations!
This is a great guide MG. I forage the American persimmon while hiking river bottoms and hardwood forests. They make a great jam and pie!
That's awesome. I have never come across one. They'd probably be hard to find where I live, but that's great.
I love this. Persimmon is one of my favorite fruits. I can’t wait to have my own place and have at least one persimmon tree ❤ great information, thank you so much for sharing.
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for watching.
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Wow, Anthony! 😃This is very comprehensive! I remember eating fresh persimmons off a neighbor's tree every year when growing up and like you said it's a taste unlike anything else....totally delish!😋 Thanks for more great knowledge on growing a beauty of a fruit.👍
Hey Dale!😃
It was a lot of effort to put this together, but it's a permanent resource that'll hopefully help people for years to come. Persimmons are something special, and they're one of the few fruit trees that are well-adapted to tolerate the climate of the US. More folks need to grow them!
Currently, there’s a pile of persimmons in my kitchen, seeds coming in the mail, and a few varieties that I just planted in my yard this fall. Couldn’t be a more timely video for me 😂
I would advise against growing persimmons from seed, because you have a very high chance of raising a random seedling with low-quality fruit. It will also take 7-10 years or longer for the tree to produce ripe fruit. When you buy grafted named varieties, you're guaranteed to get high quality fruit, usually within 1-2 years. This tree gave me ripe fruit within 15 months of planting.
You can graft Asian persimmons on them. Or dig them out while still young (it’s almost impossible to dig them out when established). People who hunt deer on their land would love to have them. Persimmon is deer candy.
My Fuyu Persimmon trees have stopped bearing fruit for 3 years then 2021 had some then this year one of 2 have only 2 fruits. Your advices are appreciated.
It is likely a cultural issue. Either the soil is unhealthy, the tree is not getting enough sun, the tree is not getting enough fertilizer, or there is some type of pest or disease issue. They should be bearing every year, and heavily. I recommend carefully checking the tree over for any pest or disease problems, add lots of compost and mulch around the base including removing all the weeds in the area competing with the tree, and prune the tree back to encourage new fruiting wood.
My mom made persimmon cookies, from the acorn shaped type, & I made some of the cookies today. Our neighbors have a persimmon tree & it fruits about every other year; or at least that's the only time I've seen fruit on it 😂.
Thank you for the video VERY informative from California happy New Year to you & yours
I buy my fruit trees, bushes, and vines from Willis Orchards.... great prices (bare root, which is fine with me). After several years, and many plants later, I've only lost one (a plum tree), and that was totally my fault for lack of watering within the first year. Thank you for this video. Blessings from Zone 9, Texas.
Great intro to Persimmon! I have a Jiro and a Saijo and the latter fruited for the first time this season (after about 5 years). The Jiro fruited the season after I planted (last year) but then didn't fruit much this year - curious if it will alternate-bear? The Saijo didn't really ripen until well into December (zone 7). Jiro I obtained from Edible Landscaping in Virginia and the Saijo from a local nursery (Burke, VA). The Japanese varieties make really nice landscape trees with tropical-looking leaves for 3 seasons and the fruit hangs like ornaments after the leaves drop in winter.
Thanks for this! I actually bought three persimmons tree.. I will transplant them tomorrow.. thanks watching u from Florida
Bravo sir! Bravo! I bough a Fuyu a few weeks ago and will put in ground soon. Zone 7b.
Outstanding! The sooner you can get it in, the better. That way, it can slowly establish over the long, cool fall and winter.
I appreciate your comprehensive videos because while they're packed full of information, you always give just the right amount.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that.
Thanks for this. I bought a Jiro, a Fuyu, and a Hana-Fuyu over the winter. Looking forward to their arrival.
Awesome!
Lots of information..I have had my persimion tree in Australia for4years..Finally it has small fruit on it..last season they all fell off..Yumm..that looks amazing!Im so excited4mine!!video shared!❤
Some persimmons seem to take awhile, while others seem to fruit right away. My Giombo is a notorious alternate bearer when young, and it hasn't held its fruit yet. The Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro is the opposite. It is known to fruit so heavily when young that it can break the tree, so you need to thin them. That's exactly what happened: my Giombo is fruitless after 2.5 years and my Jiro is so laden with fruit after 16 months that I needed to tie the branches to stakes to keep them from snapping.
Wow, so informative! Thanks a lot. But your trees are so close to the fence! I know you could control them and you probably don’t want them to grow too big. But since persimmons are such a great fruits you would probably regret later that you didn’t have an abundant of fruits!
Not know there are so many American varieties. I grow two trees, one regular fuyu, the other giant fuyu. They both grow wonderfully and I share with friends every year, and they all loved it!
My dad has a persimmon tree the astringent kind. The fruit this year is huge. The size of beefsteak tomatoes. My dad and I both love the fruit and I bake bread and cookies with the ripe fruit. My dog sees me eating a persimmon and starts drooling because she lives them too. Others in the family have tasted persimmons that were unripe and swore off the fruit. My dad and I explain they just need to be patient. They love the baked goods though. I freeze the extra pulp for use throughout the year. A wonderful fruit. I need to start my own tree. Easy to grow and no pests. 😊
This video and another video you did persuaded me to get the Ichi Ki Kei Jiro for my front yard as part of an edible landscape(HOA Lookout). Thanks!
I got the fever...& bought 3 Jiro Persimmon trees in the past 2 weeks....& 2 Kieffer pears.....I'm mounting a tree stand just to the east side.....I want to eat Persimmons, pears & deer meat...
I just ordered a Hana-Fuyu from Ison's Nursery! I'm so excited!!
Awesome! Congrats!
My sister got 2 Fuyu persimmon trees (both are grafted) but only one bare fruits this year. Family (mom and sister) likes their fruits crunchy 😊 I am curious about how to propagate ‘em. Watching you eat the fruit made me checking to see if there’s any drool or not ‘cause my mouth totally watered 😅 have a fantastic weekend now.
To propagate them, you'll need to buy small American persimmon seedlings (or grow American persimmon seedlings from seed), then graft on scion wood from the Asian persimmons. Asian persimmons should not be planted in North America on their "own roots." I would not try to root a cutting from an Asian persimmon tree. It's grafted only, in my opinion.
I managed to grow one Fuyu persimmons plant from just one seed, these delicious Fuyu fruits are mostly seedless.
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As always you are so full of reliable information, thank you for these detailed educational videos.
You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful.
Thanks so much for this information. I am planting my Fuyu tree this weekend.
Perfect timing for sure!! I'm in the market for a fruit tree and I've heard it mentioned twice already how the persimmon tree is the way to go. I'm in zone 7a-some say zone 6. Upon some due diligence, I'll make a wise decision as to what kind to buy. Thanks so much for sharing!! I'll be sure to update you on my purchase and the progress along the way. Stay well. Btw, your taste test is what really sold me !! WOW!!
You are in an excellent area for persimmons, since all three types are growable in your zone. Persimmons are some of the lowest maintenance fruit trees out there for US-based growers. I'd love to hear what you decide.
Great video! 👍👍👍. I love the Asian persimmons as they are crunchy like an apple. Thank you for this information! 👍👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😀💕🌸🌱🌱🌱
Great video, thanks! Here in Cornwall, England we have a Nikita's Gift which we planted as a whip close to our south facing wall 4.5 years ago. It's looking very happy, is now about 2.5 metres tall and is flowering for the first time. Having eaten kaki fruits fresh from a tree in southern Spain many years ago I'm looking forward to the next best thing that we can enjoy here.
So informative! Worth watching every second.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Thankyou. Planting one in Australia today. Fuyu non-astringent but I prefer them crunchy. The dried persimmons in Japan though traditionally dried are awesome too.
Thanks for the information about Persimmon Tree Plant I have 1 Tree and wanted to get me a chocolate Persimmon Tree so I have to see your video again
Our Creator made amazing stuff. Thank you for the video
You’re welcome!
Evolution made it....
Excellent content as usual. Thanks. About your guidance on amending the planting hole: Isn't that what every tree expert tells us _not_ to do? We're told to plant them directly in native soil to allow them spread their roots out faster. Why make an exception for persimmon trees?
Fertilizer amendments do not alter the composition of the soil. It is strictly for nutrients. It isn’t like we are excavating a cubic yard of native soil and replacing it with peat poss or something, which would create a gradient. Adding compost and mulch to the top does not alter anything soil-wise. As for excavating the hole, you should always over-excavate and backfill the native soil to break up any hard ground to give your trees an easier time to grab hold of the soil. Transplanting trees never happens in nature and is entirely man-made, so you need to make it easier for trees to take root.
@@TheMillennialGardener Great, thanks for the timely reply! So you wouldn't add compost to the hole, per 11:25?
I was delighted find that our property has dozens of persimmon trees already growing, planted by deer. I plan to graft several of them with Japanese varieties. Thanks for making this vid! 👍
You're welcome! The Asian types have much larger fruit.
Someone gave me persimon seedlings. I don't know what kind they are. To be honest I haven't even tasted one. But they have grown into multi stem shrubs. Any advise? I live in zone 9b florida
@@jacquisouza5008 it is my understanding that 1 in 10 seedlings will be female and produce fruit. So, if you don’t have a lot of space, might be best to pick one stem to graft onto and prune the rest. The flavor is sweet, mellow, and refreshing
Thanks, I will attempt that.
Thanks for sharing this. Your enthusiasm is so nice. In Calif we ate persimmons right off trees in late fall. That spicy jelly consistency was incredible. We baked persimmon bread too. Ate till we couldn't eat any more. Yes I have one tiny tree struggling to grow in zone 4. Maybe with your suggestions on feeding I can help it along. Cheers
Sounds wonderful. I can't wait until I have enough to cook with them. A "persimmon bread" where you basically make a banana bread but sub persimmons sounds great. I also love the idea of persimmon jam! If your tree is 2-3 years old, the tree may need either more fertilizer, more water, more sun, or a combination of all three. However, keep in mind it usually takes until Year 3 for a tree to grow. They spend their first 2 years growing roots, so if it was only planted a year or two ago, it is probably putting down roots. This video may help you: ua-cam.com/video/NhG2q-oJ-cQ/v-deo.html
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks for the follow up. I appreciate all the help I can get for this tiny struggling tree. I'll do a layer of compost and a light feeding. This spring will give it a big feeding. It does happen to be about 3 years old. I pruned it back a bit in August to see what would happen and wow did it pop. Grew nicely in response to the pruning.
We enjoy all your posts. I'm into figs also so your fig topics are especially timely for my efforts also. Zone four as you know means my figs are in the house for the winter now. Cheers
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤
Great video. Thank you. Please tell us more about growing persimmons in pots. I am in Boston. My two biggest enemies are winter and squirrels. To cope, I built a greenhouse, but now need to shuffle trees in and out, in pots. Also, please comment on pests and spraying schedule for Asian persimmons.
Growing a persimmon in containers is no different than any other tree. Select the smallest cultivars, because the more dwarfing they are, the better they perform. Websites like Edible Landscaping is good to research heights. In your climate, the only choices are probably going to be Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro for a non-astringent and Nikita’s Gift for astringent, since they’re dwarfing and cold hardy.
Same rules apply as every other container plant. All trees are much less hardy in containers and need to be constantly fertilized during the growing season due to container washout.
Asian persimmons don’t have many pests. Outside of an occasional Japanese beetle, I’ve never had a pest problem.
You have inspired me. I got the same tree from spark brothers
i ordered 2 Jiro Persimmon from them last night...said they'd be at my house this week...!!!!
A+ video!! Thank you, thank you thank you for sharing all this well organized information! I recently tried a persimmon for the very first time. I am hooked and have been researching how to grow my own. I live near Denver, I’m looking at dwarf variety so I can grow in a large container and bringing it in the house in winter. Your video is indeed the best there is! I am definitely following your channel!
hi. thanks for a very informative video. stay awesome!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Just bought a fuyu today looking for a grafted American now.... 👍😁👍
Howdy from Texas 🤠
I picked up my first persimmon tree today, it’s an American verity that I will attempt to graft this winter. Everybody seems to recommend fuyu but I want to graft at least one branch of an astringent type.
We have wild persimmon around here and occasionally the weather is perfect for them to partially dry on the tree, super sweet and almost a date like texture, incredibly good.
They are very good. Wild persimmons are quite small, so if you like them, you'll go crazy for the bred cultivars. The selected American cultivars and astringent Asian cultivars will be even better. It's worth investing in.
@@TheMillennialGardenerI am planning to, hoping to find a sweet spot to put a couple in as I'm borderline for the wilds so really want to get that perfect location before planting.
You’re killing me..I’m so excited for my persimmon to mature
Went on Post at Ft Bragg today and bought one persimmon at the commissary for $2.49 my wife and I will be buying a tree this week for sure !!
Now that is some mark-up! Fresh off the tree is no comparison. They are truly unbelievable.
@@TheMillennialGardener my wife bought a tree last night from one of the stores you recommended , thank you so much for the video
Excellent detailed information. ❤
Thanks for all this info. We recently moved to southwest Missouri and have 40 acres. Last month, I noticed a small tree with small yellow/orange fruit. I used my picture this app and it identified it as Diospyros virginiana. I can’t notice another tree near by but I’m new at this. If this tree needed a pollinator, would there be another tree near by?
Great video with tons of information. I recently purchased a rosseyanka persimmon from just fruits and exotics super excited to see it grow. My neighbor has an American persimmon which I tasted a few weeks ago which was my first one ever.
Did you like the American persimmon? The Asian types are quite different. The fruit is larger.
Yes it was sweet and tasty. I'm here in Cleveland 6a so any fruit fresh off the tree is a treat.
Thank you for this video. Been wanting a Nikita's Gift for a long time, but sold out from Starks. Didn't know what places were reputable and made order off of your recommendation.
Excellent! Glad you found what you're looking for.
Thanks so much, this is my favorite fruit the Astringent type, wow, a university lecture, thanks for the work you put into this, plan to plant
You’re welcome! I’m glad it was a helpful resource.
Thank you for your informative video.
My 2 Fuyi persimmon trees growing in central Florida(Orlando) are not doing well, I planted them in summer 2024, 1 is doing better than the other, the one not doing well has not giving me any new growth, the leaves were not healthy during summer, of course now the tree is bare due to winter. I can't wait for spring to see if I could use some of your tips
I must say, your videos are the best. You are very informative, I have bought, and will buy more seeds and fruit trees based on your videos. You are a joy to watch...and so is the "Candy Inspector." ❤🐶
Thank you! I'm really happy to hear that. All I want to do is encourage folks to grow more food, so that means the world. Dale sends his warm regards and would like to know if you have any extra chocolate-free candy you wouldn't mind donating 😆
I wanted to plant another fruit tree in my front yard and I was thinking about apricot VS persimmon tree and came across this video and end up getting kaki persimmon tree 😅 I like the end of the video 😂
Oho, I like to hearing best guid to grow persimmon.
Best. Video. Ever! Thank you so much!
We had a 20 foot native persimmon tree at our previous house. I had to lay sheets under it and wait for the fruit to drop! Persimmon pudding is a thanksgiving staple. The fruits are astringent until frost.
Funny story. Our golden retriever would eat the fruit from the ground. Not knowing this I was scooping poop and was frightened finding these large brown things that I had never seen before. I laughed when I finally figured it out! Native persimmons are mostly seeds so watch what you plant. Hopefully Dale won’t encounter any!!!
Wow. I can't wait to plant that tree in my yard. Thanks for the video. Great information.
You're welcome! They're amazing fruits.
Absolutely wonderful content in this video! Sharing!
Here in the northwest UK we have been able to buy persimmons in some supermarkets for a few years now. Very few have ripened to be jelly like in the centre, but those are spectacularly delicious. Most semi ripen, and are also very good indeed, though I enjoy them even barely ripe. I planted a little persimmon tree in my coastal garden, where it’s settled in well, and is very pretty with its yellowy-lime leaves that darken in late summer. Whether it will be able to fruit will take time, but it’s something to hope for. The variety is Tipo, but I don’t know more than that.
Thank you for all this info! Definitely buying one!
Maria Semedo. Great program, well appreciated, I have what I think is hachiya persimmon astringent full with seeds, can you tell me if I can seed then and then graft them and what will be the best type for new jersey with out seeds. Thank you very much.
23 years ago I planted an Asian persimmon tree at my first home. But it didn't mature before I sold that home to downsize. About 7 years ago I planted one here at my home. This year, for the first time I was able to pick 2 persimmons - today. Before the squirrels got them, and all dropped from the tree this year except these two. I picked them a bit early before the squirrels beat me to them. They are on the counter to ripen a bit. I can't wait to taste them. I've used the American persimmons for years to make pudding, but have had no access to any for years, and being disabled I'm unable to get out to find any.
What is the approximate distance between the center of your tree and fenceline? I planted an Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro this past weekend, which has an expected mature width of 8'-10'. Unfortunately, I belated realized that I only planted the tree about 2-3' from my fence and I'm hoping that you'll tell me that 2' is enough. If not, what is the minimum distance that you'd recommend? Thanks. This is such a great guide.
I’ve been watching your excellent videos for a while now, and this might be your very best! Wish I had seen it before I purchased and planted my 4 persimmon trees last fall. They have leaves but are still trying to decide whether they like it here or not. Unexpectedly one has gotten quite large, similar to the one behind you in some of your shots. You mentioned pruning- have you done a video on that? If not, if I’d love to see one. Thanks for all your great work!
I found your video on pruning persimmons, so never mind my stupid question!