Hello Ralph, Good Morning! My Fuyu is loaded with flowers now!!

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Mine seems to have alternate year heavy loads no matter what I do. Some years the weather will reduce the flower buds for me and it can end up being an additional low yield year. I have to support my trees branches even on a light load year. I got tired of the breaking branches so last year I pruned hard and plan on taking out one long branch a year to keep the canopy tighter. This technique is working well on my American persimmons, the Asians seem to be invigorated by the pruning and look to be pushing long branches in spite of my efforts.

The tiny green fruit, quite a few of them have shriveled and dropped, others aided by birds.

Just when i thought the fruit dropping was done, my persimmon tree ( large fruited fuyu) has dropped 6 fruit(50%) fruits!! they were large, green and mushy; the calyxes/calyces ( brown and dry) were still attached to the plant!!

what seems to be the problem?

Sabji garden: I have a thought that you would also recognize. I am aware that persimmon grow here, but I wonder if they are actually suited to this area or rather just hang on waiting for a potential good year. Persimmon trees, both soft and fuyu, grow naturally and perfectly in the SF Bay Area where I spent most of my life, and where you lived as well. The soil is basic; well actually they have actual soil; humidity is very low, rain is only a late fall thru mid spring event, and temperatures are much warmer in late fall and winter while generally cooler in summer. All in all, a much different environment.

They do seem to have alternating heavy fruiting years. This should have been a heavy load year. All of my fruit trees were damaged by the week of 80 degree weather in March and then a hard freeze in April (my yard got down to 25). Not only did I lose a lot of flower buds but the young branches were also damaged and some of the damage did not appear until much later in the year. I'll keep growing Fuyu but I need to find room for a few more of them since it looks like I may lose one every couple of years.

My Fuyu has dropped 75% of its fruit and a few more fell off in the past week which is a good thing since I am still going to have to support the main limbs to keep them from breaking. I guessed there were close to 400 fruit initially this year compared to only about a dozen last year and 60 - 70 two years ago, so I guess there won't be many next year. I suppose I will need a second tree to have fruit every year.

Thanks all!!

Chas, Yes the environment and climate are completely different.. However, a friend of mine ( she has a place in both, Bay area and here) grows persimmons here too. She get a lot of fruit every year!! She did mention that the plant takes a few years before it gives good fruits..And I love persimmons!!

Well also Jujubes, guavas pawpaws pomegranates, mangoes, Java plum, the list goes on........

So, it does look that the high temps are to blame. I am watering them too. Hope we get some cooling off and, soaking rains..

Funny thing is I see one fruit showing signs of ripening (yellowing) already!!