This is what I want to know about persimmon cultivars more than anything!
The ones that break dormancy early have been very susceptible to late frost damage here. Prok and JT-02 are my earliest to break dormancy. Yates breaks a bit later. Nikita’s Gift and Rosseyanka break much later and have never been hit by a late frost because of it.
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I hope to have some data on this next spring.
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I am curious about Sosnovskaya as well! It’s been a year - I was wondering if you or anyone else has learned more details about this cultivar?
- I’ve read cold hardiness ratings on the internet from anywhere between -11F to -22F.
- Many descriptions online seem to include “The variety itself is an excellent pollinator” - does Sosnovskaya throw male flowers???
- Still curious about ripening time compared to other hybrids or DV as well.
This year the weather is way too warm in my Nebraska Z5. 56 degrees right now on 12-28-24 thanks to La Nina. All the figs and potted Kaki persimmons starting to have green tips in the green house. All the new Urkainian and David Larvenge Hybrid persimmons won’t get cold hardy testing this year due to the warm weather. Hopefully next year the weather will get colder for the trials.
Tony
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My peaches blooming and the blueberries are getting new leaves. Bad news for fruit trees here!
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Don’t count your chickens. I remember a mild winter here in 2022-23 – until two nights at -5 to -7 F in Feb 2023. Two bad nights in a long, mild winter nearly exterminated my three IKKJs.
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That what I’m afraid is going to happen here. We actually have an arctic front predicted for next week and everything is going to be shocked!