Volunteer persimmons

[sghoghunter]

The past couple years I’ve let the back half of my pasture grow up and there’s atleast a hundred that I’ve been watching for blooms to determine the sex of what’s there. I called myself looking atleast once a week and haven’t seen a bloom yet but I noticed this afternoon that a couple trees have marble size fruit on them now. I’m wanting to leave some but don’t want them overcrowded either. How would y’all recommend thinning them? I was thinking maybe leave marking the known females and leaving a male or two in the middle then cutting the rest down. This clump or trees are 3 years old now

 

[antharper]

Sounds like you already have it figured out . I know they will sure do better thinned out . They sure look good and healthy

 

[sghoghunter]

Their real healthy looking trees for sure. I’m mostly curious as to how many males vs females I need to leave.

 

[TIGER]

That's great if 3 year old trees produce. I have an area trying to do the same as you but mine are no where as big as your trees in the pictures. Are you fertilizing them? I also have difficulty in telling which ones will produce.

 

[antharper]

Their real healthy looking trees for sure. I’m mostly curious as to how many males vs females I need to leave.

Probably just a couple . I know I’ve got a farm I hunt that has some scattered around , some without another tree in sight that are always loaded

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

I would be real careful with them. If you ever notice, a persimmon tree is the first tree in the woods to die. I dont know if they are that fragile, susceptible to disease or the bugs just love to get to them. I would leave several more than I thought i needed just to be safe. The bag worms really love to nest in them, I've often wondered if that kills them off.

 

[sghoghunter]

That's great if 3 year old trees produce. I have an area trying to do the same as you but mine are no where as big as your trees in the pictures. Are you fertilizing them? I also have difficulty in telling which ones will produce.

No I haven’t fertilized them. The root system is actually 5 yrs old but the first two years after I bought it I mowed the pasture but I’ve let it grow up for the past 3.

 

[sghoghunter]

Probably just a couple . I know I’ve got a farm I hunt that has some scattered around , some without another tree in sight that are always loaded

I went out there yesterday afternoon and there’s probably 30 that’s a lil smaller around than my wrist and there’s 11 that’s got fruit on them.

 

[bhouston]

So, for sure you should thin some of them to allow the females to get plenty of sun. I have trees on my tract that I thought were males until I daylighted them and then they started producing fruit.

 

[sghoghunter]

So, for sure you should thin some of them to allow the females to get plenty of sun. I have trees on my tract that I thought were males until I daylighted them and then they started producing fruit.

In the pics they look crowded but their not to bad and they get real good sunlight.