At least my deer dont climb the trees 
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Hi Fellow East Texas growers,
Question about Kakis, have you lost any asian persimmons to SDS here in East Texas?
Pedro
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I personally havenāt but donāt want to jinx it by saying thatā¦ā¦.
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Did yāall know the SFA campus has a full grown, bearing jujube tree? Iām going to see when they produce and try some out. From the pictures it seems not too many people know about it and they just throw down fruit.
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That looks like Li which is an on again off again cultivar. When it is good it is really goood and when not it resembles eating styrofoam. Much better varieties out there for fresh eating!
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How are everybodyās trees doing this summer in ETX?
My very very young orchard is doing fantastic, with some of the trees hanging on a bit of growth that they got earlier in the season (new pear trees), and others exploding with growth (mulberry, Asian persimmon, figs, jujubes).
I may post some pictures later
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Vegetative growth on the trees has been fantastic. The fruit, not so much.
We planted a bunch of trees last year and had the first fruit off both a Redskin and Elberta peach. The Redskin tasted okay, but the Elberta, despite being the prettiest peach weāve grown, was very watery and the texture was bad. The fruit fibers were so swollen with water they were no longer holding together. Was an odd sight seeing them look more like cooked pasta than the tight fibers Iām used to. Elberta flesh was more pink. I have pictures under 2025 on my IG @newfredoniafarms
Anyway, Iām still happy for the leaves really getting a chance to burst out, and I donāt have to use that irrigation system I spent so much time putting together lol.
I saw SFA showed jujubes on their trees. They were big and green. I have them in my calendar as being ready in like 3 weeks.