Summer Pruning Persimmon Trees for Incredible Results

This video discusses the technique of summer pruning for enhancing the yield of persimmon trees. The speaker demonstrates the effectiveness of this method with an eight-year-old persimmon tree, which is lush and full due to summer pruning. The method involves topping branches at the end of May or in June to encourage a second growth flush. This multiplies one branch into many, leading to a fuller tree with more flowers.
The video also addresses the common problem of fruit drop in persimmons, and shares an optional technique of planting male or female trees that produce male flowers to cross-pollinate and reduce fruit drop. However, this technique may result in more seeds in the fruits.
Introduction (00:00):
Summer pruning persimmon trees. Highlighting the fullness and lushness of the Rosseyanka persimmon tree as a result of this method and its impact on increasing fruit production.
Pruning benefits (00:33):
The purpose of summer pruning and its common application across various types of fruit trees. Explains the effect of pruning on the branching structure of the tree, helping to increase the number of branches.
Second growth flush (01:07):
Encouraging a second growth flush, which results in multiplying branches, thus leading to a fuller tree.
Flower formation (01:44):
The benefits of summer pruning, which stimulates new growth, leading to the formation of new flowers. These flowers are pollinated by bees, leading to a higher yield of persimmons.
Fruit drop problem (02:18):
Fruit drop in persimmon trees, and how it's more prevalent in certain varieties. Explains that this is a normal part of growing persimmons.
Cross-pollination (03:23):
Planting a male or female tree that produces male flowers to cross-pollinate and reduce fruit drop, but mentions the trade-off of more seeds in the fruits.
Summer pruning technique (03:54):
Using summer pruning to increase the number of flowers, in order to counterbalance the inevitable fruit drop.
Pruning demonstration (04:28):
An example of how summer pruning is done, topping the branches to promote a second flush of growth, which leads to additional branching.
Branching example (05:00):
An example of a pruned branch that has produced new branches, leading to a denser canopy and more flowers in the current growing season.
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[@jamess.2649]

Thanks trying to improve my persimmons

[@peterbedford2610]

New branches have the fruit. So promoting new branches is the key to more fruit.

[@eljefe8149]

I've heard that Prok doesn't produce much fruit without a pollinator. Any idea if this is true?

[@Nighthuntr1]

Do you ever pinch off any fruit to help prevent a complete drop of fruit? I've also been experimenting and this year I removed all new growth growing straight up, inward or rubbing on another branch. I also tried removing some of the end of new growth in hopes to thicken branches.

[@exels1]

Hey Ross, love your videos, do you have a Fuyu persimmon tree in 6B? Do they survive, would you recommend getting one for your temp zone. Ty

[@peterk6431]

Philyy area is 7b. Yes Fuyu survive the winter. Philly park commission even encourages persimmon trees. Good hardier variety in colder climates is Nikita's gift. I'm going to plant this fall since I have a Fuyu already.

[@theresa94010]

Why do you suppose that this tree, this year, is not bearing fruits at all? Summer pruning seems kind of late in the season to be pruning as flowers are already turning into fruits by June/July. Just wondering.

[@RossRaddi]

Summer pruning affects the crop next year.

[@explained3799]

I inherited a house with a nice "park like" yard. I have been told that several of the trees are persimmons... but they are rather large and old... Is there anything I can do to get them to fruit? Do they need specific nutrients?

[@RossRaddi]

Not really. If they become too old and stop producing, some hard winter pruning to help rejuvenate the tree will help.

[@robinchristensen1657]

You are just now getting blossoms? My 3 year old Fuyu has yet to bloom/fruit.

[@RossRaddi]

A healthy Fuyu may bloom in it's second year after planting. This Rosseyanka had bloomed for years, but only in the last two did the fruits hold.

[@1mataleo1]

I think mine took 3 years to bear fruit (ie it didn’t produce fruit until the 4th year. The first year it fruited, they were small and I didn’t get many. The year after that, I got a fair amount, but they were still small. The third year it fruited, they got noticeably bigger, but it produced less fruit than previous years. The following years going forward (year 6 or 7 onward), the persimmons that it produces are HUGE, completely filling my palm (about 3.75” in diameter ). I’ve been getting so many Fuyu persimmons for the past few years that I have to make persimmon pies, jams, and other recipes that contain persimmons just so they don’t go to waste. They are so expensive to buy in my local supermarkets that I feel like I’m cheating myself by not selling some of them.
But don’t worry; you are right on the cusp of the turning point, and your tree will be producing persimmons before you know it.

[@robinchristensen1657]

@@1mataleo1 I actually got some last fall. I didn’t see any blooms in the spring so I thought I wasn’t getting any. I think I got around 20 smallish ones but they were perfect and I was thrilled. I can’t wait to see how many I get this year.

[@1mataleo1]

If that’s the case, over they next few years you will probably be surprised with how many you get. The first year mine produced viable fruit, the damn squirrels ate almost all of them when I was waiting for them to ripen. Now I get so many that it doesn’t even matter. I pruned mine this winter because it it was getting so tall that it was a bitch to get to some of the fruit. I can’t wait; last years crop was amazing. Good luck!

[@robinchristensen1657]

@@1mataleo1 thank you 😊 I did cover the few I got with gossamer bags. My mother in law had a huge tree and every year the squirrels would strip her tree bare in one day. I swear they had it marked on their calendar. We picked a lot of the fruit way before ripe to get any. Can’t wait until I have enough to not worry about what the squirrels take.

[@aliannarodriguez1581]

I thought trees simply self pruned fruit down to the number of fruit they had the energy to ripen.

[@RossRaddi]

Not all of them. The persimmon does a great job of this.

[@markvhidalgo]

Pinch the persimmon…✍🏼

[@user-iv9lr7uu3c]

This wasn't easy to follow...

[@michaelrhooper]

Too much talking, not enough action!