What spacing for Asian persimmon

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I have broke ground (sub soiled )rows 20ft apart, for a new block of persimmons.
I have American varietys here and I think 15-20 ft spacing works for them .
I am in 6b, and am taking the gamble with some Asian varietys.
I do not have experience with Asian persimmons , but I think they are a smaller tree than Virginiana, especially in my zone.

So my question is, in 20ft rows , what would be a good spacing, ? …10ft ? 15ft? … Other…?
Are some varietys bigger/ smaller than others?
How big are your 10-20yr old Asian persimmons?

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Here is Charlie (GF member) Non-astringent Fuyu persimmon tree growing in Z 7 and I think it was around 10 years old at the time. So 9 to 10 feet spacing should be good.

Tony

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I don’t have many years of first hand experience, but have decided to go with 10’ spacing on nearly all of my hybrid and some kaki persimmons. I spaced a few of the supposedly smaller growing cultivars such as ‘Cinebuli’ closer at 6 or 7’.

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