My potted Greatwall astringent Kaki persimmon fruited for the first time. It started out with ten fruits and the hail storm knocked 9 of them off and saved one for me to enjoy. Hopefully, the give give me more fruits next year.
Tony
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Persimmons are our family’s favourite so I have 7 trees but 4 are Fuyu and 3 Izu so no astringent varieties. We prefer slightly crisp as opposed to the soft mushy astringent persimmons like on your Great Wall. Good luck next year.
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ahh you can tell that hail I’m giving it the middle finger
Dax
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Very nice! A family friend of mine has what I believe to be a Great Wall. It is a very productive tree…
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Update on my 4 potted Tam Kam trial that I Bark grafted 3 years ago. The fruits all dropped last year. I thinned most of the fruits off this year and just let two fruits to mature this year and let the trees size up some more to handle more fruits load next year. @SMC_zone6, @RUenvsci, @Barkslip, @mamuang, @Bhawkins, @Vincent_8B, @ramv,
Tony
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Tony,
So excited for you. Don’t forget to come back and report the taste.
I grafted Tam Kam on Nikita’s Gift. I could lose both if I don’t winter protect them. I am a bit tired for wrapping NG every winter!,
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I sure will. Just prune your NG at 5 to 6 feet for easy winter protection.
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Looking so beautiful Tony.
Tony, did you eat your one Great Wall last year? If yes, what did you think of taste?
It was very sweet and good. I liked it a lot. No astringent with soft ripen. Too bad I can’t grow it inground. -19F once in a while is a killer.
Tony
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Thanks Tony. In NJ I can probably grow it- if I had space!
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That is great if you can grow it in NJ. The leaves are very ornamental and flush green.
Tony
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I’m curious if you or anyone on the forum has tried Zima khurma. Cliff was offering it a couple years ago. I’ve got one but no flowers yet. I’m dying to know how some of these hybrids taste. My JT-02 never leafed out after I received it in the spring. I hear that one is excellent.
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Can you please tell me updates on the taste texture flavor or your great wall and tam kam? thank you!
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SFG,
The non-astringent Tam Kam taste very good, sweet, large, and crunchy just like a Fuyu. The astringent Greatwall fruit is a little smaller in size and tasted very good when soft rippened without any astringency. I saw a few folks grew potted astringent Saijo with good results.
Tony
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i read online great wall The flesh is dry, similar to Tanenashi, but of excellent quality.biennial bearer. Do you experience any of that? What other asian persimmons do you grow? Yes i heard saijo grows well here. I’ll have to give it a try. I only taste hachiya.
@ramv, @Bear_with_me. They lived in Seattle and they really like Nikita’s Gift and Saijo. The Hybrid JT-02 tasted richer than Hachiya and that is why I got 5 trees of it growing in Zone 5. You can buy a JT-02 tree at England orchard at nuttrees.net or buy the scions and graft them your self.
Tony
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I tried Nikita’s gift. i didnt like it as much as hachiya. But i think i will like the saijo. The JT-02 is sold out. I’ll have to check back later. I’m not good at grafting i can barely root fig cuttings. lol. thank you. i appreciate your help. im happy to learn more.
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If you like Hachiya then Giombo or Rojo Brillante at Just fruits and Exotics nursery be in that category.
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yes i taasted a persimmon called percinnamon was told same as rojo brillante. i liked it. but the issue is removing astigency. i dont think it will ripen on tree or on my counter top. so im waiting for others who did buy it in PNW to post results in a year or so. how they ripen the rojo brillante. i like crunchy ripen like fuyu not soft like hachiya for rojo brilliante. i jsut dont want to bite astigency.
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