Thank you for the heads-up in your newsletter e-mail. Long time subscriber to you both. Come to think of it, I probably found your channel as a result of Green Deane.
Glad to see a video from you! You certainly have inspired me to become a forager. Persimmon here in the Florida panhandle are ripening now. From around 2-3 weeks ago to still ripening and falling. Very good natural cultivars here in gulf county. More astringent northward of here. I collected tons of seeds if anyone is interested comment this post and I'll direct you to where we can exchange info. At any rate native persimmon are a great foraged edible very much worth the effort. Knew of the seed oil but not about using the leaves. Thanks for that! Would love to see you start posting videos regularly again.
You are my hero! Found you when I was sick of weeding my garden what a blessing! I now have a persimmon tree and a pawpaw growing. Good to get your input again!
@@jeffferris2783 it's a matter of room here! Besides I don't need pounds and pounds of pawpaw, not even sure if I like them. Time will tell, can always try later to fit another in.
@@kleineroteHex Just had my first pawpaw's this year. Tree was 6 yrs. old. I found them to be delicious. If your tree's are self pollinating your good if not you won't see any fruit.
@@jeffferris2783 6 years? Mine is 2 or 3 years old. I asked when I got it if I needed more than one, they said I get more fruit for sure. Guess I will have to wait a bit longer to find out😁
@@kleineroteHex While their are several persimmon's that are for sure self pollinating, I just planted one this year, when it comes to pawpaw's I've only seen varieties reputed to be self pollinating. If space is an issue you can actually grow two together say 6 ft. apart. In the wild they sucker forming groves. All 4 of my trees have suckered offering free trees if I wanted them. I just mow them off.
Glad your back. I’ve cleaned my subscribers list several times of defunct or thought abandoned channels. This one I wouldn’t get rid of. Glad I didn’t.
I would say that it's great to see you, but I'm actually only seeing an image of you! 😂 Thanks for taking the time to revisit persimmons. It's been a recent interest of mine, so it's quite timely
Wow a rare sighting these days,, the elusive Green Dean... wonderful! I thought the largest berry in north America( Turtle Island) was the pawpaw which I grow and is a berry.
Truly have missed watching and learning from your videos. I’ve had a fondness for persimmons most of my life due to the fond memories of Grandma’s persimmon pudding at Christmas time.
Gray's manual of botany, by Fernald, was my first real botany book. All the nice photos and videos of plants available nowadays are quite a contrast to those few tiny pen and ink illustrations and botany terminology in Fernald's book, lol. Back at that time, one of my forestry professors was really promoting us to appreciate persimmon trees -- the big ones were worth real money for making golf clubs, for the driver heads. But that's gone by the wayside, too. At least wild persimmon fruits will stay one of my most favorite fruits to eat!
Good to see you back. I know of some wild persimmons near by. I will try them in my second ferment kombucha. And maybe I can exchange using the seeds instead of my half decaf which some people say I'm poisoning myself.
@EatTheWeeds, So very, very happy to have you back. 🍊 Thank God that you are surviving.👍 Looking forward to more great content and maybe some Central Florida nature tours..☑ God Bless You. 🇺🇸
I have several wild persimmon trees that came up by my cargo trailer. We live south of Fort Worth. The big tree is only about 5 years old and I never paid any attention to it. A few weeks ago I noticed it is covered in fruit and there are little trees coming up everywhere. I finally found someone that ķnew what kind of tree it was. I don't think I ever ate a persimmon, but I am going to try one.
How timely! Persimmons love to grow on my property, and at least one of the larger trees is full of them right now. So good to know that the leaves can be used too! Thank you.
I'm not sure of the connection (except the vitamin C content), but orange tree leaves tend to have that same "smut" on them as well. When I was a child (1950's - 1960's), there were orange groves EVERYWHERE in Florida and the smut on the leaves stands out in my memory. Now the sweet smell of orange blossoms is a rarity.
Ronray, I was a child in Altamonte Springs (Dol Ray Manor) in the 50's too! Minute Maid orange groves all around us. For extra money, we picked oranges. Great times!
@@putneyfarm64 We lived from Tavares to Eustice to Altoona to Tampa and St. Pete (not far from Altamonte Springs). You living there, then you KNOW orange groves! I had an uncle (Jack Dempsey), that worked for the major orange growers and got into the business for himself at the "end", when the temps dropped below normal and killed many thousand acres of orange trees. That area wasn't known for its excess money floating around, so I can well understand y'all working in the groves. I went to work for one of those processing plants, driving a loading machine that picked up the large crates of oranges and loaded them onto the trucks, but it didn't work out very long after I dropped a crate right next to a supervisor! :) Great reminiscing with you Donna.
Well, well, well ... Nice to see you back. 13 years!! Has it been that long!? Wow. And, my, how the world has changed. Anyhow, glad to see you making videos again ... Keep making them. 😉👍
Green dean, I don't know why you stopped putting up UA-cam video's, 'but it's sure good that your back and hopefully to stay this time. I missed your wonderful Teachings on Edible Plants Sir. Again, thank you for sharing your vast knowledge with me and all willing to learn about Our World around Us. There's one thing about this Fruit Tree that you didn't mention and maybe for good reason, that is that the Wood of this Tree at one time was worth $7 dollars a Square Inch because it was used to make Golf Clubs. This might not be true anymore, though. I was wondering if you knew about this? Again, thank you.
@@EatTheWeeds Thanks for your none delayed reply Green Dean. Maybe you did mention it. I didn't hear it though. This is another reason to preserve this wonderful Fruit Tree. But not for making Golf Clubs.
Another excellent video..! Persimmons are a delicious fruit when ripe (after they've been through a frost). In my personal experience you can pick them when they are on the green side but they need to be put in the freezer for a while (2-3 days). They will ripen up and be delicious..
At about @16:30 you mention the animals that like to eat the persimmons. I have a Hichiya and a Fuyu persimmons in my yard ( San Diego county , California), which are not the American wild persimmons. The coyotes here discovered the fruit and ate every one they could reach (anything below 6') by either leaping or climbing up into the trees. At the time the trunks were quite slender and I worried the whole tree would snap off from the coyotes climbing for the fruit. And of course all of this fruit was completely lost or damaged from fang punctures. So I cut off all of the branches below 6'. This year I finally get to enjoy the fruit and the tree branches are not damaged. Now I just have to keep ahead of the birds!
Oh, how I missed your videos. I've learned so much from you over the years. I know it's been said by all here, but I had to leave my own comment so the algorithm boosts you: Welcome back.
One thing I would add is to learn the difference between Ginko berries and persimmons. They both fall from the tree at about the same time of the year and look superficially alike. Neither are toxic but one is a wonderful taste experience while the other will have you checking the bottom of your shoes to make sure that you didn’t step in something.
Every video looks too long, then suddenly, it is too short. Thank you sir, and yes, you will be alive when your book is published. I greatly want a copy, and probably 2 since my wife and I will obviously want our own private signed copy. Later!
It's been so long since I've seen you on UA-cam that I thought you were gone, I'm glad you're not gone, hope everything is well with you, great video thank you.
I was going to ask him if you could do that. I've only ever had one, I found it in an empty lot. It was so ripe it had broken open. That was so good, but I was told don't ever eat one that isn't ripe, or you'll never eat another one.
So glad to see a new video from you
MY FAVORITE FORAGER is BACK!!!
Thank you for the heads-up in your newsletter e-mail. Long time subscriber to you both. Come to think of it, I probably found your channel as a result of Green Deane.
How refreshing to see a new video from Green Deane! You were missed!
Keep the videos coming..
He's back!! Seeing this pop up put a grin on my face. Nice to see you posting again
Great to see Green Dean after so many years. You have always been my foraging authority!
Oh my goodness you've back. So good to see you again. I still reference your old videos often. I love them. I'm in Central FL so I like these a lot.
The legend returns! Excellent overview. Can’t wait for more.
Wow! You're back!
Great to see you again!
Glad to see a video from you! You certainly have inspired me to become a forager.
Persimmon here in the Florida panhandle are ripening now. From around 2-3 weeks ago to still ripening and falling. Very good natural cultivars here in gulf county. More astringent northward of here. I collected tons of seeds if anyone is interested comment this post and I'll direct you to where we can exchange info.
At any rate native persimmon are a great foraged edible very much worth the effort. Knew of the seed oil but not about using the leaves. Thanks for that!
Would love to see you start posting videos regularly again.
No doubt the persimmons here are ripening and I'm finding and eating them everyday.
This made my day. I've missed you on here. The newsletter is great, but your videos are better.
You are my hero! Found you when I was sick of weeding my garden what a blessing! I now have a persimmon tree and a pawpaw growing. Good to get your input again!
Are these self pollinating varieties? Having two different varieties of each will provide higher yields self pollinating or not.
@@jeffferris2783 it's a matter of room here! Besides I don't need pounds and pounds of pawpaw, not even sure if I like them. Time will tell, can always try later to fit another in.
@@kleineroteHex Just had my first pawpaw's this year. Tree was 6 yrs. old. I found them to be delicious. If your tree's are self pollinating your good if not you won't see any fruit.
@@jeffferris2783 6 years? Mine is 2 or 3 years old. I asked when I got it if I needed more than one, they said I get more fruit for sure. Guess I will have to wait a bit longer to find out😁
@@kleineroteHex While their are several persimmon's that are for sure self pollinating, I just planted one this year, when it comes to pawpaw's I've only seen varieties reputed to be self pollinating. If space is an issue you can actually grow two together say 6 ft. apart. In the wild they sucker forming groves. All 4 of my trees have suckered offering free trees if I wanted them. I just mow them off.
This is new... This is very very good... Glad to see you back.
Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge. I just found a large tree nearby full of fruit and am anxiously waiting for them to ripen.
Missed you!
Thnk you and blss you for this. Love from South Africa
Oh damn! I missed ya Dean! Hope ya keep posting stuff!
I'm so excited to see you've put up a new video
Cheers mate, you're a champion.
Great to see you on YT again. Thank you for posting such wonderful content.
Wow! So happy to see your video pop up! Persimmons are everywhere now. Thanks for the info on them!
Glad your back. I’ve cleaned my subscribers list several times of defunct or thought abandoned channels. This one I wouldn’t get rid of. Glad I didn’t.
I would say that it's great to see you, but I'm actually only seeing an image of you! 😂 Thanks for taking the time to revisit persimmons. It's been a recent interest of mine, so it's quite timely
I can't wait to watch this later! Welcome back! You've been missed!!!
Wonderful to see you again! Hoping you will be offering classes again soon.
HE'S BACK!
Glad to see ya back, boss. We missed ya!
Hi! I just subscribed recently. Thank you for all the awesome info!
I LOVE your videos !
welcome back!
Wow a rare sighting these days,, the elusive Green Dean... wonderful!
I thought the largest berry in north America( Turtle Island) was the pawpaw which I grow and is a berry.
You look great!! Happy to see videos redone in HD 💪😎👍
Great to see you're back and well! Curious if the sooty leaves are a result of the tree's nature or if it's an effect from the environment.
It's a natural mold/fungus or the like. I was told it doesn't bother the tree our us. It can be washed off.
@@EatTheWeeds That is how I spot the trees in the fall.
Holy moley, he's back!
Truly have missed watching and learning from your videos. I’ve had a fondness for persimmons most of my life due to the fond memories of Grandma’s persimmon pudding at Christmas time.
Good to see you again!!
Eattheweeds?! Green Deane?! So cool to see a new video. I haven't found persimmons in my woods but I'm going to have to look again!
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welcome back G.
Gray's manual of botany, by Fernald, was my first real botany book. All the nice photos and videos of plants available nowadays are quite a contrast to those few tiny pen and ink illustrations and botany terminology in Fernald's book, lol. Back at that time, one of my forestry professors was really promoting us to appreciate persimmon trees -- the big ones were worth real money for making golf clubs, for the driver heads. But that's gone by the wayside, too. At least wild persimmon fruits will stay one of my most favorite fruits to eat!
Green Dean is great, but I love your channel too.
good to see you again your botanical knowledge is most valuable thank you
Thanks for another great video!
Good to see you back.
I know of some wild persimmons near by. I will try them in my second ferment kombucha. And maybe I can exchange using the seeds instead of my half decaf which some people say I'm poisoning myself.
@EatTheWeeds,
So very, very happy to have you back. 🍊 Thank God that you are surviving.👍
Looking forward to more great content and maybe some Central Florida nature tours..☑ God Bless You. 🇺🇸
I have several wild persimmon trees that came up by my cargo trailer. We live south of Fort Worth. The big tree is only about 5 years old and I never paid any attention to it. A few weeks ago I noticed it is covered in fruit and there are little trees coming up everywhere. I finally found someone that ķnew what kind of tree it was. I don't think I ever ate a persimmon, but I am going to try one.
😊
Thanks for everything you've shared in the past. Great to see you again! I still imitate you on the video you did on kudzu. 😁
That was a fun video to make....
How timely! Persimmons love to grow on my property, and at least one of the larger trees is full of them right now. So good to know that the leaves can be used too! Thank you.
I’ve loved your videos, welcome back
YAY! 😄 Geez, sooo thrilled to see you back on UA-cam! I check back often to see if you have posted and this makes me so happy! Thank you! 🌿
I'm not sure of the connection (except the vitamin C content), but orange tree leaves tend to have that same "smut" on them as well. When I was a child (1950's - 1960's), there were orange groves EVERYWHERE in Florida and the smut on the leaves stands out in my memory. Now the sweet smell of orange blossoms is a rarity.
When I first came to Florida (1977) I thought the orange blossoms I was smelling were May Flowers.
@@EatTheWeeds I don't believe that I have ever smelled a more beautiful aroma than the orange blossoms.
Ronray, I was a child in Altamonte Springs (Dol Ray Manor) in the 50's too! Minute Maid orange groves all around us. For extra money, we picked oranges. Great times!
@@putneyfarm64 We lived from Tavares to Eustice to Altoona to Tampa and St. Pete (not far from Altamonte Springs). You living there, then you KNOW orange groves! I had an uncle (Jack Dempsey), that worked for the major orange growers and got into the business for himself at the "end", when the temps dropped below normal and killed many thousand acres of orange trees. That area wasn't known for its excess money floating around, so I can well understand y'all working in the groves. I went to work for one of those processing plants, driving a loading machine that picked up the large crates of oranges and loaded them onto the trucks, but it didn't work out very long after I dropped a crate right next to a supervisor! :) Great reminiscing with you Donna.
Always cool to see new Green Deane videos. Maybe we can revisit some solar cooking, too?
As a kid, living in Oklahoma, persimmons were my favorite fruits.
Green Deane! How I missed your jocular voice sir! Glad to see this video and wishing you well. :)
Thank god he's back!
Thanks again for your wonderful, informative, helpful and enjoyable videos !!😊
So happy to see you again. We missed you.
That is a long time to wait for the book! Thank you for all you do.
I appreciate your time and effort in what you do and have done. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
Green Deane! You are needed! Thank you.
Thanks for your hard work researching these interesting plants. It is changing lives. I am watching from the Amazon basin in South America.
Well, well, well ... Nice to see you back. 13 years!! Has it been that long!? Wow. And, my, how the world has changed. Anyhow, glad to see you making videos again ... Keep making them. 😉👍
Here to say I was here the day he came back! Welcome back, please stay!!
as soon as I saw the video, i literally went "oh my god! I thought he'd died!" and then clicked on it :D
Green dean, I don't know why you stopped putting up UA-cam video's, 'but it's sure good that your back and hopefully to stay this time. I missed your wonderful Teachings on Edible Plants Sir. Again, thank you for sharing your vast knowledge with me and all willing to learn about Our World around Us. There's one thing about this Fruit Tree that you didn't mention and maybe for good reason, that is that the Wood of this Tree at one time was worth $7 dollars a Square Inch because it was used to make Golf Clubs. This might not be true anymore, though. I was wondering if you knew about this? Again, thank you.
Life gets in the way of living.... and the persimmon is an ebony, I think I mention that in my website article.
@@EatTheWeeds Thanks for your none delayed reply Green Dean. Maybe you did mention it. I didn't hear it though. This is another reason to preserve this wonderful Fruit Tree. But not for making Golf Clubs.
Another excellent video..! Persimmons are a delicious fruit when ripe (after they've been through a frost). In my personal experience you can pick them when they are on the green side but they need to be put in the freezer for a while (2-3 days). They will ripen up and be delicious..
I come check occasionally, glad to see you back. I'm in Alabama so there's a lot of overlap. Thank you for educating us on edibles.
Thank you! Looking forward to more new videos.
Welcome back!!
Please please make more videos . I always enjoy your content
It is nice to see you again after such a long hiatus.
So glad to see you back! Was wondering 😔about you ⚰ hehe. Hope to see many more informative foraging vids. Thanks
I'm from India and I love your videos. I am so happy to see your latest one. Hoping you will come up with more good videos like such.
Bout DamnTime!
Your library is priceless.
...food shortage?
Lots go ...
I'll be waiting to get a copy of your new book in 2023
At about @16:30 you mention the animals that like to eat the persimmons. I have a Hichiya and a Fuyu persimmons in my yard ( San Diego county , California), which are not the American wild persimmons. The coyotes here discovered the fruit and ate every one they could reach (anything below 6') by either leaping or climbing up into the trees. At the time the trunks were quite slender and I worried the whole tree would snap off from the coyotes climbing for the fruit. And of course all of this fruit was completely lost or damaged from fang punctures. So I cut off all of the branches below 6'. This year I finally get to enjoy the fruit and the tree branches are not damaged.
Now I just have to keep ahead of the birds!
Green Deane!!!!! I MISSED U!!!!!!! So happy seeing this new upload
Thank you for making another video! I also look forward towards seeing more!
more more videos please . we miss you!
Oh, how I missed your videos. I've learned so much from you over the years. I know it's been said by all here, but I had to leave my own comment so the algorithm boosts you: Welcome back.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!
Awesome. I think I had one once as a kid. I would enjoy trying one again. I love astringent stuff.
We love you Deane! Welcome back!!
WOW.... REALLY THOUGHT I'd never see another video from you!!!
I just found you! This was a great video, thank you.
Welcome back! We’ve missed you ❤️
One thing I would add is to learn the difference between Ginko berries and persimmons. They both fall from the tree at about the same time of the year and look superficially alike. Neither are toxic but one is a wonderful taste experience while the other will have you checking the bottom of your shoes to make sure that you didn’t step in something.
Every video looks too long, then suddenly, it is too short.
Thank you sir, and yes, you will be alive when your book is published.
I greatly want a copy, and probably 2 since my wife
and I will obviously want our own private signed copy.
Later!
I found you just after you stopped making new videos, so glad you are back!
It's been so long since I've seen you on UA-cam that I thought you were gone, I'm glad you're not gone, hope everything is well with you, great video thank you.
Dean, to echo others comments, glad you're back.
Very happy to see you do a new vid' bro!
Yay! Great video.
I was so worried something awful happened to you. I'm glad you're back
Thanks so much for this.
It's great to see you again, GD!
Wild hogs in Rock Springs that frequent the trees there most likely help plant a large number of seeds each season.
Excellent video!
I often pick almost ripe persimmons and set them out on the counter to ripen. They are one of the best and easiest to identify wild fruits.
I was going to ask him if you could do that. I've only ever had one, I found it in an empty lot. It was so ripe it had broken open. That was so good, but I was told don't ever eat one that isn't ripe, or you'll never eat another one.
@@simpleman283 the softer they are the better.
@@johnsmalldridge6356 👍