Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
If you are in 6B or south of it, you should be able to start sexing persimmons. Guys to the north may have to wait a few more days. These pics from today. First pic is a male and last two pics are females.



I need to run down and look. I know 2 of them are females for sure.If you are in 6B or south of it, you should be able to start sexing persimmons. Guys to the north may have to wait a few more days. These pics from today. First pic is a male and last two pics are females.
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I need to run down and look. I know 2 of them are females for sure.
It's hard to believe, but both of those female pics above are from trees topworked in the spring of last year. And it was several flowers on several trees. I've never had them to make flowers the year after topworking before. Will be interesting to see if I get any fruit from those this year.
Another thing I have learned about persimmons - if you have a tree getting fairly large (say 12 feet or more) and haven't seen any flowers yet, there is a good chance it is a female. I've noticed that males start making flowers sooner than females.
I checked mine this past weekend. Some have leaves while others haven't budded out yet. I have 2 year old persimmon trees of varying sizes, some of which are about the size they were when planted or tall and fairly thin. What's the smallest diameter persimmon trees you've topworked? I'm guessing so long as the scion isn't larger, it can be done?
Great, I'll give it a shot this week or next with Barbara's Blush and Zima Kurma. Do you have any varieties in particular that you're really happy with? I know some of yours have some age on them now. Wasn't sure if you tracked them much with everything you got growing there.Probably about an inch diameter but smaller would work with smaller scions.
My best persimmon production so far has been the native seedlings that are starting to bear heavily. They drop all through hunting season. My Miller and Deer Magnet trees that I bought from Nolin River are growing but yet to produce a persimmon. My dog doc trees I topworked are the same way. The Trees I topworked to Yates and Meader are doing great and making loads of persimmons. I need to watch those last two closer for drop times. This spring I added some new ones so in a few years I should have more to report.Great, I'll give it a shot this week or next with Barbara's Blush and Zima Kurma. Do you have any varieties in particular that you're really happy with? I know some of yours have some age on them now. Wasn't sure if you tracked them much with everything you got growing there.
Any chance my seedling SAAP, Prok and Wapello Persimmons will flower this year? This is their 4th growing season in the ground. I am impressed with their growth for zone 5. They didn't experience any dieback this year like years past. I'm hoping that is due to them being more established, we didn't have a warm winter. I have about 25 growing currently, they're not all this size. Would you suggest grafting to other hardy varieties or wait and see how these seedlings do? I am thinking a mix of the 2 if I can find some good varieties for my zone. Thanks!