Looking good - the color of the persimmon is beautiful! Your "pumpkin seed" flavor description is apt - persimmon is not one of my favorites (I prefer Quince, no contest❤). But it is a reliable and even prolific choice for winter-ready fruit. There are some differences telling ripeness of astringent or non-astringent persimmons. Climate change has affected the U.S. so much that our agricultural authority (USDA) has had to update the growing zone map. We've jumped from barely zone 7 to 7b, so maybe I'll be shopping for banana trees in a few years. 🤔
I am bit late to this video :) those look very good. Do you protect your fig trees in the winter months? Or do they suffer die back to the ground? Love your videos by the way.
AFAIK, persimmons can ripen even after picking. At least those, that are sold in grocery stores, do. Just keep em at room temperature until they become really soft and look almost like they start to deteriorate. At that point they are most delicious. You can add a banana or a ripe apple and keep your picked persimmons in a paper bag for faster ripening. Can you tell, what is the variety of this persimmon tree? Or at least, is it an Asian or American persimmon, or a hybrid? I would like to experiment with persimmons and paw-paws in my climate, but haven't found any nearby source for those trees. I even bought persimmon seeds from the Internet, hoping that if I can't source a young plant, then at least can grow it from a seed. But unfortunately arrived seeds were too dry and did not germinate after soaking. From fruits bought from a grocery store I have found only some very under developed seeds. I haven't got any paw-paws yet. I guess, their seeds must be even more fresh to germinate.
Looking good - the color of the persimmon is beautiful! Your "pumpkin seed" flavor description is apt - persimmon is not one of my favorites (I prefer Quince, no contest❤). But it is a reliable and even prolific choice for winter-ready fruit. There are some differences telling ripeness of astringent or non-astringent persimmons.
Climate change has affected the U.S. so much that our agricultural authority (USDA) has had to update the growing zone map. We've jumped from barely zone 7 to 7b, so maybe I'll be shopping for banana trees in a few years. 🤔
Thanks. We also had zone changes here in Poland.
I am bit late to this video :) those look very good. Do you protect your fig trees in the winter months? Or do they suffer die back to the ground? Love your videos by the way.
AFAIK, persimmons can ripen even after picking. At least those, that are sold in grocery stores, do. Just keep em at room temperature until they become really soft and look almost like they start to deteriorate. At that point they are most delicious. You can add a banana or a ripe apple and keep your picked persimmons in a paper bag for faster ripening.
Can you tell, what is the variety of this persimmon tree? Or at least, is it an Asian or American persimmon, or a hybrid?
I would like to experiment with persimmons and paw-paws in my climate, but haven't found any nearby source for those trees. I even bought persimmon seeds from the Internet, hoping that if I can't source a young plant, then at least can grow it from a seed. But unfortunately arrived seeds were too dry and did not germinate after soaking. From fruits bought from a grocery store I have found only some very under developed seeds.
I haven't got any paw-paws yet. I guess, their seeds must be even more fresh to germinate.
Thanks for sharing