Persimmon blooms
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Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
Looks like a female to me.
How old is the tree?
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Multiple flowers from the same point of origin are always a sure sign of a male - a single flower by itself can be, but is not always an indication of a female flower.
You need better pictures, but right now I’m saying those are male. I don’t see the pronounced calyx lobes that should be present on a female flower at that stage of development. Look below at my picture of a female flower and pay attention to the base (the calyx). Note how it flares out from the rest of the flower. Also note how tight the entire flower is to the limb.
I’m not seeing that in your pictures. Get me some better pics and I will say with 100% accuracy.
You need better pictures, but right now I’m saying those are male. I don’t see the pronounced calyx lobes that should be present on a female flower at that stage of development. Look below at my picture of a female flower and pay attention to the base (the calyx). Note how it flares out from the rest of the flower. Also note how tight the entire flower is to the limb.
I’m not seeing that in your pictures. Get me some better pics and I will say with 100% accuracy.
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Oklahunter
Yearling... With promise
Thanks for the replies. I’ll try and get better pictures
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Bill, it’s like an addiction.
Here is a picture of some male flowers that I took today. Pay particular attention to the calyx area and note the difference when comparing to the female flowers I posted above.
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blueKYstream
5 year old buck +
I wish I would have taken pictures of some persimmon flowers I was checking and grafting this past weekend. I referred back to one of Native Hunter's previous posts about the same topic. All of my first seedlings to flower have been male. A few of my grafts from three years ago have started to flower this year. I had some grafts flower the first year, but they dropped fruits. Buds are forming after 5 days on these in my yard (Pic #1 is a whip & tongue graft and a bud graft, Pic #2 are 2 bark grafts).
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
If anyone knows of a place that is still selling sticks of Morris Burton, Prok or any of the other well known eating varieties, please let me know. I have 3 or 4 more trees I would like to do this year.
Not sure what they still have available but worth a shot.
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Oklahunter
Yearling... With promise
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Oklahunter
Yearling... With promise
That’s what I was thinking. Thanks!
Smokegobbler
5 year old buck +
Fruitwood Nursery still has some Persimmon scionwood in stock including the two varieties mentioned.
American Persimmon Scionwood and Seeds
American Persimmon Scionwood and Seeds . American Persimmon Scionwood and Seeds (Diospyros virginiana)SCIONWOOD-All sticks of scionwood will be enough to do at Read more
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
I've been planting persimmon since 2019 and it seems like some of my 3 year old trees are bigger than the 5 year olds. They definitely like some growing conditions over others.
How big of a tree is the bare root from 2018?
blueKYstream
5 year old buck +
I planted most of mine in '19 as well. I'll echo that they grow at vastly different rates. Some aren't that much bigger than when they were planted and others are an 1.5-2" thick and 10 feet tall. The first to flower for me have been males. They seem to grow faster than the females but my sample size isnt big enough to make a definitive statement on that. A couple grafts
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