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Temperate Fruit & Orchards => Temperate Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: Elt27 on December 27, 2021, 07:54:40 PM

Title: Chocolate/Coffeecake Persimmon in Near-coastal Los Angeles
Post by: Elt27 on December 27, 2021, 07:54:40 PM

Has anyone had success with chocolate or coffeecake persimmon in near-coastal Los Angeles?  I’ve seen varying info on chill hours for them. Where I am in west LA I’ve seen fuyu trees loaded with fruit so I know that can work. But do chocolate or coffeecake work even though we have basically less than 100 chill hours? 

Title: Re: Chocolate/Coffeecake Persimmon in Near-coastal Los Angeles
Post by: sbtropic on January 13, 2022, 10:41:42 AM

Yes, they do fine in coastal Santa Barbara.

Title: Re: Chocolate/Coffeecake Persimmon in Near-coastal Los Angeles
Post by: Tlaloc on January 13, 2022, 12:04:02 PM

I have cocktail tree with saijo, chocolate, honan, giant, fuyu, that fruit for me every year. The fuyu is a beast at producing as well as the honan. The saijo produces a few on its lone branch, but huge fruits. The giant fuyu its  great producer as well. The chocolate produces the least (maybe 6-12 each year) but produces thousands of male flowers that pollinate the rest of the tree. The tree is near Spacex.