Persimmon tree drop all the flowers. Need advice

SteveMD · 2020-06-14T23:08:06.481Z

@Ruben I am in Maryland zone 7a. It is a borderline zone for asian persimmons but they have never showed any winter die-back. About 30 feet from these three trees I have a mature Fuyu that produces about 300 fruits every year. They are in full sun with a lot of space around them. So the conditions are not the problem. The varieties are pretty standard asian persimmons that were sold by Edible Landscaping. I suspect that, in part, it has to do with the pruning I have been doing. I think next year I will do little or no pruning and see what happens,

SteveMD · 2020-06-14T23:13:03.635Z

@mamuang, I also have a Nikita’s gift and Rosseyanka. Both were planted Spring 2018. I got a handful of flowers last year but they dropped. This year I think it had a few more but once again they dropped. The Rosseyanka this year was covered with flowers but they have all (or nearly all) dropped. I think this was due to the late freeze we had. Good luck with yours this year!

mamuang · 2020-06-14T23:52:46.064Z

NG is notorius for dropping fruit when they are young (first 3-4 years). People say, NG also drops fruit when you fertlize it.

I might add that my NG will drop fruit if you look at it too long or a wrong way.

Ruben · 2020-06-15T00:11:14.446Z

I just purchased a Nikita’s gift from EL few weeks ago but the delivery company opened the box pulled the tree and stocked back in the box upside down, it broke about two feet or more.

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mamuang · 2020-06-15T00:14:10.363Z

I hope you report to EL about the delvery service.

Ruben · 2020-06-15T00:21:54.128Z

I did report it, they told me they ware going to give me a credit for but unfortunately their ware having issues with their computers so I’m hoping they took note of that.

But I start to noticed that a lots of people they been having problems with Nikita’s gift on dropping flowers or fruits so I’m start having a second thoughts about this one!

mamuang · 2020-06-15T00:23:40.818Z

In your zone, you have so many better choices. IfI were your I would choose other more productive, non astringent persimmons.

Ruben · 2020-06-15T00:31:59.088Z

Like which ones? I asked before and I was told Nikita’s gift was a really good to have.

I would love to find a rojo Brillante but the nurseries that I have contacted they don’t have that one.

What other varieties do you all suggest?

Ruben · 2020-06-15T00:34:31.256Z

300 hundred fruits! That’s a lots of persimmons! Hope your trees will produce for you the following year but you have a great producer right there!