It's time for sex checking
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Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Bill, your timing is great. I noticed some flowers yesterday.
BrushyPines
5 year old buck +
From the persimmons I have planted, the ones that have flowered first have been all males too, Native. I believe I will keep them as is to help with pollination. I bought them from a local nursery on 2 separate occasions. 1 group starts waking up end of March to early April while the other group wakes up end of April to early May. They have to be different types. They are all planted in the same area. Just found that odd.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
You have a boy!
TreeDaddy
5 year old buck +
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Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Bill, the picture is so small I can't see it well, but I think I see a place where 2 flowers come off at the same spot. That would mean another boy. Female flowers will always be a single flower coming from one location. Males can be single, double or triple.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Today I was working on the side of my farm that I am generally only at about this time of year. I was doing some repairs on a property line fence and noticed a young persimmon tree about 10 feet high that I had never seen before. I started walking toward it and immediately could see that it was covered with female flowers. This put me in somewhat of a hard situation. I never hunt on that side of the farm, so having a persimmon tree there might not be good due to neighbors hunting close by. I though about cutting it down but couldn't bring myself to do it. Even though it is close to where neighbors are hunting, they can't see the tree, so hopefully no issues with leaving it.
