Persimmons

[youwardasuci]

NOw my small persimon tree from seeds begin to spread da wings..

[youwardasuci]

thank god that Malaysia is faaar away from winter...

[jonniekees]

i love this fruit

[skiprgarden]

Yes JenTaylor that is a good idea. The tree should be fine and it will have plenty of time to settle in and start root growth before the warm weather arrives next summer.

[JenTaylor101]

Hi, Planning on putting in a persimmon tree - variety "Brilliant Red" - here in southern Spain. I hope it survives the winter as I just bot it and thot to get it in the ground quickly - while it's still warmish - rather than wait until Spring - when the ground is cold and there is only short time before the hot dry summer. What do you think?

[skiprgarden]

Good. Sort of like a jelly.

[Slic3R1]

how do they taste?

[MiguelCoBMaggot]

DIOSSPIROO!

[perryp25]

most disgusting fruit ever!

[yellowman88]

wow this is quite informative. Now i know everything there is to know about persimmons.

[88Ont]

Can I plant persimmon tree in Canada?

[skiprgarden]

@88Ont Persimmon trees vary in hardiness but some are hardy to zone 5. So unless you are in one of the southern areas near the Pacific ocean or perhaps parts of Nova Scotia, your winters are going to be too cold for even the hardiest persimmons.

[pily]

what a beautiful fruit

[hydrobell]

I froze it, and event hough it didn't taste astringent, it had an astringent aftertaste and I felt very ill after eating it.. According to Wikipedia, it is just folklore that frost can ripen persimmons. Eating unripe persimmons can cause phytobezoars and other gastrointestinal complications, so I won't be ripening them this way anymore.

[ToolsnFire]

Nonsense, no need to freeze them, they will ripen without freezing, whether on the tree or off. I know this very well. I'm in the business. Old wives tales about the freezing, though it is coincidently true with the american species, and freezes do likely occur before the fruit is ripe on the tree. But where freezes don't occur, such as in Southern California they still ripen fine, at least the standard Hachiya variety does.

[lsophial]

I don,t like this oval kind...I love the Perssismon that are more flat, and firm. The feel like an apple, they are very colourful, sweet, crunchy and tasty.

[jaythestingray]

great video. Thanks for the info

[jstrunck]

Thanks Skip!

[Gundamator]

You actually don't have to freeze them, but it can help. Leaving them on a window sill will ripen them just fine.