tgr95
Spike
Anybody know a place to buy American persimmon or wild plum trees around the Charlotte-Gaston-Cleveland area? I see online retailers but I’m leery of ordering online. Any reputable ones you’ve used? Thanks.
Interesting fact - Persimmon trees will tolerate winter flooding. We have 1 that came up in my duck impoundment and has done very well. Flooded mid september through late march. Even have a few smaller ones popping up. Very healthy and produces well.Persimmon is dioecious so you will need more than one, preferably several. They take 5-7 years to mature too. A slow growing tree but very tolerant of poor soils and drought tolerant.
they will take a lot of water............there is 1 Island on Jordan where I have 8 bald cypress trees planted...the Highest part of this little island maybe 6 inches above the normal lake level ....it stays underwater alot.................. there are maybe 10 persimmons on it as well with 2 bearing fruit this year.Interesting fact - Persimmon trees will tolerate winter flooding. We have 1 that came up in my duck impoundment and has done very well. Flooded mid september through late march. Even have a few smaller ones popping up. Very healthy and produces well.
I wonder if ducks like the seeds? How big are the seeds?they will take a lot of water............there is 1 Island on Jordan where I have 8 bald cypress trees planted...the Highest part of this little island maybe 6 inches above the normal lake level ....it stays underwater alot.................. there are maybe 10 persimmons on it as well with 2 bearing fruit this year.
been a while since I ate a persimmon so i cant recall the seed size but the fruit is about 1/2 the size of a golfball..I wonder if ducks like the seeds? How big are the seeds?
I'd say seeds are about the size of pumpkin seeds from what I've seen.been a while since I ate a persimmon so i cant recall the seed size but the fruit is about 1/2 the size of a golfball..
It’s certainly possible that your two trees are both male, as only females produce fruit.I've got persimmos popping up in the meadowstip every year. I'd bet I mow down 20 a year. I let 2 grow a couple of years ago. They are probably 15 feet tall and still no sign of fruit. Gonna cut them down this year and let a couple more grow up that are in a better place. Anybody want some to transplant is welcome to come get them.
Yep , all my apple and pear trees along with my kiwi vine bore zero fruit in Wilkes co this year. I am just glad that persimmons are such late bloomers .Yeah. Mother Nature is a funny lady. Late frosts killed all the blossoms on my domestic fruit trees and probably had a similar effect on the oaks. It was so dry this summer that my corn crop is pitiful and my soybeans aren’t much better. But, somehow it was a perfect year for the persimmons. We have a lot of big persimmons on the farm. One in the yard has been dropping fruit for two weeks already. Must be because it is in full sun. The rest of them are a week or two away.