Chestnut hill persimmon trees producing
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yoderjac
5 year old buck +
I'm presuming they are grafted trees. I'll share an experience I had and the explanation I got of why it happened. I generally use American persimmons because they are all astringent and they fall from the tree unlike oriental persimmons. I have lots of native persimmons so I generally bark graft in the field. However I heard some conflicting reports as to whether one hybrid called Nikita's Gift fall from the tree. So, I wanted to experiment with it. I tried bark grafting in the field, but the hybrid scions got moldy. For some reason they seem more susceptible since I've never had the issue with American scions. So, two years ago I planted some American persimmons from seed in root pruning pots. I overwintered them and woke them up early. I then had more scions sent after the trees were green and actively growing under lights indoors. I bench grafted the fresh scions in the winter. I then grew them on my deck in the root pruning containers last summer. The grafts were only a couple months old and they produced fruit, just a couple persimmons.
The explanation was that the flower bud was already present on the scion when it was grafted. I'm told that these trees will then revert back to a vegetative state until they are old enough to produce fruit.
Just looking at the picture, I'd guess you are seeing the same phenomenon. I'll bet once planted they don't continue to fruit.
Another phenomenon that can occur with containerized trees (probably not in your case) is that container limitations can force the tree from a vegetative state to a fruiting state. I had this happen with some Jujube. My trees in the field are over 5 years old and have not produced any fruit. I couple years ago, I took some root cutting (unlike most jujube these Tigertooth are grown on their own roots) and propagated them. The new trees in root pruning containers on my deck produced fruit when they were just a couple months old. A university professor that specializes in Jujube suggested that the confinement of the root system forced them from a vegetative state to a fruiting state early. He said that once planted in the field, they would stop fruiting for several years.
Thanks,
jack
The explanation was that the flower bud was already present on the scion when it was grafted. I'm told that these trees will then revert back to a vegetative state until they are old enough to produce fruit.
Just looking at the picture, I'd guess you are seeing the same phenomenon. I'll bet once planted they don't continue to fruit.
Another phenomenon that can occur with containerized trees (probably not in your case) is that container limitations can force the tree from a vegetative state to a fruiting state. I had this happen with some Jujube. My trees in the field are over 5 years old and have not produced any fruit. I couple years ago, I took some root cutting (unlike most jujube these Tigertooth are grown on their own roots) and propagated them. The new trees in root pruning containers on my deck produced fruit when they were just a couple months old. A university professor that specializes in Jujube suggested that the confinement of the root system forced them from a vegetative state to a fruiting state early. He said that once planted in the field, they would stop fruiting for several years.
Thanks,
jack
