I used to make popsicles out of them. Very nice in the summer. There are plenty of recipes out there for about anything persimmon it looks like. Persimmon bread sounds awesome personally.
This looks awesome. Did you have to winter protect it when it was first planted? I had one that I planted and it died back over the winter, thankfully not below the graft due to heavy mulch. I’m just wondering if it’s ever going to make it on its own and get established? I live in zone 6b-7
Nice, i always read NG drop alot of fruit, but doesn’t seem so in your case.
I saw recently someone did Hoshigaki on facebook with various hybrid persimmon and raved about it.
Im too lazy to do that technique worrying I won’t do it correctly. But maybe you can just dehydrate them, try it both in the jelly phase and the harder orange stage. should clear up astringency in the hard phase in the dehydrator, and would be interesting to compare both ways after done dehydrating (don’t over do it where it ends up too dry and crispy; you want it more dry but still moist like a date [which usually is somewhere between a day to 2 days I think to get to that consistency]).
Note: here is the one i have (slightly more upgraded one than the other NESCO one i used to have: Amazon.com: NESCO Gardenmaster Pro Food Dehydrator, 8 Trays, White: Home & Kitchen )
They do seem to drop lots of fruit. But once they are done dropping, you have to cut them or twist them off to get the fruit. Very hard to get the fruit off the branch. If you use a fruit harvester on a pole it rips the branch down.
I didn’t know that when planting. If I did, I would have planted it on level ground. It is on a slight hill, and it is hard to use a ladder. But it produces so much fruit I don’t need to get to the top part most years anyway. I just planted a 2nd Nakita’s Gift this year. I probably don’t need it, but I wanted to make sure I always get some persimmons. In the Rustbelt persimmons are $2.50 each for the pointy ones, and that is if you can even find them.
Has anyone tried or grown Smiths Best. A friend of mine stopped by Edible landscaping, during their persimmon festival and raved about the flavor. She tried every persimmon they have(amazing collection of fruit bearing persimmon trees), and said Smiths Best has unforgettable flavor. Kinda wish, I had not missed the festival now.
Diospyros virginiana typically drop its fruit while D. kaki typically holds it. Hybrids decide which one they want to follow, but from what I’ve seen they tend to hold on.
Chuchupaka seems to drop atleast some of its fruit when ripe.
H118 seems to hold most of its later fruit even if it is ripe. I like it that it doesn’t drop.