Philyy area is 7b. Yes Fuyu survive the winter. Philly park commission even encourages persimmon trees. Good hardier variety in colder climates is Nikita's gift. I'm going to plant this fall since I have a Fuyu already.
Do you ever pinch off any fruit to help prevent a complete drop of fruit? I've also been experimenting and this year I removed all new growth growing straight up, inward or rubbing on another branch. I also tried removing some of the end of new growth in hopes to thicken branches.
I inherited a house with a nice "park like" yard. I have been told that several of the trees are persimmons... but they are rather large and old... Is there anything I can do to get them to fruit? Do they need specific nutrients?
I think mine took 3 years to bear fruit (ie it didn’t produce fruit until the 4th year. The first year it fruited, they were small and I didn’t get many. The year after that, I got a fair amount, but they were still small. The third year it fruited, they got noticeably bigger, but it produced less fruit than previous years. The following years going forward (year 6 or 7 onward), the persimmons that it produces are HUGE, completely filling my palm (about 3.75” in diameter ). I’ve been getting so many Fuyu persimmons for the past few years that I have to make persimmon pies, jams, and other recipes that contain persimmons just so they don’t go to waste. They are so expensive to buy in my local supermarkets that I feel like I’m cheating myself by not selling some of them. But don’t worry; you are right on the cusp of the turning point, and your tree will be producing persimmons before you know it.
@@1mataleo1 I actually got some last fall. I didn’t see any blooms in the spring so I thought I wasn’t getting any. I think I got around 20 smallish ones but they were perfect and I was thrilled. I can’t wait to see how many I get this year.
If that’s the case, over they next few years you will probably be surprised with how many you get. The first year mine produced viable fruit, the damn squirrels ate almost all of them when I was waiting for them to ripen. Now I get so many that it doesn’t even matter. I pruned mine this winter because it it was getting so tall that it was a bitch to get to some of the fruit. I can’t wait; last years crop was amazing. Good luck!
@@1mataleo1 thank you 😊 I did cover the few I got with gossamer bags. My mother in law had a huge tree and every year the squirrels would strip her tree bare in one day. I swear they had it marked on their calendar. We picked a lot of the fruit way before ripe to get any. Can’t wait until I have enough to not worry about what the squirrels take.
Why do you suppose that this tree, this year, is not bearing fruits at all? Summer pruning seems kind of late in the season to be pruning as flowers are already turning into fruits by June/July. Just wondering.
i have two one year old persimmon trees w/ wire protection (many deer). no idea if they are male or female. have another beautiful 8 yo. no idea of sex, but never any fruit. ??
Thanks trying to improve my persimmons
New branches have the fruit. So promoting new branches is the key to more fruit.
I've heard that Prok doesn't produce much fruit without a pollinator. Any idea if this is true?
Hey Ross, love your videos, do you have a Fuyu persimmon tree in 6B? Do they survive, would you recommend getting one for your temp zone. Ty
Philyy area is 7b. Yes Fuyu survive the winter. Philly park commission even encourages persimmon trees. Good hardier variety in colder climates is Nikita's gift. I'm going to plant this fall since I have a Fuyu already.
Do you ever pinch off any fruit to help prevent a complete drop of fruit? I've also been experimenting and this year I removed all new growth growing straight up, inward or rubbing on another branch. I also tried removing some of the end of new growth in hopes to thicken branches.
I inherited a house with a nice "park like" yard. I have been told that several of the trees are persimmons... but they are rather large and old... Is there anything I can do to get them to fruit? Do they need specific nutrients?
Not really. If they become too old and stop producing, some hard winter pruning to help rejuvenate the tree will help.
You are just now getting blossoms? My 3 year old Fuyu has yet to bloom/fruit.
A healthy Fuyu may bloom in it's second year after planting. This Rosseyanka had bloomed for years, but only in the last two did the fruits hold.
I think mine took 3 years to bear fruit (ie it didn’t produce fruit until the 4th year. The first year it fruited, they were small and I didn’t get many. The year after that, I got a fair amount, but they were still small. The third year it fruited, they got noticeably bigger, but it produced less fruit than previous years. The following years going forward (year 6 or 7 onward), the persimmons that it produces are HUGE, completely filling my palm (about 3.75” in diameter ). I’ve been getting so many Fuyu persimmons for the past few years that I have to make persimmon pies, jams, and other recipes that contain persimmons just so they don’t go to waste. They are so expensive to buy in my local supermarkets that I feel like I’m cheating myself by not selling some of them.
But don’t worry; you are right on the cusp of the turning point, and your tree will be producing persimmons before you know it.
@@1mataleo1 I actually got some last fall. I didn’t see any blooms in the spring so I thought I wasn’t getting any. I think I got around 20 smallish ones but they were perfect and I was thrilled. I can’t wait to see how many I get this year.
If that’s the case, over they next few years you will probably be surprised with how many you get. The first year mine produced viable fruit, the damn squirrels ate almost all of them when I was waiting for them to ripen. Now I get so many that it doesn’t even matter. I pruned mine this winter because it it was getting so tall that it was a bitch to get to some of the fruit. I can’t wait; last years crop was amazing. Good luck!
@@1mataleo1 thank you 😊 I did cover the few I got with gossamer bags. My mother in law had a huge tree and every year the squirrels would strip her tree bare in one day. I swear they had it marked on their calendar. We picked a lot of the fruit way before ripe to get any. Can’t wait until I have enough to not worry about what the squirrels take.
Why do you suppose that this tree, this year, is not bearing fruits at all? Summer pruning seems kind of late in the season to be pruning as flowers are already turning into fruits by June/July. Just wondering.
Summer pruning affects the crop next year.
i have two one year old persimmon trees w/ wire protection (many deer). no idea if they are male or female. have another beautiful 8 yo. no idea of sex, but never any fruit. ??
It'd be helpful showing the actual prunning than just talking.
I thought trees simply self pruned fruit down to the number of fruit they had the energy to ripen.
Not all of them. The persimmon does a great job of this.
This wasn't easy to follow...
Too much talking, not enough action!
Pinch the persimmon…✍🏼