Persimmon trees, fruit set & fruit drop

Both my Cioccolatino & Rojo Brillante have lots of fruit forming, but equally a lot of fruit drop. In this video I wanted to address why this happens!

[@PeterEntwistle]

Wow, it's great to see so many persimmons setting on your trees, Joe! Looks like you will get an abundant harvest this year 🤞

[@joestropicals6760]

Thanks Peter,
I’m hoping that they will be very sweet, but that all depends on our summer. July so far has been a bit hit and miss ⛈️ ☀️

[@summerhussain8859]

Garden so beautiful.

[@myexoticfoodplants6727]

Away a pleasure to see your in ground fruit trees Joe.

[@joestropicals6760]

Thanks Mike 🙌🏾

[@lyonheart84]

That's definitely a crazy amount of fruit Joe, I see a lot will need to be removed 😱

[@joestropicals6760]

I can’t believe the amount still on the tree. I’ll wait until I feel the tree has stopped dropping fruit, then I’ll do some thinning 😃

[@lysduchamp]

I love persimmon - it never occurred to me to try to grow it in London. Amazing!

[@joestropicals6760]

Fellow Londoner 😃 I’m glad you came across my channel. Yes! Persimmon can do really well here in London. One of my favourite fruits 😋

[@lysduchamp]

@@joestropicals6760 thanks! After wanting one for years, I just purchased my first fig tree, hence my coming across your channel! Let's see if that survives 🥲

[@joestropicals6760]

@@lysduchamp figs can do really well here. They just need to be in a nice sunny, sheltered location to thrive 🙌🏾

[@reneebrown2968]

My fuyu persimmon is blooming and setting fruit. I have never seen a small tree put on so many blooms and fruit. When should I thin it? There's no way this fruit can all develop, it will tear the tree to the ground. I don't want to have my tree harmed. There isn't an inch between fruit. I never thought that I would see this many fruit on one tiny tree. My tree is barely over waist high and i would guess over 100+ fruit. How do I suspend the branches so they don't break?

[@johnnysworld-backyardorchard]

Everything is looking nice and green.

[@vbala7725]

Looking forward to see your ciocalatino persimmons!

[@joestropicals6760]

@vbala7725 I’m hoping they will be a good size and of course super sweet 😃

[@summerhussain8859]

My dream garden.

[@joestropicals6760]

@summerhussain8859, it’s been a labour of love 😊

[@claudettelp]

where did you purchase the green looking screen surrounding the base of the tree? is there a name for it?

[@joestropicals6760]

Hi @claudettelp, I’m so sorry I can’t remember where I purchased. I may of bought it from Homebase as garden fencing and cut it out to go around the base of my trees.

[@sheri023]

Do the persimmon trees bear non-astringent fruit? How old is the choccolatino? it's so pretty. Love the garden rock house. Do you know what its purpose was when it was first built?

[@joestropicals6760]

Hi @sheri0837, thank you. These are the astringent variety. The Cioccolatino is over 6 years old. The out building is a world war 2 Anderson shelter 😃

[@sheri023]

@@joestropicals6760 wow, a lot of history there. I hear the astringent kind are easier to grow. I'm looking forward to a Saijo, an astringent too, coming in the winter.

[@sharriceowens913]

What do fertilize with

[@joestropicals6760]

Hey @sharriceowens913, I don’t fertilise at all. In fact I’ve heard it can impact fruit production negatively….but I’m not sure about that.

[@raregrowsNJ]

Are they seedless?

[@joestropicals6760]

Rojo Brillante is seedless, I’m not sure about the Cioccolatino, but we’ll find out in the fall 😃

[@raregrowsNJ]

@@joestropicals6760 might be like jiro fuyu, seedless varieties tend to drop tons of fruit I'm having massive drop right now. last season only 7 held on to full maturity :')