Have you developed a method to tell when they are ready to pick?
I got my first two this year but the birds beat me to one. I will bag the other tonight when I get home from work, just commenting so I get any insight also. I think it’s basically just soft to the touch, the ones the birds got was soft but I didn’t try it as I can’t be certain it was only birds.
James shows his 5 yr NG in this vid… he picks one and eats it… it was quite soft… he mentioned he had had some frost already.
With Americans… early in the season… even if color is good and they are quite soft… i have found they can still be quite astringent for 4-5 days after picking. Keep them on the counter under a glass bowl for about a week and that goes away.
I will be glad when I get to try my NG.
It was grafted last spring… set some fruit this year but they all dropped.
TNHunter
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Thanks! Those persimmon trees are crazy in the fall. I saw my first one maybe 40 years ago when I lived in L.A. May have been wintertime, it was all orange fruit and no leaves. From what I recall, they were the big persimmons with pointed bottoms. But this was all recalled when I happened to jog by it. I didn’t know what it was. I wasn’t into growing fruit back then. Just picking figs off mom’s fig tree and some apricots from a tree overhanging some fruit in the alley.
Here is my Nakita’s Gift. Plated maybe '09. Too bad I didn’t plant on level ground. The fruit is hard to pick, not like other fruit you can pull down with a fruit picker. Picks best on a ladder.
…well, enjoy the Fall! One day a big wind comes and all the leaves are gone till next year.
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How tall did it get for you? Which tree is it in your second pic?
