Persimmon or Plum?

[lazy_turtle]

First summer with the farm. It’s loaded with persimmons which are all green, but I noticed two trees with red fruit. My phone app says plum.

 

[T-Max]

Plum. 100% Native will have to tell you the variety…


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[buckdeer1]

I agree,anyone have american plum?Mine have been the size of dimes last couple years since they started fruiting.Will they get bigger?Also I have probably 20 persimmions and I found fruit on 1 a couple years ago but nothing since.turtle,how big are your persimmions that have fruit?

 

[lazy_turtle]

I agree,anyone have american plum?Mine have been the size of dimes last couple years since they started fruiting.Will they get bigger?Also I have probably 20 persimmions and I found fruit on 1 a couple years ago but nothing since.turtle,how big are your persimmions that have fruit?

My persimmons are roughly an inch in diameter. Maybe slightly larger

 

[T-Max]

I agree,anyone have american plum?Mine have been the size of dimes last couple years since they started fruiting.Will they get bigger?Also I have probably 20 persimmions and I found fruit on 1 a couple years ago but nothing since.turtle,how big are your persimmions that have fruit?

My persimmons fruited for the first time last year. Maybe 6 persimmons on it and it was around 1.5" in diameter. This year it is loaded and we are in a terrible drought. I am impressed.

 

[ajtxwi]

interesting... I just noticed fruiting trees this year (had property for two years) and see golf ball sized green fruit. Will have to see if they turn red.

 

[buckdeer1]

With the frost and dry this year I didn't have many buds on anything so maybe next year

 

[T-Max]

We drove down the road last night and noticed all of the plums are full of ripe fruit. They are just hard to see what they are green I guess. They do pretty good no matter the weather. Very good plant.


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[Angus 1895]

I wish I had luck growing either.

 

[Mortenson]

I wish I had luck growing either.

No doubt. I've had Wild American plums from MDC planted for nearly a decade and haven't seen a fruit yet. I wonder if there's any chance they sent me some rogue variety.

 

[T-Max]

No doubt. I've had Wild American plums from MDC planted for nearly a decade and haven't seen a fruit yet. I wonder if there's any chance they sent me some rogue variety.

Really? They grow in the ditch here. It seems 2-4d makes them fruit. When the farmers spray them they go wild.


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[buckdeer1]

T are you talking sandhill plum shrubs or american plum trees?

 

[Angus 1895]

I just with plums, haven’t cracked how to get the seed to sprout.

the persimmons I don’t think can tolerate flooding, or drought, never tried seeds, only bare root and home depot hydroponics deal.

 

[T-Max]

T are you talking sandhill plum shrubs or american plum trees?

I think they are American plum, but I’m no expert. Comparing them on the Kansas Forest Service website they seem more American. I planted some sand hill in my back yard and I do think they are different than the ones in the ditches.


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[BrushyPines]

The leaves look just like my chickasaw plums.

 

[b116757]

I’ve got plums and persimmons all over the place I have to control them in areas or they take over completely if left unchecked.

 

[Angus 1895]

I found some plums near Seattle to try to plant.

only one persimmon on the place is still alive.