After tasting a persimmon in 2014, I bought my first persimmon tree to see how well it would adapt to my growing zone. After two years, I was hooked and I now have @ 17 persimmon trees in my back yard that now produces anywhere between 600-1500 fruit annually. I grow half astringent and half non-astringent and everybody loves them. Without a doubt the easiest fruit tree to grow and enjoy. Tis years projected harvest appears to be around 2000 fruit total.

We've been eating persimmons for a few weeks now. I only like them when the fruit is so ripe that they almost become translucent. My other half likes the small round flat type persimmons when they are still a little hard, because he eats them like an apple but with a different texture. We make smoothies with Persimmons, Dragon Fruit and Mango or papaya with cream and ice....WOW !

I lived in S. Korea for a while, and one of my favorite sights was seeing these trees with no leaves but bright orange persimmons in November/December. Just a beautiful fruit.

Wow. They look so sweet. They are most common fruit in korea. Korean usually give dry perssimons as a gift in traditional day. When it is frozen, those jelly will be healty organic icecream.

The persimmon is the cold-climate winter mango. Totally underrated.

I'm japanese farmer.I enjoy your video. i did't know persimmon thrive in US. I grow lots of fruit trees and vegetables.

LOVE this delicious fruit, is like natures marmalade, beautiful sweetness they are!

Persimmons are so good! I ate them all the time when I lived in Japan. This video made me want to have persimmon tree ☺️

I was thinking about growing persimmons, so now I will get a tree for my yard.

Thank you. Learned a lot from you. My grandmother had asked me to find her some persimmons. We were always in woods. She tried to describe to me. This is the first time I know what she meant. We live in Forked River NJ.

I grow a lot of different fruit trees in Southern California. Persimmon is one of the easiest to grow. Nothing seems to affect them. No pests, diseases that I have seen in over 15. years. One of the few trees that doesn't seem to be affected by my poor draining clay soil.

I've got two Japanese Fuyu Persimmons growing on my farm that I will swap Scions with this late Winter,as a matter of fact I think I should grow as many as I can. The trees have a tremendous tap root and I plan to grow these in my old horse pen by my tomatoes and okra.

I can't believe these are still on the tree in Jersey. I just harvested here in Atlanta last weekend. They are as sweet as cotton candy this year!

I bought one at the Farmer's Market yesterday and it was so so sweet! It was my first time eating it and I'm going back for more.

Excellent video, thank you for posting. My Mom had a Fuyu Persimmon in Orange County, California, and it did beautifully. One year alone it had almost 200 fruit. It made great gifts for the neighbors, family and friends, and thank yous for the trash men, and mail men and hair dresses. But don't forget to save some for cookies and bread.

I love this fruit !! My boyfriend family thinks it's tomato 😂😂

Wow, I've never seen persimmons this big before! They look delicious!

I FREAKING LOVEEE THESE WHEN THEYRE OVER RIPEN AND SOFT OMGGGG YUMMM

Persimmons are among my favorite fruits. I have a Jiro (nonastringent tree) that I bought last year. The 7 persimmons on the tree are almost ready to be picked. I like eating them when they are reddish-orange and firm (not too hard and not too soft)!

I planted a fuyu 4 yrs ago in part shade and it does very well. The fruit is delicious and absolutely no pest or fungul problems. I live on the eastern shore of maryland

I love how wholesome this man is

Persimmon trees are native to Texas. There are so many fruit trees in Texas. Pecans, Walnuts, Blackberries, Persimmons, Mulberries, Dates, Oranges, Papayas, Avocados, Grapefruit, Apples, Pears etc i could go on

My grandmother has an orchard in west Virginia it’s funny because she bought the land almost 60 yrs ago for 10k and now it’s worth 2 mil because it’s literally surrounded by stores and malls and people think her land is a park or something so they just go and pick fruit my grandma is super nice tho so she doesn’t care when people pick fruit she’s got persimmon trees like this too

I am in zone 7. 5vyears a go I bought a 3 year old 5 feet tree. Fuyu kind. It gave me one fruit. But I had it in a big container. Last year I decided to plant in the ground with no success. My tree died after. One moth being planted. Now I just bought another one 6 ft tall same variety. And I am taking tips from you guys on how to plant them and where to plant it. Tanks for the advice. My whole family love the taste of persimmon and I cant wait to have it. Like the tree you have.

You should dry astringent persimmons- Pick them while still firm, but leave a little "T" stem on the top. Then peel them, and tie a string around the stem. Hang five or six of them on a string under the eaves of your house, where the sun hits them, and the cold dry fall wind circulates. They will dry and turn dark brown over a few weeks, and get super sweet. A great novel treat for the holidays. (works with sweet ones too) Or you can pick them firm, and splash a bit of vodka on the stem end, put them in a ziplock for 2 days, and the tannins will have disappeared. The astringent persimmons have a LOT more sugars in them than the "sweet" ones.

We have 5 huge trees in our garden. And those are astrigent kind. One thing about them is you should never let someone taste them before they are fully ripen. Or poor guy will never go near the tree. We just give them away to relatives. The way we store them is i pick them when weather guy says winter is coming, just before frost, then i store baskets somewhere cold but protected from wind like garage or underground. Then check on them regularly and pick the juicy ones for kitchen. If storage temp be cold enough they won't ripe all together. And if suddenly you had too many fully ripen ones just put 'em in a bowl and pay a visit to neighbor My top favorite fruits are pear, melon, persimmon, fig and pomegranate.

I think it is amazing how Tuck likes all the veggies and fruits. One thing you need to know; my lab/chow mix dog named Mocha, used to love grapes. We could throw a grape into the air and she would always catch it. Then one day I read in some little veterinary book that grapes are really bad for dogs, they can cause severe kidney problems for them. I asked our vet and he said that was right. It has been a number of years ago, so I don't exactly remember the hows and whys of the problems it can cause, but I just wanted to warn you because I noticed you were planting grapes and I am sure Tuck would love them also.

Prigioni,there's no question ,for me,that the best ones are the astringent persimmons(kaki alla vaniglia);you can find them in small italian produce shops in queens,n.y.And,like you said look for the ones that are soft as jelly!

Here in Japan they remove the astringency by dipping the persimmons in alcohol (drinkable 47% alcohol such as rum, whiskey, or other spirits) and storing them in a plastic bag for 5~7 days until they become sweet.

MY GRAND PARENTS HAD A PERSIMMON TREE AND I WOULD ALWAYS GET IMPATIENT AND SNAG ONE BUT THEY WOULD PUKER MY MOUTH SO BAD AND MY PARENTS WOULD LAUGH AT ME. I GREW UP EATING PERSIMMON PUDDING AND WOULD LOVE TO MAKE IT NOW.. WARM PERSIMMON PUDDING WITH ICE CREAM OR CREAM POURED OVER IT. DELICIOUS!

If you peel persimmon and let it naturally dehydrated for half a month, you will get really nice snack that covers with white powder. Taste really good

I had a good harvest from my 3 yr tree this year. I grow Fuyu, thank you for the thorough demo on Persimmons!

Damn, I never realized how much I need to eat one of these until today

Omg that tree is loaded brother. Learned a lot from ya in this video man. Awesome

You are so smart and to the point! Thank for sharing your knowledge. The world needs more people like you!

I love the persimmon that everyone say is astringent when it's hard or soft. It's something about the taste love both ways and it doesn't give me any weird feeling in my mouth.

Hachiyas are definitely found in grocery stores though. I just bought five of them the other day. They are hard at the store, you need to wait for them to soften before you eat them. I like them better than the Fuyu kind.

You’ve earned a subscriber, wonderful information and demonstrations. Beautifully loaded tree as well.

I leave my persimmons to bletting process (beyond ripening) for optimum taste. ♥️🌹 Some people mistakenly call them sharon- Sharons are a smaller varient of persimmon from Israel. Thanks for sharing.

My childhood home had 3 old persimmon trees growing up- the previous owner planted them to keep squirrels away from the apple trees! We never got to eat any, as this strategy worked well. They never became soft enough to eat before they were stolen by possums.

I love persimmon a Korean friend introduced me to them yrs. ago when they are very soft I peel and smash them add some cinnamon, honey take a can of buttermilk biscuits cut them in four pieces put them in the pan add some persimmon due about two random layers then bake. When it comes out sprinkle some cinnamon and drizzle some honey, caramel or chocolate yum, yummy yum my kids love it. You can also make a persimmon tart, cheese cake, jam, sweet 'n' sour sauce the list goes on this is truly and underrated delicious fruit.

As soon as you post, I watch it. This is my favorite youtube channel!

Thank you for your quick response! Have a blessed life!

I have seen white tail deer eat these that have fallen to the ground and fermented. They are funny to watch as they try to walk. It's like they know what the problem is but won't quit eating them. They will eat them until they pass out and continue to eat when they come to.

those did so good for you, i cant wait till mine are this big.

I hope you keep this channel going all year round.

One of my favs...have one sprouting out in my yard I'm taking good care of! :) Enjoy your channel...thanks!

I wish I could have a persimmon! I'll have to do some research because maybe I could push it in a protected spot in the yard. Our last to harvest fruit is hardy kiwi. They need a few frosts at my house to taste really well, so it is nice around now.

Nice ! ! I prefer the Hachiya (astringent) kind,but don't eat it too early,lol ! The Fuyu can be nice if you let them get soft,

beautiful tree. im in zone 8 and many people aroind me grow these. i will plant some this winter. thanks for another great explanation of another great fruit

Native persimmons in NC are tiny but delicious when ripe. When they fall off the tree, they are ready for eating... if you can get them before the possums!

In SC they grow wild, especially in horse pastures, the horses love them, then when they go to the barhroom the seeds are in the manure, and you will have a new tree, kind of self fertilized, you might say. In the wild trees you need to have a male tree and a female tree to get fruit. We call the male tree a Jack ( I don't know if that is the real name but that is what my grandfather called them). My grandfather also had mules so maybe thats why he called them that, I really don't know for sure. The trees can change from female to male, I guess when mother nature sees a need for it. We do not eat them until the first frost hits them so they don't draw up your mouth. My grandmother would make persimmon pudding out of them which was a big thing for us. As kids we would get on the back of a horse and the horse would actually bump against the tree to make them fall to the ground, and then we would try and beat the horse to the biggest ones to eat. The wild trees do not have huge fruit like your tree has, and the trees grow much bigger, but again these trees grow wild in the woods. The heart wood is black like ebony wood, people will pay big money for this wood for instruments or woodcrafts and inlays in custom furniture down here in the south. I have never eaten persimmons off of any tree other than the wild variety, but they are definitely a treat for us.

On of my favorite fruit !!! We have tree of it in my old house in Atlanta!!!

I currently have a Tanenashi persimmon tree in my home orchard in zone 9b (East Central Florida). Let me tell you that I have personally witnessed the carribean beetle (Beetle Weevils Diaprepes Abbreviatus Caribbean) attacking and eating its leaves. This beetle is the bane of my existence. I captured one once and put it in a cup with a mesh on the lid and then sprayed it with Sevin insecticide. It had no effect on it! I could not believe it. It went several days exposed to Sevin and did not die! No other insect in my orchard has been able to withstand this insecticide. This damn beetle goes after everything from Avocado and apples to persimmons. Nothing is safe from this vermin!

They're called Sharon fruit in the U.K. Both types are available here sometimes, but you're never told about the differences, the variety names, or when to eat them. My wife bought some of the astringent type today, because of this video. 3 for £1 because the marketeer coukdn't sell them quickly enough. We'll wait for them to finish ripening, now that you've explained them to us. Thanks!

I am using your technique of incorporating wood chips. I usually just gather falling leaves, branches and any other shrubs which fell or dies off, then burn them to ashes. I then add the ashes on top of all my trees and garden plants. But now, I am going to add wood chips from trees which have fallen over and were just sitting there for years. I'm surrounded by woods. So gathering the needed chips is not that hard. I filled two 5lb. buckets yesterday and spread them around my lemon, orange and peach trees in the container. I'll set them in the ground next year(year 3).

Looks great! The native wild persimmons make great rootstock for those delicious Asian cultivars! Supposedly you can even get a pear scion to take on a persimmon. Btw, they do grow quite well in water-logged soil, you can find them growing on the banks of Japanese rice paddies even. So it can actually be used to add to a wet system that other fruit trees would not do well in. Cheers!

Man, that is awesome James! I love persimmons too and am hoping to grow some eventually once my garden is setup. In Hungary, the local name for these translates to Date Plums (probably because how sweet they are). Did you grow this from seed or a cutting? Or an established, potted tree? Just curious because I've read that it's difficult to transplant them.

We had a little persimmon tree out by the cow pasture when I was a child. Apparently, no one knew about it but me. No one cared for it so it was really scrawny. I didn't know what they were, but the looked good enough to eat, so I did. Some were so ripe, they had fallen off the tree.

I absolutely love this fruit. I found your video very informative. Thank you.

Love this whn is ripe and cold..japan hve the best persimmon fruit

Hi James, here in Los Angeles I grow Hachiya and Fuyu. Love them, but so do the squirrels and deer. I don’t mind sharing with deer, but I wish they wouldn’t damage the trees. You have great energy. Keep on gardening.

Very sweet and crispy fruit. Dried made eaten, made into traditional pickles and eats. In Korea Less ripe persimmon is used as a material for dyeing.

THANK YOU JAMES PRIGIONI.

Absolutely love this channel.. I'm new here. Thanks!

Time to raid the neighbor's fruit tree.

We've got a wild persimmon tree in the back yard. The fruit are about the size of cherry tomatoes with big seeds and *very* astrigent until they feel like jelly, so there's a brief window between inedibly astrigent and spoiled. The dogs and chickens love them.

Persimmons are incredible. They'll grow and yield like that on practically barren land. They root very deep and get hooked up with fungi in a big way. They are well suited to stock food as well, so excess is used to fatten cows/pigs. If you can grow these you should be able to run some Nashi pears as well. We introduced both to our country together about 40 years ago.

Eso es kaki?? Es mi fruta favorita 😋😋😋

I love persimmon❤

Thanks for the video I was looking for it and now I’m so happy more about your persimmon tree and how to take care of one 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻amazing vídeo and I’m hungry because the persimmon looks delicious 😋 to me 😁😁😁😁😁

So glad I found your channel. I’m eating tons of fruit and so of course then I started thinking about growing some fruit trees myself. Thanks! I’m looking forward to watching more of your videos even though I’m in northern cal. My dog loves persimmons, too🐾

Never had one, but I want one now!

Great Video! My favorite is Fuyu persimmon

I’ve noticed that dogs have a particular fondness for persimmon over other fruit trees that grow here in the mid latitude US east coast.

It's sort of rare here in the Philippines (only grows in cooler places like Sagada or Baguio) but I know it's common in Japan and Korea.Sells for 25Php per piece, tried them out of curiosity and they did not disappoint. 😍 Thanks for the awesome video!

I’m glad i saw this video because i was like “ damn this fruit have my tongue dry af”

That is my favorite fruit !!!!!

I have planted a persimmon tree in Germany since 2011, the variety is Tipo and I harvest my own fruit almost every November.

For the ASTRINGENT type of persimmon to check if they are ripe enough to eat shine a flash light through them. If the light goes all the way through and the fruit is transparent, they can be eaten without the "PUCKER" getting you! If you can't see through the light let them sit for a day or two and repeat the light.

I'm New subscribe to your channel. Thanks for sharing this video. It's really good. Watching from Philippines.

I don't like persimmons 😂😂😅😅 But I am so excited Watch Ur Video ... Really Loved 😊

14K subscribers!!! Congrats..One of the best garden channels out here. Love your rare fruit videos like this one and the pawpaw one.

I.found a persimmon in a state park near me but it's straight as a pin and super tall. The first set of branches is at least 15ft overhead. Imma have to come up with some way of harvesting a few fruits from it. I'd also like to take a cutting and propagate it for future cuttings. I like natives, especially wild examples, and this seems to be an old tree.

IN INDONESIA THAT FRUIT NAMED KESEMEK OR POWDER FRUIT

I want to eat now wwwwww

One of my favorite fruits.. Always craving for this nowadays ... I always see offers for this in Supermarkets and ask my hubby to get some. 2 persimmons for my dinner ❤️❤️❤️

The old timers use to predict the winter seasons by looking at the seeds. My great grandmother and grandmother use to do this every fall.

I wish i was there...😭

For astringent persimmons to be eaten hard, harvest them when they're still BARELY starting to turn orange, put the washed persimmons in a VERY thick plastic bag, drizzle cheap vodka on them, close the bag, put the bag in an Igloo for 7 days, then test one for taste, enjoy!!!

Es mi fruta predilecta! Pero raras veces la veo en los mercados. Sabe deliciosa dulce como miel y mandarina., me gustan sus gajos, quisiera tener semillas, para plantar en mi patio. Buen video muchas gracias.

I have one in my back yard .... I just moved in last year and I guess the previous owners planted some fruit trees and this is one of them so cool!!

In Indonesia thats call kesemek...

My persimmon tree is bigger than yours. Lol. My favorite fruit..fuyu ones. Love them!!

Hi How are you I love your videos your videos are totally knowledgeable and easy to learn how to grow the plants I love this fruit thanks for this information God bless you

This fruits are best when eating yellow and very hard. We have them here in Minnesota when it's in season like from October to November then that's it. If you want to eat gotta wait till next October and November.

very nice

Kaki are the best lucky to be leaving on the Eastern continent!😋

You explain well! I understood about astringent and non astringent variety only now!

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