What is this / why is it already dropping fruit?

JPoutdoors23 · Jul 18, 2017

This looks like crab apples to me; however, I'm no expert. It is already dropping a ton of fruit. My questions are is this crab apples? If not, what is it? Why is it already dropping? There are literally hundreds and hundreds on the ground and the deer aren't touching them. This is on the edge of the my clover plot in which the deer are frequenting, but they just aren't interested in whatever this is so it leads me to believe they are dropping prematurely due to either all the rain we have been getting or some kind of disease. This is located in extreme southwest Georgia. Hopefully the pics will show up good enough for y'all to tell.

GAGE · Jul 18, 2017

They are persimmons that have not ripened yet, but I am not sure why they are dropping prematurely.

Crakajak · Jul 18, 2017

GAGE said:
They are persimmons that have not ripened yet, but I am not sure why they are dropping prematurely.

If the tree gets stressed for any reason it will drop a lot of its fruit to make sure it "makes" some to maturity. My persimmons are dropping a lot of the inmature fruit also.

NCHillbilly · Jul 18, 2017

Persimmons tend to do that-I guess it's a natural thinning of the fruit to what the tree will support under the conditions. Wait until they get ripe and start dropping, and the deer will absolutely tear them up.

watermedic · Jul 24, 2017

Did you fertilize the trees?

That will make a wild persimmon drop fruit sometimes.

ucfireman · Jul 24, 2017

I have 2 that were loaded last year and very sparse this year. Do yall think the late freeze caused bad pollination or should I fertilize in the spring?

Clifton Hicks · Jul 25, 2017

ucfireman said:
I have 2 that were loaded last year and very sparse this year. Do yall think the late freeze caused bad pollination or should I fertilize in the spring?

I don't know if it has much to do with the late freeze we had this spring or not. At least here on the TN line, persimmons didn't flower until after all that happened. I also have a few wild persimmons which were loaded up last year but haven't set any fruit this year.

Instead of fertilizing trees I just keep them heavily mulched with wood chips or straw and, every late spring, I'll shake clover seed or beans/peas into the straw under each tree and let that clover and beans grow all summer under the tree. It gives the trees lots of nitrogen AND you get to pick the beans.

shakey gizzard · Jul 28, 2017

my oaks are also abort'n acorns

T.P. · Jul 28, 2017

Those are great to eat.

NE GA Pappy · Jul 28, 2017

T.P. said:
Those are great to eat.

just the right stage to eat too. Rinse them off, and pop them in your mouth for a treat not soon forgotten.

Big7 · Jul 28, 2017

GAGE said:
They are persimmons that have not ripened yet, but I am not sure why they are dropping prematurely.

That's what they are.
Deer love them.. So do possums, coons, yotes, etc..

Looks like you got water.

They will run until early December.

Grab them when they get red. Make some jelly.

Feed the deer something else.

Jim Baker · Jul 28, 2017

NE GA Pappy said:
just the right stage to eat too. Rinse them off, and pop them in your mouth for a treat not soon forgotten.

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chrismhaase · Aug 6, 2017

shakey gizzard said:
my oaks are also abort'n acorns

Same here. We have our red oaks and white oaks dropping tiny acorns.

blood on the ground · Aug 6, 2017

The green ones are delicious with a little salt

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