How early can they be picked after they start changing color? I have a tree along a rural road that I would like to harvest before people driving along the road stop and take them.
Generally my impression with the non-astringent persimmons like Fuyugaki or the others called Fuyu is that if picked with some orange, it will continue to get orange and get sweeter after being brought in.
I think the Jiro from California that are sold in Asian grocers here are often picked while still plenty of green on them.
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They do ripe inside once I pick them, but it’s nicer to let them ripe outside. I have 3 mouse traps out there because it looks like one was taken down and half eaten by something.
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Yes, I mean Fuyu , sorry.
Thanks for the replies. I will start picking them earlier.
So they don’t have to fully color up on the tree? I always figured they were like tomatoes- best ripened on vine- but I never tested it out.
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Mine is located similarly and I also picked mine prematurely last year, also ate it prematurely because it was its first fruit so I was impatient haha this year I will try to let them tree ripen.
I tried it last year, they were slightly yellow when I pick them, I believe they eventually turned full yellow inside. The problem is I don’t have room inside either, so my garden is also my fridge.
Same with tomatoes, the minute they turn pink, you can pick them, they will ripen inside.
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Any updates? It is now 28Sept24 and I planted three Fuyu persimmons about five months ago (April). One tree had one persimmon which the deer ate this week. The other two trees have 3 persimmons each. All persimmon fruit is now light yellow color, and the fruit is a good size (about 4 inches). When can I pick them? Obviously I want to pick them before the deer get to them.
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I won’t pick mine until likely December but it will be late November at the earliest. Last year I didn’t have a frost until January, so the tree is yet to begin to turn colors. I prefer them to begin to soften before I pick them. You can eat them hard I just don’t find them to be sweet enough to be worth picking early
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Leaves are still green and storing sugars in the fruit. I would wait until the leaves fall or at a minimum start turning color.
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