Need to plant a Japanese Persimmon - which one?
 

I have "one" open space in the orchard.

I have ~ everything, except a persimmon.

Can I plant just "one" Japanese Persimmon &
get fruit - or do I have to plant two to get fruit?

Which persimmon does best in the Austin area -
soil is black loamy?

Thanks,
Gene
in the metropolis of Briggs, TX


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Need to plant a Japanese Persimmon - which one?
 

I have a Fuyu and it has dropped fruit a lot later on in the season in
past years. Then I read that persimmons drop fruit from lack of water. So
now, once it has some fruit, I know to keep it watered nicely. Fuyu is the
less astringent variety and will not make you "pucker" even if you pick it
a bit before it is ripe.

Gene S wrote:

THANKS, B.

Fuyu is the one that I was going to go with,
but just wondering if someone had a better
one.

Thanks,
Gene

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On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:54:18 -0600, "Gene S"
wrote:


I have ~ everything, except a persimmon.

Can I plant just "one" Japanese Persimmon &
get fruit - or do I have to plant two to get fruit?

Which persimmon does best in the Austin area -
soil is black loamy?

[...]

I have had decent luck with Fuyu. They are self fertile. Since that
is the only one I planted, I can't help you with comparisons. The
fruit is very good, once fully ripe.

Need to plant a Japanese Persimmon - which one?
 

Thanks,
The orchard has a drip irrigation system, so
that's not a problem. Glad to hear that the
Fuyu has a low pucker factor. I mistakenly allowed
my grandchildren to try a raw native persimmon,
lost all confidence in grampa :-)

Gene


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"G a e X a v i er" wrote in message
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I have a Fuyu and it has dropped fruit a lot later on in the season in
past years. Then I read that persimmons drop fruit from lack of water. So
now, once it has some fruit, I know to keep it watered nicely. Fuyu is the
less astringent variety and will not make you "pucker" even if you pick it
a bit before it is ripe.

Gene S wrote:

THANKS, B.

Fuyu is the one that I was going to go with,
but just wondering if someone had a better
one.

Thanks,
Gene

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B.Server wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:54:18 -0600, "Gene S"
wrote:


I have ~ everything, except a persimmon.

Can I plant just "one" Japanese Persimmon &
get fruit - or do I have to plant two to get fruit?

Which persimmon does best in the Austin area -
soil is black loamy?

[...]

I have had decent luck with Fuyu. They are self fertile. Since that
is the only one I planted, I can't help you with comparisons. The
fruit is very good, once fully ripe.