Gobble4me757
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I love these discussions of fruit trees etc but anyone have any experience with planting persimmons? More specific chesnut hill deer magnet and candy persimmons?
No experience with Chesnut Hill brand persimmon trees but I am interested in starting some persimmon trees from seed. Learned this year that there are early dropper and late dropper persimmon trees in our area so I've picked up several of the late persimmons earlier this month and have 30 seeds cleaned and stored in the refrigerator. Plan is to start them in air prune boxes in the spring and see how they do.I love these discussions of fruit trees etc but anyone have any experience with planting persimmons? More specific chesnut hill deer magnet and candy persimmons?
Could you expand on the flowering and differentiating between male and female?In a few years, take note of the flowers to tell if that tree is a male or female. I usually cut the male trees down and replant another seed.
National Deer Association has a few articles to help. You can also find videos on YouTubeCould you expand on the flowering and differentiating between male and female?
Here's a sample of our easy persimmon planting technique. These are seed planted persimmon trees growing between Dunstan Chestnuts. We planted the Dunstan trees too close to put trees between them, but the persimmons are shade tolerant and should make it for several years. Unfortunately, my 12year old son said all five trees in the middle are male trees. I'll verify his findings before letting him cut them down next spring ) The single persimmon beyond this group is female tree already producing fruit.If you can handle it.... pull seeds out of animal scat... wear gloves of course. You can wash and store them if desired, but I simply plant the seed wherever we want a persimmon tree to grow. In a few years, take note of the flowers to tell if that tree is a male or female. I usually cut the male trees down and replant another seed. Absolutely the easiest tree I've been able to spread around our farm. Our persimmons trees hold a lot of fruit through Thanksgiving. I've got around 15 or 20 seeds ready for planting now.
There are early fruiting persimmon and late-fruiting persimmon, but it's impossible to tell them apart unless you see a tree with late-hanging fruit.certain variety of persimmons hang on to fruit until after deer season is long gone for some reason. one along highway by Swanns Marina on Douglas still had it's fruit (though shriveled) in February last time i was down that way.