Harvesting Persimmons off the tree and ground

In the fall, you will start to notice the persimmon fruits covering the tree if its a good year! Its best to harvest them after a good hard frost. The persimmons tend to hang on the tree for quite a while, even thru December! Animals like raccoons, opossums, coyote, foxes, birds and deer love the Persimmons, so it will be a race to see who gets them first- you or the animals. If you gather them in the fall, keep them in the fridge, then in a few days, pulp them out. You can use immediately or freeze the pulp for future persimmon dishes.. Please, Watch for my video where my Grandma shows me how to make the best Persimmon pudding that you could ever taste!

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• harvesting persimmons
• melissa allman
• back to the garden
• country living
• pudding
• deer raccoons coyote
• native trees
• Diospyros virginiana

[USMCmazac]

Do you think i could make a profit selling persimmon jellies?

[gardenmagik]

@USMCmazac Im sure you could make a profit on Persimmon jellies!

[chk2595]

That tree is loaded in "no possum country".

[gardenmagik]

@chk2595 ... Most of the Persimmon trees were loaded this year.. some years, they arent... Thanks for watching!

[USMCmazac]

@gardenmagik Thanks :) Haha

[USMCmazac]

They were loaded in Pulaski, TN! i have 3 trees as long as 2 black walnut trees!

[dirtTdude]

@gardenmagik OK, the Persimmon does not grow this far north or this far west, so the lady that called me Honey was right... "we don't have those here" ...You'll be proud know that I found the names of the 2 black berry species we have here. the himalaya (Rubus armeniacus) and the evergreen (Rubus laciniatus) the himalaya does well along dirt roads from 800 to 1500 feet. The Evergreens do best from sea level to 800 feet and they are the delishous ones

[MadBadVoodo]

★★★★★

[gardenmagik]

@dirtTdude ... You made me Laugh Out Loud!!! Stay on your quest, Its worth it i promise. But i doubt i will beat the lady up at FlowerWorld, for she knows Not about the Persimmon... Maybe she is new to the FlowerWorld...?

And your mom will make you a persimmon pudding every year after she tries one! Thanks for watching...and good luck!

[dirtTdude]

so if you could call my mom and tell her i'm not on drugs that'd be great and if you'd like to go to flowerworld and beat up the lady that needs to be beat up that'd be awesome. mostly i just need persimin puddin and now i've found my self on a persimmon puddin quest...

[dirtTdude]

i drove all over the place looking for a Persimmon tree, stopped by our local tree hatchery and asked about a Persimmons trees, the lady looked at me like i had 3 eyeballs, i asked to speak with the arborist / master gardener in charge - i said "Persimmons tree?" and handed her a slip of paper that said "Diospyros Virginiana" ... Lady looked at me like i was stupid, called me honey and said we dont have those here. called my mother and begged for Persimmon pudding, she asked me if i was on drugs