I live in coastal Texas, fairly similar to conditions in a lot of Florida. I’m no expert either but here I’ve tried Fuyu, Hachiya, Tananashi, and Saijo, nothing seems to consistently do well in our cycles of intense heat/drought/humidity and cold blasts accompanied by potential false springs. You get a decent crop maybe once every 3 years, if that. They’re also are prone to all types of fungus/diseases. The only trees that I know put out consistently well (other than Virginiana, which may be worth growing on its own?) and stay relatively problem free are Triumph, Heritage, and Honan Red. This year was a very good year for Honan reds here. My friend got over 200lbs and they are terrific dried. I managed to score some extra budwood from him, going to graft several trees up. Also, I know Lara has 5 triumph trees in the Redlands that stay relatively small and put out bumper crops every single year, and he doesn’t even fertilize. If I lived further north I would grow every persimmon I could get my hands on. Here in 9a I’ll take a consistently heavy fruiting tree every day of the week. I’ve had those big nice fruits, they’re excellent. Id love to be able to produce loads of them just havnt been able to make it work yet
