Thanks for the shout out!

Small lapse in fruit at the moment. More forming now but will be 2-3 weeks before more seeds are ready.

Is there any cold hardiness to this species? Knowing many in the family are somewhat cold hardy. I'm in a zone 8 ish environment where other persimmons easily grow. Wondering if this type can handle here?

It'd be cool to get some seeds of the variety over on the west coast. The single seed my friend saved from the squirrels had a very spiny outter seed pod. The leaves of the tree look just like a hybrid Chestnut. I once had two American Chestnut trees and the leaves were very different. Unfortunately the chickens ruined those plants...

Right on. I'm further south. A friend has a tree but the squirrels got all the nuts but one. Perhaps down here some trees might have nuts still. Want not to wait until next year if I can help it.

Does anybody have seeds or seedlings of this plant? Willing to pay or trade. Posted same request in the tropical section too but figure it might be better in this sub forum.

Thanks! DG

I believe your likely the same guy I know at the STS forum under the same name. Therefore you likely know of the guys I speak of in the above post. Well respected members over there. Won't specifically name them as they are good guys and personal friends but I do have my criticism of their prices. It's cool to make something off these things but they too are gifts of God or nature whatever one believes. I feel they should be given out freely mostly but for some time, effort, and care a wee bit of profit is all good enough if otherwise your intentions to share these gifts is right. However extremely high prices seem unfair when you produce them for next to nothing and charge what you do just because you can and some will buy because they want these things so badly. Anyways that's my two cents on the issue but everyone has their own way of seeing things. In their defense I would say they have the right intentions in mind and through the forum do give away lots of stuff freely. Maybe that's how they feel justified about the pricing if someone comes to them from outside the forum.

Fresh round of seeds available again. Several packs of five.

Anyone harvest any of these this season? Quicker they get going the faster I'll get fruit!

Yes as far as I know most any cacti will work on these. This plant is most used to graft peyote or other notoriously slow species onto to massively increase growth rate.

The  margins of the fruit edges are definitely yellow once fully ripe on the tree. I would assume store bought under ripe picked ones are fine for the recipe too though. Often times not every fruit we process is actually tree ripened.

I'm sure some of the oxalic acid is broken down in cooking as with other high oxalic acid foods. Beyond just the initial cooking they then go through a water bath canning as well so the jelly once fully done is very cooked.

I've probably eaten 5-10 whole fresh fruit in a sitting without any I'll effects. I've researched the whole oxalate health issues thing and personally don't believe it's much a big deal unless perhaps you have underlying conditions. A normal healthy person I don't think is greatly affected by moderate to low amounts of oxalates. You probably wouldn't want to eat copious amounts of high oxalate material either way you slice it but keeping that in mind and moderating your intake would subvert any major issues. Find it funny when people are so worried about eating a raw spinach salad once and awhile but they chug down a mountain dew which in my opinion is pure metabolic poison. Be afraid of that slightly toxic natural substance(that a healthy body can totally deal with in considerable amount) but take in  preservatives, high fructose corn syrup, artificial dyes and chemicals, etc, etc without a question.

There's 15-25 or so seeds left that are available. Many are sprouting. Planted a good bit for myself and that's all that's left for now. Would like to send off the rest to one individual if possible. Offering them for $3.50 plus shipping USPS first class package. Hit me up!

Thanks for the feedback!

Seeds available. Some sprouted ones too.