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| I planted 2 small persimmon trees (generic from a local nursery) about 8 years ago. they weren't marked as male or female. Every year,I hoped to see some flowers, in order to know if I would ever have fruit. I never saw any. Then I read it could take up to 10 years to have flowers. There are no other persimmon trees around. (that I know of.)
I live out in the country. Last week, I was looking around the area and looked up towards the top of both persimmon trees (all the leaves had dropped), and each tree had little persimmons! I thought they had to have a male around? We were in a bad drought last year and they only got watered a few times. These first fruits were only about an inch in diameter and were mostly all seed (2-3 big ones). Is it possible to have fruit without a male? Will these fruit get bigger, so I'll eventually get some good pulp?
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- Posted by jimbobfeeny 5a IN (My Page) on Thu, Nov 15, 12 at 17:17
| Nope, that's persimmons! ;) It takes a LOT of persimmons to get enough pulp to do anything with - There's actually a fair bit of persimmon around here. They used to be a more southern tree (in Indiana, anyways), but they've expanded Northward in the last 50 years or so. Excellent trees, though - Find the flowers next spring, they're quite fragrant! Some persimmons will self-pollinate. |
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- Posted by catherinet 5 (My Page) on Fri, Nov 16, 12 at 22:01
| Thanks jimbobfeeny! |
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| If you want larger persimmon there are grafted varieties that are much larger, up to 2 inches. Varieties Prok and Yates are very large but there are many others. Sources would be Hiddens Springs Nursery, Stark Brothers, Edible Landscaping, Nolin River Nuttree Nursery. |
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