When I was young, my grandfather used a long pole to pick persimmons for me. But he didn't pick the persimmons on the top. In Korea, there is a custom of harvesting only a portion of persimmons for winter birds. This is called "까치밥 (literally "meal for the magpie") . I suddenly miss my late grandfather😢
It's okay things will change for the better for you and your loved ones still alive and continue to honor and love your grand dad. He's always nearby in your dreams.
I was introduced to persimmons while living in S. Korea. I would wait for them to ripen to the color of a ripe tomato. Sooo delicious. And it was awesome to have fresh fruit in winter! I wish I could find them in the US, but they are so delicate when ripe it's impossible to ship them to supermarkets.
I love my persimmon tree! So far in my food forest I have muscadine/scuppernongs, apple trees, blueberries, a fig tree and a persimmon. Growing in between them with seasonal stuff next spring.
Those all sound really delicious! I had to look up muscadine because this is the first time I’ve heard of it. We are so lucky to live in a world with so much delicious fruits
I was just talking to my sweetie about our fruit producing trees and bushes we’re accumulating. We live in Central NY and picked fresh figs from our tree today (uncovered all fall) and have flowering tomato plants with beautiful tomatoes on them. Just threw plastic covers on the tomatoes for the only night of freezing temp we’ve had this Fall.
"It's super cold hardy, down to -10" Checks last year's January for my location in NE Kansas, zone 6b. -12, -13, -10...My neighbors, a rental property, has a native persimmon that i steal from every fall. Love it.
Down to -10°F is not winter hardy for folks in USDA Zone 4 or 5, just zone 6 and above. That Nikita's gift looks lovely, but I think we can only have the straight American species where I am.
I found a small patch of wild american persimmon on a nature trail by our home. We knocked down some ripe ones and it was like the best jelly I've ever had. I had never tried a persimmon before that moment and it got me really excited. I also ended up tasting some astringent ones too 😂😂 not fun , but also like a slightly unpleasant game of learning and experimenting. So worth it in the end. 😊❤ I've saved every single seed preciously and I'm more than ecstatic to plant them next year. A native edible makes me so happy, and I love supporting the small creatures around me. In my state , it is the main host tree for the Luna Moth 💚🌕 Thank you for making a whole video on them. 🙏 What amazing trees !
I had a persimmon tree decades ago when I lived in Fallbrook CA. It stands out in my memory, because the first day every year the fruit was ripe the swallows were all over it leaving only the core still attached to the tree by end of day.
In the South, we have what we call bag worms. Hundreds of small caterpillars will build a “bag” of web material, usually at the end of a branch. One normally is much of a problem, but several nests can be a problem for the tree. My grandfather would tie a bundle of newspaper on the end of a long stick, light it and burn the nests out.
Just got 14 bare root strawberries to start in my overflowing shed. Me and my oldest are trying to finish our greenhouse before it gets too cold. Great videos! Happy growing
I grew up in the mountains of Tennessee. There were two types of persimmons that grew wild there. The fruit was about the size of a silver dollar. One was very smooth and roundish with no leaf blossom or leaves at the stem like a tomato. It ripened in the summer and dropped off the tree when they ripened. The other persimmon had the fruit blossom at the stem like yours. The fruit was more flattened and more fibrous than the other persimmon. And, they stayed on the tree late into the fall even after a few frosts. They tasted best after being exposed to colder weather.
I've never seen one, but my father grew up in the TN/AL area in the curve of the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals, and he talked about picking all the wild food he could find, growing up in the 1910s and 20s. One thing he ate a lot of was persimmons that had been frosted on. I didn't know there was another kind.
@@MelissaThompson432 The persimmons he referred to were the type that had a leaf at the stem. They stay on the tree after frost. The other type ripen and fall to the ground by mid to late summer.
I grew up in Indiana eating persimmon pudding every fall and I love it. Living in Florida for the past 25 years I have tons of wild persimmons and now have a fuyu persimmon. They are sooooo good. So much easier to work with. No longer need my old school pulper to get the seeds out for pudding. And they're great by themselves. Absolutely one of my favorite fruits for just eating raw. And since they're seasonal it's a treat you look forward to every year
robert, try putting a ripe one, with the stem removed, in a small bowl in the freezer and just as it starts to freeze pull it out and eat like a sherbet, so Good.
❤ for 2 excellent gardeners, Mr. James and Mr. Tuck! Thank you for this season's lessons from your outstanding garden.Totally admirable. ❤ Tuck, gorgeously cute.
Whenever in doubt about what to plant. I always check your videos for the best gardeniing advice ever. We have a few persimmon varieties in our garden. We live in south Jersey ❤
I would like to thank you for all the inspiration. Between you and Paul I now have a 6 year old food forest that will be full of abundance (fingers crossed) next season. Would love for you to stop by the channel to see what you have inspired. You, my old friend have changed lives...!!!!! You have no idea how greatful I am for all the knowledge you share. Blessings James. Xoxo😊
Persimmons are beautiful trees, but they get stressed if under watered. My friend has a tree which has struggled these past years so I asked why at a local persimmon grower and they said water - we live in Perth, West Australia which has hot dry summers. So we built up the mulch this last year, and regularly maintained the mulch, watered more deeply in the summer and it's bounced back and is now lush and fruiting.
Its so true. Growing persimmons is a walk in the park. I constantly have to check on my pear and apple trees as they are the most disease prone. My cherry tree grows way to tall and have to control it. Grape vines needs a lot of pruning. Peach tree fruits lure a lot of earwigs and other insects damaging the fruit. Orange and lemon trees need some caring and feeding in order to produce quality fruit.
Thank you for that information regarding the American persimmon. I have one in my garden which my dad purchased many years ago. I had it in my mind to get rid of it for that very reason, now thanks to you I'll keep it. I do have another around the same time which produced once, and hasn't since, however, because I'm also infatuated by the beauty of its foliage in the autumn, so it remains. I'm from New Zealand and our native fauna are mostly evergreen so a splash of color from deciduous tress are very attractive. Thanks again, Nuku noa.
I have never tried this fruit, but I will see if I can find one to try. Thank you for this informative video, I learned a great deal. Can't wait to see what raised bed you are working on.
My American Persimmon fruited for the first time this year!! I did NOT know it grow that big. BUT it started out as a sapling 4 years ago. It’s about 6’ now. GREAT info as always 😊
That fruit looked so tempting, I wanted to reach through the screen and squeeze it onto my whole grain toast. I have a few native Persimmons in the woodlands at the back of my land, but the 'possums always get them before I have the slightest chance. (I'm also afraid of heights and they know it).
I found some wild persimmon trees coming up on the edge of my woods. I'm planning on grafting some different varieties on them. I also saved some seeds and plan on planting more trees. I'm excited for the future.
Thank you for the explanation on the difference between Asian and American persimmons. I live in NC and will be moving closer to the coast and I want to plant persimmons. Now I understand which one will be better. Thank you.
If you are wondering what to do with so much fruit, all at once, my research partner collects them from wild Missouri trees and turns them into persimmon butter and persimmon bread (which freezes well). There is a unique term for a fruit, like a persimmon, requiring an extended after-ripening period until its pulp softens. It must be allowed to "blet."
I have a Japanese Persimmon. The fruit really helped provide food to bees and other pollinators this past month since hurricane Milton stripped flowers from all other plants. I couldn't get over how much fruit it produced this year. It is a great persimmon to grow in hot climate. Ants are the only pest I've had a problem with on my persimmon.
I love my fuyu persimmon tree, zone 9b. I just have it make sure I tie “bird scare” flash tape on the limbs to keep away the birds, raccoons and squirrels. Most years I am fortunate to get around 250-300 persimmons on my 10 ft x 10 ft tree! They do great sliced then dehydrated!
We have a ton of wild ones on my place. One of my all time favorite fruits. I've never really been a fan of any of cultivated varieties I've gotten from a grocery store but never had any of those straight off the tree. I'm sure that makes a huge difference.
Here in the Philippines we have a tropical Persimmon called Mabolo fruit. The wood or timber is called Kamagong. Diospyros blancoi more known for its super dense wood than its edible fruit. It requires 0 chill hours.
Great video we just pulled over 100 fruits off our dwarf Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro persimmon in zone 7a (previously zone 6 b) Massachusetts . I can not recommend this fruit enough. Persimmon pie for thanks giving.
The persimmon tree (Fuyu) is my favorite fruit tree. I have 2 apple, 2 pear, peach, pomegranate, and plum also. Having fresh fruit almost all year is so underrated. I'll stile harvesting some in December.
Hi James, I was just wondering if the Kaolin clay works to keep grasshoppers from eating the leaves off the fruit trees. I have been trying to start an orchard and this year the grasshoppers were so thick that they ate the leaves off my new fruit trees. I think they will survive, but I want to make sure this doesn't happen again. This is the second year that we have had hordes of grasshoppers. There is just no way to control them. They even eat the row covers. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Your enthusiasm is contagious 😊 can I grow them in north GA (Zone 8a apparently)? Where can I buy this tree? What’s the smallest I can get to save $$$? I absolutely love persimmons and used to buy them in Quebec (kaki in French) and in super markets in MI. I now live in north GA and am tempted to grow them if you say they are easy to grow. But the only kind I’ve ever had are the larger fruit typically and I always had to wait forever for them to ripen. Idk the kind that can be eaten when they’re firm, I know how chalky they taste after the first time ever I ate them while firm 😅
Hey James this is George and I'm a really really big fan of you !!! I don't know if this 8s the right way to write you but I'll do it anyway. I'm located in Hatfield PA like about one hour or so from your food forest and one day maybe I can stop by to see it myself!!! Thanks for all the videos that u posted, helped me a lot with my garden and orchard!!!
@@marykurzava9784 My property has a grove of wild pawpaw trees (approx. an acre in size) that's been growing here for a long long time so I don't know the answer to your question.
You CAN eat it when it's hard. It's VERY sweet and sweeter when it ripens more. The Asian persimmon looks like a small pumpkin. When orange you can cut and leave in a cold place like your garage. You can make cookies or bread when fully ripened and you can also freeze when fully ripened for cookies later in the year. My parents had a tree. We'd leave some on the tree for the birds and our dogs would eat them too. They are DELICIOUS.
In Iran Persimmon is Called " Khormalo " We are pickling raw persimmons here. It is a very tasty pickle, but you have to add black seeds and some spices to it!!
Great info, as usual! Some Asian ones are also astringent and the non-astringent ones you can also let go soft and they are amazing, and good drainage is essential. Too much fertiliser can kill them. And yes, they are the food of the gods! Even their Latin name says so :)
This came out just in time I had no idea that persimmons like shade i have my 7yr old persimmons in almost full sun so that may explain why they are still only 3-4 ft high looks like i have some replanting to do
U can find the astringent persimmons in Asian stores like Assi plaza located in North Wales PA, there is also where I got my first Persimmon tree(Fuyu)
Pretty much every garden in my Italian region has a persimmon tree. You’ve described it very well, I must say. The only thing I would like to add is that the fruit tends to be attacked by late wasps, hornets, butterflies and even bats, because when the fruit ripens there is hardly anything else for these animals to feed on. But all in all a very reliable tree, highly productive and stunning in autumn and winter. To extend the shelf life of the fruit you may want to look into the Japanese way of drying kaki: Hoshigaki. Another tree that I see a lot around here is the loquat. Are you growing those as well?
As a sorta younger person and a very small space to grow I don’t have way to much stuff and I started getting into planting I think in may so I couldn’t really have space for a fruit tree but I will try to find a nice place to move with a good backyard when I’m old enough
Hi Amber. I have an idea for you. Grow a fig in a pot. That doesn't take much space and it's a top notch fruit. You get to eat fruit now and whenever you move, you just take it with you. Best of luck!
@ thank you but i don’t know what a fig is I will research it in a bit and I still have quite a bit of plants for a kid just not enough room for a tree
Persimmons store very well, IF you put them in the freezer. That allows you to have fruit year-round. When you are ready to eat one, just take it out and peel the fruit with a potato peeler. Your can then either let them thaw and use them as you would a fresh persimmon or eat them frozen like popsicles. I love frozen persimmons, and I often wonder why I don't see recommendations for them more often.
Instead of two of the same, consider ordering a different variety that ripen at a different time. I would get one of the astringent late ones like Giambo or Saijo. The ripe fruit will blow your mind.. It's insanely good!
Thank you for another awesome video. I am waiting, hoping, you will post how to treat young cherry and apple trees prior to winter. Do we need to spray, prune? Again, thank you and Tuck🥰
When I was young, my grandfather used a long pole to pick persimmons for me. But he didn't pick the persimmons on the top.
In Korea, there is a custom of harvesting only a portion of persimmons for winter birds.
This is called "까치밥 (literally "meal for the magpie") .
I suddenly miss my late grandfather😢
This is what I do , especially persimmons and figs…I didn’t know it was a tradition.
It's okay things will change for the better for you and your loved ones still alive and continue to honor and love your grand dad. He's always nearby in your dreams.
His spirit and his energy will always be with you. So rejoice😊
I was introduced to persimmons while living in S. Korea. I would wait for them to ripen to the color of a ripe tomato. Sooo delicious. And it was awesome to have fresh fruit in winter! I wish I could find them in the US, but they are so delicate when ripe it's impossible to ship them to supermarkets.
Awh I have good memories of my mom mom and pop pop picking cherries and peaches and reading this reminded me too
Thank you, James, for your joyful appreciation of gardening and for all the knowledge you so kindly and exuberantly pass on to us🌿💫🙏
You are welcome! And Thank You for the generous contribution to the garden, your kindness means a lot to me and the little boss! 😁🐕❤️
I love my persimmon tree! So far in my food forest I have muscadine/scuppernongs, apple trees, blueberries, a fig tree and a persimmon. Growing in between them with seasonal stuff next spring.
Those all sound really delicious! I had to look up muscadine because this is the first time I’ve heard of it. We are so lucky to live in a world with so much delicious fruits
Never heard of scuppernongs
@karenwoodford4776 Scuppernong is the greener-when-ripe variety of Muscadine Grapes, mainly found in the Southern U.S.
@@CricketsBay yes- i have cattle panel arches with one for each. I call it the grape tunnel.😁
I’d bet money you live in the southern US. Sadly not nearly enough people know what a scuppernong is.
I was just talking to my sweetie about our fruit producing trees and bushes we’re accumulating. We live in Central NY and picked fresh figs from our tree today (uncovered all fall) and have flowering tomato plants with beautiful tomatoes on them. Just threw plastic covers on the tomatoes for the only night of freezing temp we’ve had this Fall.
I live in North East New Jersey. I brought my strawberry plants inside and placed them in a sunny windows. They are growing strawberries!! 🍓🍓🍓
"It's super cold hardy, down to -10" Checks last year's January for my location in NE Kansas, zone 6b. -12, -13, -10...My neighbors, a rental property, has a native persimmon that i steal from every fall. Love it.
Plant some of the seeds
😂
Down to -10°F is not winter hardy for folks in USDA Zone 4 or 5, just zone 6 and above. That Nikita's gift looks lovely, but I think we can only have the straight American species where I am.
It wouldn't even be reliable in zone 6. -10F if just the average. Areas in zone 6 often get much colder than -10F.
I found a small patch of wild american persimmon on a nature trail by our home. We knocked down some ripe ones and it was like the best jelly I've ever had. I had never tried a persimmon before that moment and it got me really excited. I also ended up tasting some astringent ones too 😂😂 not fun , but also like a slightly unpleasant game of learning and experimenting. So worth it in the end. 😊❤ I've saved every single seed preciously and I'm more than ecstatic to plant them next year. A native edible makes me so happy, and I love supporting the small creatures around me. In my state , it is the main host tree for the Luna Moth 💚🌕 Thank you for making a whole video on them. 🙏 What amazing trees !
Persimmons definitely underrated! Eating quite a bit now.
Congratulations on your new invention. Can't wait to see it. Hugs for Tuck. ❤❤❤
I had a persimmon tree decades ago when I lived in Fallbrook CA. It stands out in my memory, because the first day every year the fruit was ripe the swallows were all over it leaving only the core still attached to the tree by end of day.
James, as a fellow NJ resident, I'm glad you exist.
You should bring a camera crew to my backyard and do a "Garden assessment and repair" video
I would watch that.
In the South, we have what we call bag worms. Hundreds of small caterpillars will build a “bag” of web material, usually at the end of a branch. One normally is much of a problem, but several nests can be a problem for the tree. My grandfather would tie a bundle of newspaper on the end of a long stick, light it and burn the nests out.
I can't wait to see what this new garden system is like!❤❤❤❤❤🐶
Just got 14 bare root strawberries to start in my overflowing shed. Me and my oldest are trying to finish our greenhouse before it gets too cold. Great videos! Happy growing
Not “ me and my oldest”, but “ my oldest and I”. Please try to sound literate.
@ I’ve got a 6th grade education, I’m literate enough thanks.
@@judeirwin2222 may I suggest that you try to sound more kind.
James, your enthusiasm is contagious.❤ Tuck is precious ❤
I grew up in the mountains of Tennessee. There were two types of persimmons that grew wild there. The fruit was about the size of a silver dollar. One was very smooth and roundish with no leaf blossom or leaves at the stem like a tomato. It ripened in the summer and dropped off the tree when they ripened. The other persimmon had the fruit blossom at the stem like yours. The fruit was more flattened and more fibrous than the other persimmon. And, they stayed on the tree late into the fall even after a few frosts. They tasted best after being exposed to colder weather.
I've never seen one, but my father grew up in the TN/AL area in the curve of the Tennessee River near Muscle Shoals, and he talked about picking all the wild food he could find, growing up in the 1910s and 20s. One thing he ate a lot of was persimmons that had been frosted on. I didn't know there was another kind.
@@MelissaThompson432 The persimmons he referred to were the type that had a leaf at the stem. They stay on the tree after frost. The other type ripen and fall to the ground by mid to late summer.
I grew up in Indiana eating persimmon pudding every fall and I love it. Living in Florida for the past 25 years I have tons of wild persimmons and now have a fuyu persimmon. They are sooooo good. So much easier to work with. No longer need my old school pulper to get the seeds out for pudding. And they're great by themselves. Absolutely one of my favorite fruits for just eating raw. And since they're seasonal it's a treat you look forward to every year
robert, try putting a ripe one, with the stem removed, in a small bowl in the freezer and just as it starts to freeze pull it out and eat like a sherbet, so Good.
❤ for 2 excellent gardeners, Mr. James and Mr. Tuck! Thank you for this season's lessons from your outstanding garden.Totally admirable.
❤ Tuck, gorgeously cute.
Yes he is!!! Absolutely adorable.
Whenever in doubt about what to plant. I always check your videos for the best gardeniing advice ever.
We have a few persimmon varieties in our garden. We live in south Jersey ❤
This tree seems magical. I love it.
I would like to thank you for all the inspiration. Between you and Paul I now have a 6 year old food forest that will be full of abundance (fingers crossed) next season. Would love for you to stop by the channel to see what you have inspired. You, my old friend have changed lives...!!!!! You have no idea how greatful I am for all the knowledge you share. Blessings James. Xoxo😊
Persimmons are beautiful trees, but they get stressed if under watered. My friend has a tree which has struggled these past years so I asked why at a local persimmon grower and they said water - we live in Perth, West Australia which has hot dry summers. So we built up the mulch this last year, and regularly maintained the mulch, watered more deeply in the summer and it's bounced back and is now lush and fruiting.
Its so true. Growing persimmons is a walk in the park. I constantly have to check on my pear and apple trees as they are the most disease prone. My cherry tree grows way to tall and have to control it. Grape vines needs a lot of pruning. Peach tree fruits lure a lot of earwigs and other insects damaging the fruit. Orange and lemon trees need some caring and feeding in order to produce quality fruit.
You are also an experienced plant grower
Persimmon pudding is the best. I love it!
So beautiful ■ excellent garden planning; fruit trees are truly at home!! M
Thank you for that information regarding the American persimmon. I have one in my garden which my dad purchased many years ago. I had it in my mind to get rid of it for that very reason, now thanks to you I'll keep it. I do have another around the same time which produced once, and hasn't since, however, because I'm also infatuated by the beauty of its foliage in the autumn, so it remains. I'm from New Zealand and our native fauna are mostly evergreen so a splash of color from deciduous tress are very attractive. Thanks again, Nuku noa.
I have kiwi vines; fejoia trees, a fig and a persimmon ( fuyu) plus a ginkgo tree- all in a suburban garden in Melbourne, Australia 👌👌👌👌
I have never tried this fruit, but I will see if I can find one to try.
Thank you for this informative video, I learned a great deal.
Can't wait to see what raised bed you are working on.
My American Persimmon fruited for the first time this year!! I did NOT know it grow that big. BUT it started out as a sapling 4 years ago. It’s about 6’ now. GREAT info as always 😊
That fruit looked so tempting, I wanted to reach through the screen and squeeze it onto my whole grain toast. I have a few native Persimmons in the woodlands at the back of my land, but the 'possums always get them before I have the slightest chance. (I'm also afraid of heights and they know it).
Theyre comin for the men next.
There's an old southern recipe called Possum Cookies that has persimmons in it.
I found some wild persimmon trees coming up on the edge of my woods. I'm planning on grafting some different varieties on them. I also saved some seeds and plan on planting more trees. I'm excited for the future.
Excellent! I love my persimmon trees! They are my “Thanksgiving tree”…love that coloration in the fall!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for the explanation on the difference between Asian and American persimmons. I live in NC and will be moving closer to the coast and I want to plant persimmons. Now I understand which one will be better. Thank you.
I love this guys energy
That’s my favorite kind we called Hachiya persimmons. I want to visit your yard. Thank you for showing your fruit trees .
If you are wondering what to do with so much fruit, all at once, my research partner collects them from wild Missouri trees and turns them into persimmon butter and persimmon bread (which freezes well). There is a unique term for a fruit, like a persimmon, requiring an extended after-ripening period until its pulp softens. It must be allowed to "blet."
Persimmon trees are so beautiful to me.
I have a Japanese Persimmon. The fruit really helped provide food to bees and other pollinators this past month since hurricane Milton stripped flowers from all other plants. I couldn't get over how much fruit it produced this year. It is a great persimmon to grow in hot climate. Ants are the only pest I've had a problem with on my persimmon.
Awesome…thanks for sharing…
Have another Great Day…
Salute!🍃🍃😎
I love my fuyu persimmon tree, zone 9b. I just have it make sure I tie “bird scare” flash tape on the limbs to keep away the birds, raccoons and squirrels. Most years I am fortunate to get around 250-300 persimmons on my 10 ft x 10 ft tree! They do great sliced then dehydrated!
I absolutely love Persimmons!!! I have two, waiting to ripe
Love your excitement! Persimmons is one fruit I have never tried!
I have a saijo persimmon which is astringent. They are delicious.
We have a ton of wild ones on my place. One of my all time favorite fruits. I've never really been a fan of any of cultivated varieties I've gotten from a grocery store but never had any of those straight off the tree. I'm sure that makes a huge difference.
Thanks
Thank you @majakumperscak7502! Your generosity means a lot to me and the little boss 😁🐕❤️
November in NC and I am still harvesting Asian persimmon, pears even a few raspberries😮. So fun and yummy.
Here in the Philippines we have a tropical Persimmon called Mabolo fruit. The wood or timber is called Kamagong. Diospyros blancoi more known for its super dense wood than its edible fruit. It requires 0 chill hours.
Love all the great information you always provide ❤ and ❤ for the little king ❤❤❤❤❤
Great video we just pulled over 100 fruits off our dwarf Ichi-Ki-Kei-Jiro persimmon in zone 7a (previously zone 6 b) Massachusetts . I can not recommend this fruit enough. Persimmon pie for thanks giving.
This is the best video I’ve seen on this topic!
The persimmon tree (Fuyu) is my favorite fruit tree. I have 2 apple, 2 pear, peach, pomegranate, and plum also. Having fresh fruit almost all year is so underrated. I'll stile harvesting some in December.
Awesome good to know just purchased a Jiro Fuyu grafted persimmon can’t wait
Thank you so much for putting on the Centigrade AND Farenheit - We really appreciate it.
These trees have been around Missouri for along time .There was a seedling hybrid that grew to 20ft. In some shade,but it still had a heavy fruit set.
What a wonderful mouth watering fruit ,got to have it ! I’m spoiled 😂really looks delicious.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤these hearts for tuckaroni❤
Hi James, I was just wondering if the Kaolin clay works to keep grasshoppers from eating the leaves off the fruit trees. I have been trying to start an orchard and this year the grasshoppers were so thick that they ate the leaves off my new fruit trees. I think they will survive, but I want to make sure this doesn't happen again. This is the second year that we have had hordes of grasshoppers. There is just no way to control them. They even eat the row covers. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Nice presentation 😊, I like persimmons very much. Good to know the in vitro ripening in container with natural ethylene producers.😊
Deer love them, they typically drop in December/January, making a great food plot.
this will grow in Michigan.thank you for sharing.
Your enthusiasm is contagious 😊 can I grow them in north GA (Zone 8a apparently)? Where can I buy this tree? What’s the smallest I can get to save $$$? I absolutely love persimmons and used to buy them in Quebec (kaki in French) and in super markets in MI. I now live in north GA and am tempted to grow them if you say they are easy to grow. But the only kind I’ve ever had are the larger fruit typically and I always had to wait forever for them to ripen. Idk the kind that can be eaten when they’re firm, I know how chalky they taste after the first time ever I ate them while firm 😅
Hey James this is George and I'm a really really big fan of you !!!
I don't know if this 8s the right way to write you but I'll do it anyway.
I'm located in Hatfield PA like about one hour or so from your food forest and one day maybe I can stop by to see it myself!!!
Thanks for all the videos that u posted, helped me a lot with my garden and orchard!!!
Persimmons and pawpaws--my two all-time favorite fruits that you just can't get in a supermarket!
And you can't get them if you have squirrels.
We have Persimons in Europe's supermarkets. They ship them when they yellowish-green and you have to wait for them to "ripen".
We are trying to grow pawpaws (have 4 small trees) and now I want to try persimmons. How long did your pawpaw trees take to provide fruit?
@@marykurzava9784 My property has a grove of wild pawpaw trees (approx. an acre in size) that's been growing here for a long long time so I don't know the answer to your question.
@ you are so very lucky. I have always wanted to try a paw paw so now I am growing tree’s. Thank you for answering back🥰
Much love for Tuck❤❤❤❤
You CAN eat it when it's hard. It's VERY sweet and sweeter when it ripens more. The Asian persimmon looks like a small pumpkin. When orange you can cut and leave in a cold place like your garage. You can make cookies or bread when fully ripened and you can also freeze when fully ripened for cookies later in the year. My parents had a tree. We'd leave some on the tree for the birds and our dogs would eat them too.
They are DELICIOUS.
Wish i have that kind of garden, vegs and fruit trees. Just love them ❤
We have gophers!
My mouth is watering just watching this, im gonna get Nikitas Gift next Year !!!!
Thank you SO much for the growing details, VERY useful 🙏🏾!!
You enjoy this so much it' amazing!
Thx for the information. I think you talked me into getting one😊. Love tuck ❤️ ♥️ 💙 😍 💓 💖
Thx James..you are so knowledgeable.
Where to buy this special persimmon tree?
Couple quick comments. U videography is great, lovely fruit plant...but astringent persimmon is choking not chalky. Lol
In Iran Persimmon is Called " Khormalo "
We are pickling raw persimmons here. It is a very tasty pickle, but you have to add black seeds and some spices to it!!
Yummmm! I miss this. It’s the one in the Middle East! We call this kaka persimmon.
Planting pawpaw, feijoa, lowquat, and hazelnuts. Got an american persimmon wild growing already.
Great info, as usual! Some Asian ones are also astringent and the non-astringent ones you can also let go soft and they are amazing, and good drainage is essential. Too much fertiliser can kill them. And yes, they are the food of the gods! Even their Latin name says so :)
Wow, this is very informative, I love it!
I know one american persimon tree in France that must be 40 years old. It is so huge, it's crazy. Full of fruits.
So many great things to plant! 🌿
Amazing work ❤
Thank you my friend. I always appreciate hearing from ya ❤️😁
This came out just in time I had no idea that persimmons like shade i have my 7yr old persimmons in almost full sun so that may explain why they are still only 3-4 ft high looks like i have some replanting to do
U can find the astringent persimmons in Asian stores like Assi plaza located in North Wales PA, there is also where I got my first Persimmon tree(Fuyu)
Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Wonderful video of this delightful persimmon 👍🏽👍🏽
Great tutorial ! Thanks for sharing.
Pretty much every garden in my Italian region has a persimmon tree. You’ve described it very well, I must say. The only thing I would like to add is that the fruit tends to be attacked by late wasps, hornets, butterflies and even bats, because when the fruit ripens there is hardly anything else for these animals to feed on. But all in all a very reliable tree, highly productive and stunning in autumn and winter. To extend the shelf life of the fruit you may want to look into the Japanese way of drying kaki: Hoshigaki.
Another tree that I see a lot around here is the loquat. Are you growing those as well?
As a sorta younger person and a very small space to grow I don’t have way to much stuff and I started getting into planting I think in may so I couldn’t really have space for a fruit tree but I will try to find a nice place to move with a good backyard when I’m old enough
Hi Amber. I have an idea for you. Grow a fig in a pot. That doesn't take much space and it's a top notch fruit. You get to eat fruit now and whenever you move, you just take it with you. Best of luck!
@ thank you but i don’t know what a fig is I will research it in a bit and I still have quite a bit of plants for a kid just not enough room for a tree
I've never tried persimmons! I need to! ❤❤❤❤ For Tuck!!
Persimmons store very well, IF you put them in the freezer. That allows you to have fruit year-round. When you are ready to eat one, just take it out and peel the fruit with a potato peeler. Your can then either let them thaw and use them as you would a fresh persimmon or eat them frozen like popsicles. I love frozen persimmons, and I often wonder why I don't see recommendations for them more often.
Thank you James I am going to order 2 fuyu since I am in mid texas and don’t get a lot of chill hours
Instead of two of the same, consider ordering a different variety that ripen at a different time. I would get one of the astringent late ones like Giambo or Saijo. The ripe fruit will blow your mind.. It's insanely good!
Right now flickers and robins are busy feasting on my Fuyu I did manage to get half a dozen persimmons. I think of it as a very large bird feeder.
I love soft, mushy persimmons! My grandmother taught me not to eat the skin due to the tannins.
Thank you for another awesome video. I am waiting, hoping, you will post how to treat young cherry and apple trees prior to winter. Do we need to spray, prune? Again, thank you and Tuck🥰
❤❤❤ Where do we get a tree like that one?
looking forward to seeing your raised bed. I have lots of veto beds
This is the fruit I love to eat super soft and delicious flavour
All of the fruit is so delicious 😋🤤😋
The wood of the American persimmon is sometimes called white ebony and also worth harvesting.
I knew it would be persimmon as soon as i clicked.. May try thr Japanese variety here in the uk
I've never had a persimmon but I think it might be worth growing!
Imma gonna come and raid your garden!! It looks so good and is filled with such a wide variety of food!! ❤❤❤'s for Tuck!