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Oriental persimmons and cold weather
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Posted by ChrisMS MS z8a (My Page) on Thu, Oct 6, 05 at 12:35
| Does anyone on this list have experience with Oriental persimmons? I have a five- or six-year old nonastringent persimmon (unsure of the variety) with the first crop it has held from the time it set fruit. Most of the fruit is still green but some are turning yellow-orange. I have sampled some fruit that still had green coloring and found them sweet. I wonder if a freeze in the next month will cause me to lose some of the crop or damage the tree. Has anyone lost a crop or tree due to cold weather? I live in NW Mississippi, about 120 miles south of Memphis.
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RE: Oriental persimmons and cold weather
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| i have an old persimmon tree but don't know the name. the fruit resembles a soft orange color apple. very bitter tasting if picked too early but sweet when ripe. it makes every other year and the cold does not affect it. good luck with yours. |
RE: Oriental persimmons and cold weather
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The nonastringent types are grown 'cause as you say they may be eaten while green. Try that with an astringent type and your lips will be sucked to the back of your head ;o)
As to cold weather with the astringent varities you MUST allow the fruit to remain on the tree till they get a good frost or they will be some sour. The leaves will fall form the tree but the fruit will be just fine. I love seeing the orange balls hanging on a bare tree.
Oh and a little trick that is used with the astringent varities is to pick fruit and place in the freeze. From there you can pull out a fruit and allow to slightly unfreeze and eat like a snowcone :o) The freezing takes away the sourness.
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