Love my seedling persimmons

[Native Hunter]

The is my first crop of the real (not fake) Deer Magnet (100-29) three days ago. It's going to be a late baby in my neck of the woods, which will be fine. It should be kicking in hard and drawing a lot of late season attention.

 

[buckdeer1]

I have 3 trees that were supposed to be grafted females and they are 15 ft tall but still no fruit,guess I will give them a couple more years.

 

[Native Hunter]

I have 3 trees that were supposed to be grafted females and they are 15 ft tall but still no fruit,guess I will give them a couple more years.

Your trees are getting to the age to start bearing. Probably won't be long now.

 

[b116757]

I have quite a few volunteer persimmon trees they are almost a nuisance. I generally leave them be except in areas where I simply get to many taking over. I even have one large grove that is all female it’s loaded with persimmons every year. I know lots of guys swear by persimmons for deer but I don’t know that I’ve ever seen them around them.

 

[Native Hunter]

This is a seedling persimmon that has unusually large fruit for a native tree. It is just beginning to hit its stride and start bearing well. I set a trail camera up 30 yards from the tree on a trail that leads to the tree and got over 1,600 pictures in 5 days of deer coming to the tree for persimmons. When we field dress deer they are always full of persimmons. Nothing draws deer any better than persimmons, and few other fruits are as reliable at producing fruit year after year.

 

[Native Hunter]

I have quite a few volunteer persimmon trees they are almost a nuisance. I generally leave them be except in areas where I simply get to many taking over. I even have one large grove that is all female it’s loaded with persimmons every year. I know lots of guys swear by persimmons for deer but I don’t know that I’ve ever seen them around them.

Sorry to hear your trees are so horrible that they are becoming a nuisance. I suggest cutting them off level with the ground and treating the stumps with pure gly. That should get rid of them for you. Good luck and best wishes.

 

[Mozark]

This is a seedling persimmon that has unusually large fruit for a native tree. It is just beginning to hit its stride and start bearing well. I set a trail camera up 30 yards from the tree on a trail that leads to the tree and got over 1,600 pictures in 5 days of deer coming to the tree for persimmons. When we field dress deer they are always full of persimmons. Nothing draws deer any better than persimmons, and few other fruits are as reliable at producing fruit year after year.

It seems like every year a late frost or freeze takes out the majority of my apples and pears. I wish I had spent a couple of years grafting over the wild persimmon trees, then planting fruit trees. I would be a lot farther ahead!

 

[Native Hunter]

It seems like every year a late frost or freeze takes out the majority of my apples and pears. I wish I had spent a couple of years grafting over the wild persimmon trees, then planting fruit trees. I would be a lot farther ahead!

That happens here too from time to time. This year at my farm it was the apples that got hit badly by a late freeze. It can also happen to persimmons, but it is much less likely because of how late they flower. Another thing that I have noticed is that persimmons are much more likely to fruit in a low area (frost pocket) than other fruits we normally grow for deer.

 

[Native Hunter]

We are limb snapping in KY....

 

[Native Hunter]

This is a seedling persimmon, and I took the picture yesterday. It's been dropping for weeks but is still loaded. We may need to give this one a name. They have already used "Deer Magnet" so maybe we will call it "Deer Tractor Beam".....LOL.

 

[Mozark]

That is an awesome tree NH, looks like a grave digger to me.

 

[Teeder]

That looks great!

 

[blueKYstream]

Great time to be dropping!

 

[Teeder]

"We may need to give this one a name. They have already used "Deer Magnet" so maybe we will call it "Deer Tractor Beam".....LOL."

How about "DRT" (dead right there)?

 

[Maddmatt]

My mother in law has a couple persimmon trees that have started dropping, and still has a decent amount of fruit hanging. I'm liking how it seems to coincide with Kentucky's rifle season, so I'm looking to graft from these trees, and maybe sprout some from seeds. Would it be advisable to bench graft the seedlings or plant some and topwork them after they develop a root system?

 

[blueKYstream]

My mother in law has a couple persimmon trees that have started dropping, and still has a decent amount of fruit hanging. I'm liking how it seems to coincide with Kentucky's rifle season, so I'm looking to graft from these trees, and maybe sprout some from seeds. Would it be advisable to bench graft the seedlings or plant some and topwork them after they develop a root system?

You could go either way from what I understand. Back in May, I topworked some seedlings I planted a few years. I had good success with that, but you could also bench graft them. Just remember to remove growth below the graft when it starts growing.

 

[BrushyPines]

This is a seedling persimmon, and I took the picture yesterday. It's been dropping for weeks but is still loaded. We may need to give this one a name. They have already used "Deer Magnet" so maybe we will call it "Deer Tractor Beam".....LOL.

Wow! That's a hell of a tree. Does it produce like that every year?

 

[Native Hunter]

Wow! That's a hell of a tree. Does it produce like that every year?

It is still a young tree but every year for the last 4 years it has just kept getting better and better.

 

[BrushyPines]

It is still a young tree but every year for the last 4 years it has just kept getting better and better.

How old is it?

 

[Native Hunter]

How old is it?

I've lost track exactly, but 15 years would be close. It usually takes about 11-12 for them to start bearing really good.