Hachiya persimmon not blooming
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Hachiya Persimmon Tree looking dull.Is it dying?Please help.
Comments (3)Persimmon typically require 3 to 4 years to establish a sturdy root system to support ripening fruit. (Mine, in Long Beach, CA, did exactly that.) And as nil wrote, it's fall now. Time for leaves to fail, look ratty, and drop....See MoreLooking for Hachiya persimmon from local nursery
Comments (3)I've never seen one locally for sale, Johnson's has not carried this variety. Just Fruits and Exotics has them. I have ordered plants from them and been very pleased. Also, GardenHood in Grant Park has had some persimmons from a nursery I'd not heard of, they might be able to get one for you, the trees they have had are a very nice size......See MoreHachiya Persimmon Pulp
Comments (2)I have an old family recipe for soft persimmon cookies. They're the old fashioned kind, almost like muffin tops rather than what we think of as cookies today. Is that the sort of thing you might be interested in? Also in the '90s I tried a persimmon jam recipe, which would have been nice except the pulp was just a tad underripe--astringent jam, yuck! But it was very pretty, and I was thinking of trying again this year with fully ripe hachiyas....See MoreHachiya persimmon seedling
Comments (4)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!...See Moreneptune25
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