Your best persimmon purchase?

[Mattyq2402]

What has been the best persimmon purchase for deer draw? I’m going to move from pear and apple to persimmon in my next few purchases. Looking for best overall Whitetail’s draw and best nursery for overall quality. Are there any hidden gems that aren’t well known in persimmon types for deer?

 

[Telemark]

Oh you're in luck. There are several deer-specific persimmon varieties out there now. This is also my next project. I'm planning to order some rootstock today. Check out the scion exchange thread. And have a look at the Blue Hill website for trees and a great drop time chart:

Persimmon Trees

Information on our American persimmon trees and seedlings that we sell at Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery.

bluehillwildlifenursery.com

 

[Mattyq2402]

Oh you're in luck. There are several deer-specific persimmon varieties out there now. This is also my next project. I'm planning to order some rootstock today. Check out the scion exchange thread. And have a look at the Blue Hill website for trees and a great drop time chart:

Persimmon Trees

Information on our American persimmon trees and seedlings that we sell at Blue Hill Wildlife Nursery.

bluehillwildlifenursery.com

I was curious about blue hill, I can never get an order in time

 

[Teeder]

I don't have any that have produced yet, but I will say, of the different sources I've bought persimmons from, the ones from Bluehill have grown and survived the best. My oldest are Deer Magnets and I hope they're within a year or 2 of producing.

 

[Derek Reese 29]

I don't have any that have produced yet, but I will say, of the different sources I've bought persimmons from, the ones from Bluehill have grown and survived the best. My oldest are Deer Magnets and I hope they're within a year or 2 of producing.

how long do they usually take to produce? I'm intrigued by them as something to make my place stand out, but I am also very impatient (also have never had one to eat so that would be a draw also)

 

[Teeder]

how long do they usually take to produce? I'm intrigued by them as something to make my place stand out, but I am also very impatient (also have never had one to eat so that would be a draw also)

From BH regarding Deer Magnet:

"This very late dropping persimmons are great for some late season hunting and will begin producing in as little as 3 years."

Pretty sure this will be year 4 for mine. They're about 8' tall.

 

[Derek Reese 29]

From BH regarding Deer Magnet:

"This very late dropping persimmons are great for some late season hunting and will begin producing in as little as 3 years."

Pretty sure this will be year 4 for mine. They're about 8' tall.

i think im gonna hold off a year (a statement rarely uttered by fruit tree anonymous members) on the persimmons and try to make some room in a fencerow because they get so big

 

[Derek Reese 29]

I didnt hold off a year... I just happened to make my way over to Blue Hill's webiste (ok I might check it more often than not)...and now I have a Full Draw and a Yates persimmon coming in the spring...this forum is a bad (see:good) influence for a guy just trying to get through winter and not order more trees...now I gotta clear out a space for both of em....

 

[BrushyPines]

I have native persimmons all over my place. They usually drop the whole month of October with some lingering into the beginning of November. I've planted Deer Magnet, Full Draw and Morris Burton from BH hoping to get a later drop time. Trees have done well, just havent been in the ground long enough to produce. If you're looking for a persimmon for human consumption, you can't go wrong with a Fuyu. I'm just not sure how far north a Fuyu can be planted.