Hachiya persimmon seedling

6 years ago

I ate a hoshigaki last year which had a couple of seeds. They germinated and were kept in a 1-gallon pot until this past December when I managed to find them a spot in the garden. They were only 4-5 inches tall and had lost their few leaves with the cold weather. Adding to the injury the rabbits (I surmise) quickly nibbled off the tips when I was naïve to think the garden is safe place so they sat forlorn until a month ago when little green nubs emerged. This one is a leader but I had to replant them into gopher cages below and a wire cloche on top in anticipation of the pesky marauders to revisit in the spring so the seedlings had to go through another trauma. Hopefully this is the last for now.

I'm told it'll be another 3-5 years before fruits can be expected... With the the current stay-at-home recommendations this past month, 3-5 years sound like an eternity... I guess one of the leading lesson to take to heart as a gardener is p-a-t-i-e-n-c-e!

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CA Kate z9
6 years ago
Congratulations. Looks like a very healthy plant.
otcay thanked CA Kate z9
cousinfloyd
6 years ago
With persimmons seedlings may produce fruit (i.e. be female) or they may be males that never fruit but just produce pollen. You won't know what you have until they flower, and if they are female, you won't know what the fruit is like until it actually fruits.
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otcay
Original Author
6 years ago
I have 4 seedlings, 2 from hoshigaki, 2 from fresh fruits sprouted from this past winter's purchases at the grocery store. The odds may not be great but I'm hoping to get a few fruits approximating their parents, knowing that the persimmons do not grow true from seeds. Maybe that's a long stretch to get delicious fruits but I kind of like mutts more than pure-breeds.
otcay
Original Author
4 years ago
The seedling lived through the winter then started coming back last spring but the tips of the leaves turned black. The leaves were also unusually small. By June '21 it quit despite all my fussing w/ supplements. Disappointed I gave in and bought 2 bare root hachiya this past January '22 but decided to keep trying to get a tree from seed. The single seed I found in this past batch of locally produced hoshigaki has sprouted!