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Title: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: bovine421 on April 03, 2021, 02:03:07 PM: This is the first year that my fuyu persimmon has bloomed. Sigh of relief was getting worried
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Sunrisefruit on April 03, 2021, 02:04:58 PM: Mine too! 😆
(https://i.postimg.cc/9DvwYWqc/20210331-194143.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9DvwYWqc)
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: vnomonee on April 03, 2021, 02:20:49 PM: Nice! My inground tree is still dormant, but my potted tree that I bring inside at night is leafing out, no sign of blooms yet. Hopefully my outdoor tree holds fruit this year, it dropped them all it's first time fruiting last year.
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: bovine421 on April 03, 2021, 02:53:50 PM: Quote from: Sunrisefruit on April 03, 2021, 02:04:58 PM
Mine too! 😆
(https://i.postimg.cc/9DvwYWqc/20210331-194143.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/9DvwYWqc)
That far south! That is awesome :)
Is it the variety they call Hudson or winter. I think that is their names. They are a South Florida low chill variety.
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Sunrisefruit on April 03, 2021, 03:30:19 PM: Mine is Fuyu.. it has been on the ground for a couple of years, first time I've seen it blooming.. so excited
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: bovine421 on April 03, 2021, 04:02:27 PM: Quote from: Sunrisefruit on April 03, 2021, 03:30:19 PM
Mine is Fuyu.. it has been on the ground for a couple of years, first time I've seen it blooming.. so excited

Now I'm thinking I should get one they call Ormond. It's very late season. Its nickname is the Christmas persimmon.
Ormond is a astringent persimmon that is 2.5" long fruit about 2" in diameter; fruits are reddish-yellow outside and deep orange-red inside, very sweet, moderately juicy, with large seeds. Fruits hang in clusters like grapes.

Vigorous mid-sized tree suited to warmer climates

https://justfruitsandexotics.com/product/ormond-persimmon-tree/
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Sunrisefruit on April 03, 2021, 04:19:45 PM: That looks nice.. i don't have any more space(or at least that's what my wife says, lol) otherwise i would go for it.. yummy!
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: skhan on April 03, 2021, 05:32:40 PM: Mines flowering for the first time too.
Soflo type though
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Kevin Jones on April 03, 2021, 05:59:43 PM: Eureka, Fuyu and Tanenashi... all budded up.

Kevin
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: bovine421 on April 03, 2021, 06:14:21 PM: Quote from: Kevin Jones on April 03, 2021, 05:59:43 PM
Eureka, Fuyu and Tanenashi... all budded up.

Kevin
When I was a kid the old-timers used to say. He's happier than a possum eating a persimmon

My Auntie Ina Mae use to make persimmon bread and persimmon pudding. Yum!

https://food52.com/recipes/20508-old-fashioned-persimmon-pudding
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Capt Ram on April 04, 2021, 02:07:39 AM: I have a South Florida persimmon that's only about 3 ft tall and it's loaded with blooms right now It produced last year a few fruit
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: roblack on April 04, 2021, 09:26:08 AM: Suruga is popping all kinds of new growth. No sign of flowers yet, not expecting any. Tree is 5+ feet.
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: gnappi on April 04, 2021, 10:27:38 AM: Mine are still pushing new leaves.
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Plantinyum on April 04, 2021, 04:37:37 PM: I am late to the party, mine havent even leafed out, but the buds have started to gain size. Right now its snowing outside. Mine are grafted, and were potted , just planted them past week, hope they flower for me also this spring....
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: roblack on April 06, 2021, 05:32:59 PM: Just noticed the other day, flowers popping on little Suruga. Happy to see it flowering this far south.
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: bovine421 on April 07, 2021, 07:50:07 PM: Quote from: bovine421 on April 03, 2021, 02:03:07 PM
This is the first year that my fuyu persimmon has bloomed. Sigh of relief was getting worried

Update
(https://i.postimg.cc/14zJV8Lh/20210407-193646.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/14zJV8Lh)

(https://i.postimg.cc/rKNs6pws/20210407-193610.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rKNs6pws)

(https://i.postimg.cc/ZBNYwbQT/20210407-193622.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ZBNYwbQT)
Not sure what to make of this one
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: vnomonee on April 07, 2021, 08:44:33 PM: Is the fruit turning brown and woody? If so it's going to drop off. Happened to my Fuyu the first time it fruited, slowly dropped all of the 6 or so fruit until I had none. Hoping this year it will keep them
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: bovine421 on April 09, 2021, 04:24:16 PM: Quote from: vnomonee on April 07, 2021, 08:44:33 PM
Is the fruit turning brown and woody? If so it's going to drop off. Happened to my Fuyu the first time it fruited, slowly dropped all of the 6 or so fruit until I had none. Hoping this year it will keep them
This is my first go-around with Persimmons but it looks like it's growing bigger and that brown part is just the ruminants of the flower.
(https://i.postimg.cc/8fv1qsVH/20210409-161349.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8fv1qsVH)
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Viking Guy on April 10, 2021, 02:45:01 AM: All of mine are loaded. Going to be a big harvest this go around.
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Odenwald on April 11, 2021, 03:44:05 PM: My Fuyu woke up a month ago and now has flowers. My Tanenashi only just started sprouting and does not have flower yet.
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: monkeyfish on April 12, 2021, 03:59:44 PM: I have a fuyugaki in the ground, it has bloomed every year for like ten years now, but never has a fruit developed. Finally I noticed last year, two squirrels in the tree eating the blossoms. So be aware of those bastards.
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Plantinyum on April 13, 2021, 12:55:34 AM: Hi people, I just want to ask a fast question here instead of making a new tread. My persimmons had started swelling buds and then we had several hard frosts and the central buds, the plumpest ones seem to be damaged, the two smaller buds on both sides of the central are okay.Do persimmons flower only on the central bud growth ,or do they also flower on the side ones ?? Thanks !
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: roblack on April 13, 2021, 01:49:30 PM: (https://i.postimg.cc/QHS39314/persimmonflower42021.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QHS39314)

(https://i.postimg.cc/kVW95tc8/persimmonflowerb42021.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kVW95tc8)
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: skhan on April 13, 2021, 02:41:52 PM: Quote from: roblack on April 13, 2021, 01:49:30 PM

(https://i.postimg.cc/QHS39314/persimmonflower42021.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/QHS39314)

(https://i.postimg.cc/kVW95tc8/persimmonflowerb42021.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kVW95tc8)

I accidentally broke the only branch that had flowers, lol
How long does it usually take for them to flower/Fruit down here?
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: roblack on April 13, 2021, 03:06:04 PM: Wouldn't worry about it Khan.

While I know next to nothing about persimmon, just planted our Suruga tree about 2 months ago (2/2021).

4 gallon/4 foot tree delivered around December 1, 2020.

Here she is:
(https://i.postimg.cc/GHnPf47N/Persimmon-Surugatree42021.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/GHnPf47N)

From my limited experience, Suruga flowers quick.
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: bovine421 on April 14, 2021, 07:15:03 PM: Quote from: bovine421 on April 07, 2021, 07:50:07 PM
Quote from: bovine421 on April 03, 2021, 02:03:07 PM
This is the first year that my fuyu persimmon has bloomed. Sigh of relief was getting worried

Update
(https://i.postimg.cc/14zJV8Lh/20210407-193646.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/14zJV8Lh)

(https://i.postimg.cc/rKNs6pws/20210407-193610.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rKNs6pws)

(https://i.postimg.cc/ZBNYwbQT/20210407-193622.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ZBNYwbQT)
Not sure what to make of this one

All is well
(https://i.postimg.cc/bsB5T4dj/20210413-165446.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bsB5T4dj)

I am so excited I added this Ormond Christmas persimmon
(https://i.postimg.cc/bdGknMXn/20210414-182925.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bdGknMXn)
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: Plantinyum on May 08, 2021, 09:38:01 AM: Hi people , my persimmons are starting to wake up and lo and behold .....ttttttttdmmmmm I one of them had tiny flower bud starts all over the place. The thing is when I took them out of the basement and planted them they already had started to swell buds ,and then we got a row of very cold nights of temps probably lower that -5 C . As u can see some of the main buds have been damaged and are not sprouting , but on both sides of them side shoots are appearing now.
I am still wondering if I should take the plants out of the ground and pot them and be done with this unsureness regarding their survival.
(https://i.postimg.cc/r0p9yM74/IMG-20210508-162259.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/r0p9yM74)

(https://i.postimg.cc/K1nfJ9n1/IMG-20210508-162315.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/K1nfJ9n1)

(https://i.postimg.cc/kVqcZxcf/IMG-20210508-162324.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/kVqcZxcf)

(https://i.postimg.cc/qtwLdzD0/IMG-20210508-162335.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qtwLdzD0)

(https://i.postimg.cc/XZShvGgC/IMG-20210508-162355.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/XZShvGgC)
Title: Re: Is anyone's Persimmon in bloom
Post by: CarolinaZone on May 08, 2021, 10:24:05 AM: I got buds on my hybrids Nikita's gift and Rosseyanka. Americans might be too young. BTW does anybody have a line on any other hybrids? I am also looking for some of the Claypools (Prairie series, I think).